1. Introduction (Do Not Label the Introduction Section)

Behv5170 Behavior Change Report

Student Name

Title

1. Introduction (do not label the introduction section)

1.1. Describe the context of your study

Why is your intervention relevant? Describe the current literature regarding the topic of your intervention.

1.2. Problem

1.3. Behavioral Definition

Your behavior of interest is what you want to change with your intervention (the behavior of interest or a product of that behavior)
State your behavior of interest quantitatively, in a way that you can observe and count it
Make a descriptive behavioral definition of the behavior of interest or a clear description of the product of the behavior of interest that you are measuring
If you are changing components of a complex skill, describe each behavior that you are measuring as dependent variables

2. Method

2.1. Participants

2.2. Setting/apparatus

2.3 Intervention

Describe your intervention. State what environmental changes you will make to change the behavior of interest.
If you don’t know exactly what part of the intervention is having an effect, state that your intervention is a package

2.4 Procedure

The procedures section is a more detailed description of how you are intervening on the behavior of interest
State the data collection method that you will use and why
State step by step what happens in your intervention and the order of the events

3.1. Learner Rights

Describe in detail how you will take into consideration the 10 rights learners have in treatment conditions or educational settings.

3-2. Graph

Include a labeled graph showing how you would plot your data and present to the clients
Look at some graphs in JABA
Your graph must contain:
A relevant title, usually stating the effect of the independent variable on the dependent variable
Condition labels (i.e. Baseline, Treatment I, Reversal and Treatment II)
Axis labels
Phase change lines
Break data path across the lines

Figure 1: Effect of the Independent Variable on the Dependent Variable

Figure 2: Title

4. Results

Quantitatively describe the results found in the study
Provide a written description of the graphically displayed results. This description should match/correspond with what is graphically displayed.

5. Conclusion

Relate the results of your study to the literature that you reviewed in your introduction
Relate what your graph shows and how would you base your decisions on the data. For example, if the data show that the intervention is not succeeding, how would you change the procedures? And if the data show that the intervention is succeeding, what intervention would you do next?

6. References

You must use at least 5 references
Look at the references section in some JABA articles and use the same format to write your references