report on behavioral anaylzation

In your role as a behavioral consultin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">intern you have been tasked with overseein" rel="nofollow">ing one of Acme Inc. ongoin" rel="nofollow">ing cases, Pathways High school. Pathways is an alternative high school. Pathways allows students with behavior challenges to complete their high school experience with a more flexible and positive approach. Their mission is to create an environment that allows students to consistently exceed expectations, main" rel="nofollow">intain" rel="nofollow">in high level of student and family satisfaction and meet cost effectiveness standards. They strive to provide the highest education possible to students from a variety of communities and cultural backgrounds. Acme Inc. assisted pathways with the creation of a school wide positive behavior support system and in" rel="nofollow">individual behavior in" rel="nofollow">intervention plans for students displayin" rel="nofollow">ing high levels of in" rel="nofollow">inappropriate behaviors. A behavior management division headed by a full time behavior specialist at the school is responsible for implementin" rel="nofollow">ing the plan that was origin" rel="nofollow">inally created in" rel="nofollow">in collaboration with Pathways staff. You are asked to do a follow up to determin" rel="nofollow">ine the success of the procedures you have put in" rel="nofollow">in place and determin" rel="nofollow">ine if any changes may need to be put in" rel="nofollow">into place. Some of the objectives of the programs are: The number of challengin" rel="nofollow">ing behavior in" rel="nofollow">incidents will decrease from baselin" rel="nofollow">ine levels to no more than 50 behavior in" rel="nofollow">incidents throughout the school per month for 2 consecutive months. Each classroom teacher will collect data on behavior in" rel="nofollow">incidents daily. The data will be compiled by in" rel="nofollow">in school behavior specialist 1 time per week. All teachers in" rel="nofollow">in classroom with behavior plans will implement behavior correction procedures with 100% accuracy durin" rel="nofollow">ing monthly in" rel="nofollow">integrity check at 6 month follow up. The behavior specialist will observe and complete observation checklist 1 time per month across all classrooms with behavior correction procedures in" rel="nofollow">in place. Student satisfaction will in" rel="nofollow">increase to 85% of students ratin" rel="nofollow">ing their experience at the highest level at a 6-month follow up. Satisfaction will be measured through the use of social survey given to all students within" rel="nofollow">in the pathways. The behavior specialist has been collectin" rel="nofollow">ing and compilin" rel="nofollow">ing data and presents them in" rel="nofollow">in the figures below in" rel="nofollow">in relation to some of the key areas of with data for both baselin" rel="nofollow">ine (before the program began) and treatment (after the program began): Figure 1: Data and lin" rel="nofollow">ine graph of the # of aggressive behaviors in" rel="nofollow">incidents for the entire school reported before and after the program began Figure 2: Teacher’s scores across classrooms on observational checklist measurin" rel="nofollow">ing correct implementation of behavior correction procedures in" rel="nofollow">in the classroom durin" rel="nofollow">ing baselin" rel="nofollow">ine and treatment Figure 3: Student satisfaction ratin" rel="nofollow">ing results for their daily school experience before the program, and at a 6 month follow-up after the program. You must now review the data and present a summary of your fin" rel="nofollow">indin" rel="nofollow">ings to your supervisor at ACME Inc. as well as the school. You should in" rel="nofollow">include the followin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">in your summary: Determin" rel="nofollow">ine the purpose and importance of the data above by discussin" rel="nofollow">ing how it can be used in" rel="nofollow">in the program plannin" rel="nofollow">ing process. Discuss the importance of data and evidence based program plannin" rel="nofollow">ing and evaluation. Identify the data collected as either quantitative or qualitative. Explain" rel="nofollow">in why the type of data is appropriate for the context of evaluation. Usin" rel="nofollow">ing the data in" rel="nofollow">in Figure 1: Use visual analysis and discuss the level and trend of the challengin" rel="nofollow">ing behavior in" rel="nofollow">incidents reported durin" rel="nofollow">ing baselin" rel="nofollow">ine (before) and treatment (after the program began). Usin" rel="nofollow">ing the data describe the effect that the in" rel="nofollow">intervention had on the # of behavior in" rel="nofollow">incidents within" rel="nofollow">in Pathways. Considerin" rel="nofollow">ing the level of data as well as any trends in" rel="nofollow">in the data discuss if the data meets the origin" rel="nofollow">inal objective related to challengin" rel="nofollow">ing behavior in" rel="nofollow">incidents. Describe any additional considerations or analysis needed in" rel="nofollow">in relation to the in" rel="nofollow">intervention based on your evaluation of the data. Usin" rel="nofollow">ing the data in" rel="nofollow">in Figure 2: Calculate the mean (average) score for all teachers on the observational checklist before the program was implemented and after. Use this data to discuss the effect of the program on correct implementation of behavior management procedures in" rel="nofollow">in the classroom. Considerin" rel="nofollow">ing the mean from baselin" rel="nofollow">ine and treatment along with the teachers in" rel="nofollow">individual scores discuss the data in" rel="nofollow">in relation to the objective related to teacher implementation of procedures. Discuss if the objective was met and describe if the data demonstrates that contin" rel="nofollow">inued in" rel="nofollow">intervention is required in" rel="nofollow">in this area. Usin" rel="nofollow">ing the data in" rel="nofollow">in Figure 3: Calculate the percentage of students who rated their school experience at the highest level (5) durin" rel="nofollow">ing baselin" rel="nofollow">ine (before in" rel="nofollow">intervention) and durin" rel="nofollow">ing treatment (after the program was implemented. Calculate the percentage of students who rated their school experience at the lowest level durin" rel="nofollow">ing baselin" rel="nofollow">ine (before in" rel="nofollow">intervention) and followin" rel="nofollow">ing treatment (6 months after the program was implemented). Compare the % of students who rated their experience at each level before and after program implementation and discuss the effect of the in" rel="nofollow">intervention on student satisfaction usin" rel="nofollow">ing these numbers. Discuss if the objective related to student satisfaction was met. Usin" rel="nofollow">ing the objective and current data describe if there needs to be additional in" rel="nofollow">intervention and if changes should be made to the program based on these measures. Your assignment should in" rel="nofollow">include: Title Page Reference Page Main" rel="nofollow">in body of the paper (3-4 pages) Properly formatted headin" rel="nofollow">ings for each section of your plan At least 2 academic references (in" rel="nofollow">includin" rel="nofollow">ing your course text) Correct APA Style formattin" rel="nofollow">ing for in" rel="nofollow">in-paper cites