tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605813304666153695.post6458590032438081539..comments2023-10-30T07:53:07.227-07:00Comments on Parenting is Learning: Social Skills Training and ADHDAllanKatzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01832588840708909428noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605813304666153695.post-13569074604235505542012-08-21T04:59:08.800-07:002012-08-21T04:59:08.800-07:00Tricia,
Thanks for sharing your insights and persp...Tricia,<br />Thanks for sharing your insights and perspectives.<br />As far as monitoring interventions I would review the unsolved problems list, work -in-progess etc. Data usually focuses on behaviors rather than unsolved problems and does not tell much .<br />my thoughts about reinforcers are here http://tinyurl.com/c8fbo9q<br />AllanAllanKatzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01832588840708909428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605813304666153695.post-63645421170563498902012-08-20T07:18:36.837-07:002012-08-20T07:18:36.837-07:00Thanks for this review of the literature (I follow...Thanks for this review of the literature (I followed the link to this post from my blog). I agree that medication can get us to an optimal place for learning but that it will not teach the pro-social behaviours that our learners need in life. It is very rare for the families I work with to choose only one intervention option - they often have multiple treatments going on at once. When we're taking data to analyze effects we try to encourage parents to make one change (either the addition or removal of an intervention) so that we can monitor the effects more empirically over time.<br /><br />As a side, I do throw caution to the Deci & Ryan studies re: the effect of external rewards as the scenarios being experimented with are not skill-building in nature. If a person is already demonstrating a behaviour - let's say colouring - and they appear to enjoy it, then reinforcement is already in effect. The reinforcer might be the end product, it might be the automatic physiological effects of colouring that "feel good" to the learner (we don't know, we'd have to analyze the situation to find out). Adding an additional external reward can begin to pair the outcome with this reward. If that reward is not reinforcing, then yes, you might see a decrease in the behaviour, which would be, as Alfie Kohn called it, "punished by rewards". If reinforcement is present and the behaviour is at acceptable levels, then nothing needs to be done. No intervention is required. I would leave things be. <br /><br />I am a behaviourist and I would never walk into a room and decide that the people already performing whatever skill they need do for school or work now need a reward system for that skill. Instead, I might analyze the contingencies in place and try to understand what is reinforcing their behaviour (good or bad). I share your concern for rewards charts or overly-praising children for doing something they are already doing. It's not that the praise or reward chart is bad, it that it's being incorrectly applied and fails to take into account an analysis of what is already going on and what skills actually need learning. In my delivery of praise I try to emphasize what effect that behaviour had on people or the environment - e.g., It's nice that you shared your chips with Allison. She was sad she didn't have any and that made her feel better." Other times, I let things be. It's the peer's reaction and acceptance, continuation of the social interaction that can be the most influential. Tricia-Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15444003848864691017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605813304666153695.post-79289562435660089252011-02-05T14:01:31.114-08:002011-02-05T14:01:31.114-08:00I admire the valuable information u offer in your ...I admire the valuable information u offer in your message.<br />I am very impressed to watching your KEYWORD.<br />That is very authentic & fantastic.<a href="http://www.childsbehavior.com" rel="nofollow">Child Behavior Problems</a>Dick and Lenayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08583140586496641034noreply@blogger.com