Webinar Reinforcement Systems at School: Effective Implementation with Students with Selective Mutism
October 16 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Live Interactive Webinar with Katelyn Reed and Taylor Hicks-Hoste
Reward systems are a widely utilized behavioral intervention strategy to encourage individuals with Selective Mutism to talk to new people and new places. Indeed, reward systems are incorporated into SM treatment packages much more frequently than other common behavioral intervention strategies such as shaping, hierarchical exposure, and stimulus fading (incorporated in 90% 57%, 48%, and 43% of treatment studies on SM between 2005-2015 respectively; Zakszeski & DuPaul, 2017).
Learning Objectives
- Identify specific measurable goals and possible reinforcement systems for students with SM in the school setting.
- Determine appropriate means to implement and track progress over time when implementing a reward system in the school setting.
- Identify means to gradually reduce the level of reinforcement support over time in reward systems.
