Apply Chaining Procedures
Through the Learning Resources, you discovered the methods used to construct and test a task analysis. An appropriate task analysis provides affirmation that chaining is an intervention technique suitable for use to change or add a behavior. There are four chaining procedures that can be implemented: forward chaining, total-task chaining, backward chaining, and backward chaining with leaps ahead.
For this Discussion, you will identify a behavior in which chaining would be an appropriate intervention technique. You will then apply forward chaining and backward chaining to achieve the same behavior goal.
To Prepare
- Review the Learning Resources for this week, including the required weekly media programs, to develop an understanding of chaining.
- Identify a behavior for which chaining would be an appropriate intervention technique.
Resources
- Cooper, J. O., Heron, T. E., & Heward, W. L. (2020). Applied behavior analysis (2nd ed.). Pearson.
- Chapter 23, “Chaining” (pp. 557–580)
- Edwards, C. K., Landa, R. K., Frampton, S. E., & Shillingsburg, M. A. (2018). Increasing functional leisure engagement for children with autism using backward chaining.Links to an external site. Behavior Modification, 42(1), 9–33
- Shrestha, A., Anderson, A., & Moore, D. W. (2013). Using point-of-view video modeling and forward chaining to teach a functional self-help skill to a child with autism.Links to an external site. Journal of Behavioral Education, 22(2), 157–167. doi:10.1007/s10864-012-9165-x