Nuerologically Based Behaviors
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NBB Reflection Paper
After reading and viewing my classmate’s PowerPoint presentations about Neurologically-Based Behaviors (NBB’s), I have gained a better understanding and appreciation for what they are and the various strategies and behavior modifications that can be utilized in decreasing undesirable behaviors.
When I think about the past and how I have previously attended to such behaviors, I immediately feel like I had served an injustice to these children afflicted with these disorders. For example, one child comes to mind immediately. His name is Noah (and at the time 8 years old) and he has a sensory integration disorder. He had brain damage at birth, and it resulted in a NBB. Noah displays behaviors such as hyperactivity and distractibility, overly sensitivity to sounds, and negative self-concept of himself. He is extremely uncoordinated in both his fine/gross motor skills. Instead of developing a shaping plan for him, I just tried my best to be sensitive to his hyperactivity and distractibility. I would only use verbal reinforcements with him, and was very encouraging when he had difficulties with his coordination and outbursts.
I understand much more about NBB’s now that I didn’t know before. I now have a clearer understanding of effective strategies to use to reduce and/or eliminate undesirable behaviors.
For instance, when Noah would exhibit undesirable behaviors such as verbal outbursts, I could have implemented a shaping plan that would help him to reduce or eliminate such behavior. Noah loved analogies. I could have helped him to learn how to self-regulate his outburst by using the analogy of a car engine (He loved cars, too). Basically, the analogy has three stages: 1. Identifying the engine speeds, 2. Experimenting with changing engine speeds, and 3. Regulating engine speeds. Speeds are as follows: high (hyper, overexcited), low (sluggish, spacey), and just right (easy to learn and get along with others). I could have...
After reading and viewing my classmate’s PowerPoint presentations about Neurologically-Based Behaviors (NBB’s), I have gained a better understanding and appreciation for what they are and the various strategies and behavior modifications that can be utilized in decreasing undesirable behaviors.
When I think about the past and how I have previously attended to such behaviors, I immediately feel like I had served an injustice to these children afflicted with these disorders. For example, one child comes to mind immediately. His name is Noah (and at the time 8 years old) and he has a sensory integration disorder. He had brain damage at birth, and it resulted in a NBB. Noah displays behaviors such as hyperactivity and distractibility, overly sensitivity to sounds, and negative self-concept of himself. He is extremely uncoordinated in both his fine/gross motor skills. Instead of developing a shaping plan for him, I just tried my best to be sensitive to his hyperactivity and distractibility. I would only use verbal reinforcements with him, and was very encouraging when he had difficulties with his coordination and outbursts.
I understand much more about NBB’s now that I didn’t know before. I now have a clearer understanding of effective strategies to use to reduce and/or eliminate undesirable behaviors.
For instance, when Noah would exhibit undesirable behaviors such as verbal outbursts, I could have implemented a shaping plan that would help him to reduce or eliminate such behavior. Noah loved analogies. I could have helped him to learn how to self-regulate his outburst by using the analogy of a car engine (He loved cars, too). Basically, the analogy has three stages: 1. Identifying the engine speeds, 2. Experimenting with changing engine speeds, and 3. Regulating engine speeds. Speeds are as follows: high (hyper, overexcited), low (sluggish, spacey), and just right (easy to learn and get along with others). I could have...