Exceptional Needs Children

 1. Identify the eight components of a behavior intervention plan. 2. Explain how positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement maintain behavior. a) Provide an example of an interfering classroom behavior that has been maintained on negative reinforcement and explain how extinction could be used to modify the behavior. b) Provide an example of an interfering classroom behavior that has been maintained on positive reinforcement and explain how differential reinforcement could be used to modify the behavior. 3. Point out the barriers to the development and implementation of BIPs in the classroom and identify possible solutions to these barriers. a) How do cultural influences impact your approaches to behavior modification?