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Action plans

The following Action Plans on Elopement (Running Away) provided by Butterfly Effects are for informational and educational purposes only. Butterfly Effects does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment nor is its material intended to substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

Before pursuing any intervention, an individual should always consult their medical doctor to see if the intervention is appropriate. The mention of any product, service, or therapy is not an endorsement by Butterfly Effects, but is intended to provide information and education on various products, services, and therapies available.

• Intervention
• Prevention
• Replacement
• Skill Acquisition

• Crossing the Street Using Shaping and Task Analysis
  Plan type: Skill acquisition
  RationaleIt is important to teach safety in the community to children of all ages. The following objective teaches two different task analysis for crossing the street. One is for younger children, and one is for older children. Instructions This...
• Engaging in Behaviors that Promote Relaxation
  Plan type: Replacement
  Rationale Teaching more appropriate forms of stress management, can lead to a dramatic decrease in problematic behaviors.  Relaxation training is a technique that focusing on teaching a relaxation response to counteract the typical...
• Identifying Safety and Community Signs in Print and Picture
  Plan type: Skill acquisition
  Rationale A part of being able to function in a community setting is being able to read and understand what safety signs and symbols mean. The purpose of this objective is to teach a child to "read" symbols and/or words for common community signs....
• Increasing Any Other Appropriate Behavior
  Plan type: Replacement
  Rationale Differential reinforcement of any other behavior will teach the client to engage in any other behavior than the problematic ones they are currently exhibiting.  Through the procedures below, we will show the child that...
• Increasing Appropriate Behavior Using a Behavior Contract and a Point System
  Plan type: Skill acquisition
  Rationale The purpose of this objective is to improve a child’s behavior. The behavior of concern can be one that you want to increase or decrease the occurrence of. For example, you may want to increase a child’s ability to accept “no” by...
• Increasing Flexibility in Play through Positive Reinforcement
  Plan type: Replacement
  Rationale Differential reinforcement of an alternative behavior involves reinforcing a more appropriate, functionally equivalent behavior to replace the problematic one being exhibited.  Currently, the child engages in rigid play, not allowing...

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