Antecedent-Based Interventions
While antecedent-based interventions are crucial to preventing challenging behavior, these strategies can also be helpful when teaching new skills.
Example 2
Prior to her teachers using an antecedent-based strategy, Melissa screams when she is randomly paired with Barbara (another student) to complete a task. Melissa verbally and physically protests throughout the task. Barbara does not like listening to Melissa scream. Barbara says to the teacher, “Maybe you should let her pick her own partner next time.” The teacher does just that. The next time Melissa does not protest! The incorporation of choice-making improves Melissa’s behavior and avoids a problematic scene.
Example 3
Danny, a teenager with autism, was not able to tell the difference between the men’s and women’s restroom signs. His father tried to teach him this by typing the relevant words and printing them in a large font. After a week of instruction, his father realized that Danny was not independently identifying these two signs. He still needed his father’s help. His father incorporated an antecedent- based strategy: he changed the teaching materials. This time, his father used stick figure drawings commonly used on restroom doors to depict a man and a woman. With a few days of teaching, Danny could independently identify these signs.
Resources
Glasberg, B. A. (2008). Stop that seemingly senseless behavior! FBA- based interventions for people with autism. Bethesda, MD: Woodbine House. Luiselli, J. K., & Cameron, M. J. (1998). Antecedent control: Innovative approaches to behavioral support. Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing.
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