Discussion Question How Could You Teach To Conduct A Functional Analysis And Dro Procedure

Carly is a new teacher’s aide in an elementary school classroomwho has been assigned
to work with Allen. Allen is a 6 year-old boy with autism who frequentlytantrums in the
classroom. His treatment program includes administration of differentialreinforcement
of zero rates 5 min (DRO-5 min) and attention extinction. Carly must be taughthow to
employ this behavior intervention plan to reduce Allen’s tantrums, which areoccurring at
high rates throughout the day (i.e., 20-40 times per day on average).

How could you teach Carly to conduct a functional analysis toidentify the function of
the tantrum behavior?

How would you teach Carly to implement a DRO procedure?