Summary: <p>Happiness Isn’t Brain Surgery:<br> Behavior Modification Basics/Part 2<br> Presented by: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes<br> Executive Director, AllCEUs<br> Host: Counselor Toolbox</p> <p>Continuing Education (CE) credits for addiction and mental health counselors, social workers and marriage and family therapists can be earned for this presentation at<br> <a href="https://www.allceus.com/member/cart/index/product/id/575/c/">https://www.allceus.com/member/cart/index/product/id/575/c/</a></p> <p>Objectives<br> – Continue to explore the usefulness of behavior modification<br> – Review basic behavior modification terms:<br> – Unconditioned stimulus and response<br> – Conditioned stimulus and response<br> – Discriminitive stimuli<br> – Learned helplessness<br> – Learn additional modification terms:<br> – Reinforcement<br> – Punishment<br> – Extinction Burse<br> – Premack Principle</p> <p>Why Do I Care<br> – Change means doing something different or modifying a response<br> – While stimuli prompt a behavior, reinforcement and punishment are associated with motivation<br> – Understanding these principles will help you<br> – Elicit a behavior<br> – Increase the likelihood it will happen again<br> – Decrease the likelihood of unwanted behaviors<br> Review basic behavior modification terms</p> <p>– Unconditioned stimulus and response<br> – Loud noise / startle<br> – Bright light / squinting<br> – Conditioned stimulus and response<br> – Doorbell / answer the door<br> – Yellow light / slow down<br> – Discriminitive stimuli<br> – Set the occasion for the behavior (reminder stickies, pictures, alarms,<br> – Learned helplessness<br> – Lack of responsiveness to a stimulus when all options have been exhausted</p> <p>New Terms<br> – Positive Reinforcement<br> – Providing something positive in order to increase the likelihood a behavior will occur again<br> – Examples<br> – Food<br> – Money (Paycheck)<br> – Validation<br> – Promotion<br> – Power (Choosing activities)<br> – What can be added that is rewarding AND helpful for the person<br> New Terms<br> – Negative Reinforcement<br> – Removing something negative in order to increase the likelihood a behavior will occur again<br> – Examples<br> – Reducing mandatory counseling sessions<br> – Dropping restitution or additional charges upon completion<br> – Can leave the table once vegetables are eaten<br> – What can be eliminated that would be considered rewarding AND helpful for the person</p> <p>New Terms<br> – Positive Punishment<br> – Adding something negative to decrease the likelihood that a behavior will recur<br> – Examples<br> – Antabuse<br> – Spanking<br> – Additional sessions<br> – Rubberband snaps<br> – What can be added that would be considered unpleasant for the person</p> <p>New Terms<br> – Negative Punishment<br> – Removing something positive to decrease the likelihood that a behavior will recur<br> – Examples<br> – Grounding/priviledges<br> – Money (Fines)<br> – Jail<br> – Relationship/Setting boundaries<br> – Control/power<br> – What can be eliminated that would be considered undesirable</p> <p>Types of Rewards and Punishments<br> – Rewards and Punishments can be:<br> – Emotional (Happiness)<br> – Mental (Improved decision making, cognitive clarity)<br> – Physical (Appearance, health, </p>
