The Periodic Treatment Design reconceptualizes the way that a is often used. One of the basic tenets of a behavioral therapy is that treatment is frequently applied (e.g., on an hourly or daily basis), so that the intervening non-treatment times are short and roughly equal between treatments. In speech-language therapy, many clients are seen once...
Tools & Concepts and Strategies
Percentage Scores
From Wikipedia: A percentage is a number or ratio expressed as a fraction of 100. It is often denoted using the percent sign, “%”, or the abbreviation “pct.” The same number can be represented as a proportion (i.e., 58% = .58). Both frequency and proportion scores will be used here. Continue reading...
Working with Multiple Cue Levels
Jeff Higginbotham, PhD, CCC/SP Jennifer Rumfola, MA, CCC/SP Nicole Weber, MA, CCC/SP SUNY at Buffalo An important part of many therapy regimens is to provide the client with of varying levels of assistance (e.g., to model, remind, signal) to support the teaching of a particular skill. The client’s responsiveness to these “cues” are often recorded...