Jeff is a boy with autism who grabs and squeezes his face when the teacher asks him to complete a task. The teacher allows Jeff to leave the room when this occurs because he will stop hurting himself. After 5 minutes, Jeff usually returns to the classroom and completes at least some of the requested task. Describe how you would implement a DRA procedure to increase Jeff's completing schoolwork
and decrease his self injurious behavior.
What will be an ideal response?
I would teach Jeff to ask for a break. Then whenever Jeff asks for a break, his asking will be reinforced by being allowed to leave the room and take a break. If however, Jeff squeezes his face, he would not be allowed to leave the room and take a break.
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