Treatment (tx) - Answers agent of change; goal is to teach new behaviors and/or re-learn
previously lost behaviors
Intervention - Answers procedures designed to stop some process and effect positive changes
Habilitation - Answers teaching a behavior for the first time
Rehabilitation - Answers restoring lost or currently impaired behaviors
Purpose of Treatment - Answers Treatment is used to create change in an individual's
communication behaviors
Core Procedures for SLPs - Answers There are a set of core procedures that apply to all
communication disorders
ABC's of treatment - Answers Antecedent- Behavior- Consequence
Treatment targets - Answers skills (behaviors) to be taught
Treatment procedures - Answers means of teaching those skills
Establishing a Baseline - Answers Baselines (baserates) reflect the client's performance for
target behaviors pre-treatment
Baseline targets - Answers need to be specified in measurable terms
Why Baseline? - Answers Track progress- Determines current levels
Baseline what you plan to teach first - Answers Write 20 exemplars (examples) for each target
behavior (e.g., production of /s/, plural morpheme,naming)
Types of Baseline Trials - Answers A trial is a structured opportunity to produce a target
response
Evoked Baseline Trial - Answers Preferred method for baselines where clinician provides a
prompt, the client answers
Modeled Baseline Trial - Answers Clinician provides a model, the client imitates that mode
Calculate the percentages of correct responses - Answers Summarize the data in quantitative
terms
Consider client's age, disorder, reading level, interest, social-cultural background, attention span,
challenging behaviors when choosing stimuli - Answers Factors to consider when determining
baseline stimuli