Welcome to ASD: Data Collection (catchy title huh ?)

2. Welcome toASD: Data Collection(catchy title huh?) Presented by Mendy Ruthrauff Amy Quinley Jennifer Levinson Shawnee Mission School District Autism Specialists

3. Before we begin… • A little soap box about prompting • For once, we are not going to belabor the point. We will use a video instead…….. • Please pay close attention and see if you can pick out any potential problems…

5. Maybe no soapbox is necessary.

6. Why do we take data anyway??

7. What do we have to do to take the right data? • Define what you’re taking data on: • behavior,academic, social • Determine the method • Pick a data sheet • Establish baseline • In some instances it will be necessary to compare to peers

8. How to appropriately define a behavior

9. What’s a baseline??

10. Data Collection Methods • Event/Frequency Recording • Duration Recording • Latency Recording • ABC Recording • Time Sampling • Permanent Product Recording

11. Event/Frequency Recording • When to use Event/Frequency Recording • Strengths with Event/Frequency Recording • Weaknesses with Event/Frequency Recording

13. Duration Recording • When to use Duration Recording • Strengths with Duration Recording • Weakness with Duration Recording

15. Latency Recording • When to use Latency Recording • Strengths with Latency Recording • Weakness with Latency Recording

17. ABC Recording • A= Antecedent (what occurs before the behavior) • B= Behavior • C= consequence (anything that changes in a behavior or in the physical environment following the behavior – can be positive or negative)

19. Time Sampling • When to use Time Sampling • Strengths with Time Sampling • Weakness with Time Sampling

20. Permanent Product Recording • When to use Permanent Product Recording • Strengths of Permanent Product Recording • Weakness of Permanent Product Recording

21. I have 926 data sheets! Which one do I use???

22. It doesn’t have to be painful…