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Natural Setting Therapeutic Management

 
PROJECT: NSTM

Graduate School of Applied
and Professional Psychology

 Center for Applied 
Psychology 
             
      797 Hoes Lane West    
 Piscataway, NJ 
 08854-8022

       Phone: 732-445-2704
       Fax:      732-445-3819

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Project: NSTM
Clinical Case Flow

 

PHASE I: CASE ASSESSMENT 
     A. Initial Contact 
             1. Call DDD 
             2. Call Family 
             3. Mail Family Questionnaires & Brochure 
       Visits 1-5: 
             ___ Present NSTM 
             ___ Review/Sign Informed Consent 
             ___ Record Initial Behavior History 
             ___ Collect Family Questionnaire 
             ___ Complete Attitude Survey 
             ___ Complete Burn-Out Scale 
             ___ Review Family Questionnaire 
             ___ Complete Consent Forms 
             ___ Address Major Issues/Challenges 
             ___ Pre-Test on Behavior Management 
             ___ Complete Adaptive Behavior Scale 
             ___ Complete Mental Health Measures 
             ___ Explain/Sign Training Contract 
             ___ Blueprint of Environment 

PHASE II: PRINCIPLE TRAINING 
     A. Behavior Assessment 
             ___ Problem Solving Theory 
             ___ Introduction to Developmental Disabilities (DD) 
                    -- attitudes/expectations of DD 
                    -- DD service delivery system 
             ___ Introduction to Learning Theory 
             ___ Target Behavior Selection/Definition 
                    -- use of 10 behavior checklist 
                    -- Operational Definition of Behavior 
             ___ Function of Behavior 
                    -- A-B-C (Focus on antecedents and consequences) 
                    -- Explore data collection alternatives 
             ___ Behavioral Recording Techniques 
             ___ Increasing Behavior 
                    -- Reinforcement 
                         *effect on appropriate & inappropriate behavior 
                    -- Review A-B-C information 
             ___ Decreasing Behavior 
                   -- punishment (definition & concerns) 
                   -- differential reinforcement & extinction 

     B. Behavior Analysis/Program Development 

             SPECIFIC TRAINING TO REFERRAL BEHAVIOR 

             ___ Analyzing Behavior 
                    -- Review analysis of assessment data with behavior manager 
             ___ Discuss Intervention Analysis 
             -- Overview of principles required for intervention 
             -- Trainer development issues -- i.e. responsibility for turnover/
                     other caretaker training 
             ___ Present Intervention and Program Instruction 
             -- Proposal of plan to behavior manager 
             ___ intervention Skills 
             -- Role-plays (How to carry out the plan) 
             -- How to provide feedback to both client and staff 
             ___ Collect Baseline Data 

             GOAL: COMPLETE WRITTEN INTERVENTION ANALYSIS, 
                         ASSURE PREPAREDNESS OF BEHAVIOR MANAGERS,
                         ENVIRONMENT, AND SYSTEM 

PHASE III:   INTERVENTION 
     A. First Target Behavior 
             ___ Implement Intervention 
             ___ Ongoing Intervention Maintenance 
                    -- consistency 
                    -- take ongoing data 
                    -- trouble shooting 
             ___ Transfer Program Ownership 
             ___ Evaluate Possibility of 2nd Target Behavior  

             GOAL: IMPLEMENT INTERVENTION 

PHASE IV: PHASE OUT 
             ___ Phase-out Intervention (in indicated) 
             ___ Specific Problem Solving 
             ___ Complete Post Measures 
             ___ Evaluation of Project 

             GOAL: HOLD TERMINATION IDT MEETING 

PHASE V: FOLLOW-UP 
             ___ 1 Month: phone/visit 
             ___ 3 Month: phone/visit 
             ___ 6 Month: phone/visit 
             ___ 12 Month: phone/visit 

             GOAL: QUALITY CONTROL - INSURE MAINTENANCE OF TRAINING 
                         AND BEHAVIORAL GAINS
     
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 Last update:  April 4, 2005