Developing Behavioral Fluency with Movement Cycles Using SAFMEDS

The Precision Teaching term "movement cycle" refers to a behavior with a clearly observable movement and a distinct beginning and end. The present experiment examined whether behavior analysts and special education teachers could become fluent identifying movement cycles. A frequency-build...

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Published in:Journal of behavioral education 2016-03, Vol.25 (1), p.120-141
Main Authors: Kubina, Richard M., Yurich, Kirsten K. L., Durica, Krina C., Healy, Nora M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior Change
Behavior Patterns
Behavior Problems
Behavioral assessment
Behavioral psychology
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Child and School Psychology
Educational improvement
Educational psychology
Intervention
Learning and Instruction
Maintenance
Methods
Morphemes
Motion
Movement
Observation
Original Paper
Pictorial Stimuli
Posttests
Precision Teaching
Present tense
Pretests
Psychological aspects
Psychological Patterns
Psychology
Resistance (Psychology)
Skill Development
Special education
Special Education Teachers
Student Behavior
Teaching methods
United States (East)
Verbs
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Summary:The Precision Teaching term "movement cycle" refers to a behavior with a clearly observable movement and a distinct beginning and end. The present experiment examined whether behavior analysts and special education teachers could become fluent identifying movement cycles. A frequency-building intervention called SAFMEDS, an acronym for Say All Fast Minute Every Day Shuffled, required participants to see a picture of behavior on a laminated card and say the movement cycle. A multiple baseline multiple probe design with two groups of four participants revealed the effects of the intervention. Results showed a replication of effects with each group using equivalent SAFMEDS decks. The SAFMEDS intervention produced behavioral fluency and also fostered strong maintenance effects for a majority of the participants.
ISSN:1053-0819
1573-3513
DOI:10.1007/s10864-015-9232-1