Day 1: Mand Training: Updates on Concepts and Procedures belongs in serious BCBA study because it shapes whether behavior-analytic decisions stay useful once they leave a clean training example and enter language assessment, teaching sessions, caregiver coaching, and natural communication routines. In Mand Training: Updates on Concepts and Procedures, for this course, the practical stakes show up in clearer case conceptualization, better instructional targets, and stronger generalization, not in abstract discussion alone.
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Join Free →When teaching children with significant language delays, it is vital to teach them to mand. Increasing manding allows a child to access their reinforcers and reduces challenging behavior. There are three sub-topics in this presentation. First, to teach mands, a therapist must identify a child's motivating operations (MOs), which are often elusive. One method to identify MOs is to observe indicating responses, which may be correlated with MOs and in the form of gestures or eye contact. Second, given the need to capture and contrive MOs to teach mands, such as by using the interrupted chains procedure, the presenter will provide an updated literature review and practice recommendations on these tactics. Third, the presenter will describe a recent study on using the quick-transfer-of-stimulus-control procedure to teach mands.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | General |
| COA | 1 | — |
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All behavior-analytic intervention is individualized. The information on this page is for educational purposes and does not constitute clinical advice. Treatment decisions should be informed by the best available published research, individualized assessment, and obtained with the informed consent of the client or their legal guardian. Behavior analysts are responsible for practicing within the boundaries of their competence and adhering to the BACB Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts.