Table 1.

Staff Behavior Checklist

Task presentation

1. Remain within 1 m of the student.

2. Say student's name.

3. Initiate eye contact within 3 s. If not obtained within 3 s, put face directly in front of student's and repeat name.

4. Present task with appropriate discriminative stimulus.

5. Prompt student if task is not begun within 3 s of discriminative stimulus (see prompting).

Prompting

For task presentation

1. If task is not started within 3 s of discriminative stimulus, place hand on student's elbow and direct his arm toward the task.

2. If the task is not started within 3-s, place hand on the student's wrist and direct his hand toward the task.

For problem behavior

1. Ignore first instance of problem behavior that is not physically harmful.

2. If problem behavior continues for 5 s, point to the task the student should be working on.

3. If student does not return to task immediately, place a hand on the student's elbow and direct his arm toward the task.

4. If task is not started within 3 s, place a hand on the student's wrist and direct his hand toward the task.

5. Present verbal praise and reinforcement for the student's return to task after 15 s without problem behavior (see reinforcement).

Reinforcement

1. Say a praise statement within 3 s of proper task completion.

2. Place token on student's token board while making praise statement.