Question

You would like to implement an interval DRO procedure with one of your students with autism to decrease hand flapping (so that you can get the student to attend to her work eventually). You conduct some baseline observations and find that the student stops flapping her hands for about 2 minutes on average. What would an appropriate initial DRO interval be

Answer 1

Answer: one minute, forty-five seconds(1:45secs)

Explanation: DRO (DIFFERENTIAL REINFORCEMENT OF OTHER BEHAVIOR) is a procedure used to reinforce or reward a student of an undesireable or negative Behavior was not repeated over a given period of time. This approach is positive and not Purnishment or penalty is involved in this procedure, in certain instances it requires a 1:1 Student: Teacher ratio and an observer who is independent to record data and where necessary, It usually doesn't put the students under any pressure or compulsion.