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Getting the Behavior You Want Using Reinforcement

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Incorporating Applied Behavior Analysis into the General Education Classroom

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Knowing the behavior you want to see and knowing how to get it to happen can be two different skills. Oftentimes, someone knows what students should do, but it is the process of getting those behavior to happen that can be the trickiest part. The key is quite simple: reinforcement. Don’t mistake simple for easy; using reinforcement is not always easy, but the principles break down to the same “simple” basics every time. Through reinforcement, you will be able to increase the behaviors you’ve identified as the most important for student success in the classroom. Preference versus reinforcement and strategies in identifying each will also be discussed.

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    Julie A. Ackerlund Brandt, Mindy J. Cassano & Tanya Hough

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Ackerlund Brandt, J.A., Cassano, M.J., Hough, T. (2023). Getting the Behavior You Want Using Reinforcement. In: Quigley, J., Cassano, M.J., Ackerlund Brandt, J.A. (eds) Incorporating Applied Behavior Analysis into the General Education Classroom. Springer Texts in Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35825-8_5

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