Working remotely with clients

The state or quality of being worthy of honor or respect

Acceptance and commitment training

Reinforcing one response or responses while extinguishing to reduce another response

An individual who exhibits the inability to speak in certain situations. May not make eye contact,or will show awkward body and language when in an uncomfortable situation or environment

Checking your background and environment for no distractions and an area with privacy, test audio/video, have all materials ready

Discrimination and social prejudice against people with disabilities or who are perceived as having a disability

committed action, present moment, values, defusion, acceptance, and self as context

focus on increasing functional communication skills in replace of challenging behaviors

One is an anxiety disorder whereas the other is a developmental disorder.

Think of new goals specifically geared towards telehealth, discuss with client or family length of time of session, what device family will be using, how involved the parent/caregiver wants to be, will there be incentives at home for the client to receive.

Using restraint when not necessary.
Making a child with autism look everyone in the eye to seem more "neuro typical"
Using reinforcers without a reinforcement assessment.
Using baby language with a child.

Putting distance between self and emotions. Not as rigid with rules, more accepting of others rules and flexibility

the first step in FCT

Children with selective mutism have a speech problem

funny hats or masks, cause and effect toys, fun sounds, change in voice to make client laugh or do a little victory dance, cute little video

Have client participate in decision making.
Use least restrictive procedures.
Become familiar with client's forms of communication.
Open communication with client.

family, friends, work, exercising, pets, vacations

sign language, gestures, pecs, communication device, and vocalization.

Building a rapport with the child, "broadcasting" the environment, using happy medium language, build in incentives to reward communication, provide a compassionate, positive environment.

Runny nose, fever, body aches, no taste or smell, vomiting tired

Reengage in pairing activities.
Always remember consent before starting an activity.
Perform a new preference assessment.
Focus on communication.
Consider if the function of behavior is correct

Steven Hayes

Reinforcing every instance of the targeted communicative response. The reinforcement schedule you should use when introducing FCT.

This form of mutism usually speaks in at least one setting. Is a means of avoiding anxious feelings caused by expectations and social situations.
This form of mutism develops suddenly and occurs in all situations and environments.