Major focus area

Speech Therapy -> Pragmatics / Social Skills / Life Skills

Short description

Behavioral support/modifications are when the SLP provides environmental structuring, modified activities, and semantic prompting to reduce negative behaviors and increase positive performance (MacDonald, et al, 1974).

Long description

A behavior is defined as ‘anything an individual does involving action and response to stimulation’. In individuals with communication delays/disorders, behaviors are often a meaningful form of communication. During behavioral support/modification, the SLP provides environmental structuring, modified activities, and semantic prompting to reduce negative behaviors and increase positive performance (MacDonald, et al, 1974).

Reference links

• A Behavioral Assessment Methodology Applied To The Measurement Of Assertion 0
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