Skill Acquisition Programming.

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Last updated: Aug 06, 2024 by Brittney Kalicki
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The Client Program Tab is a tab located within a client’s profile where Skill Acquisition programs are customized to the client. When customizing a program within the Client Program tab, you first need to add the program from the Program Library. See Overview of Program Library to learn how to add a program.

This resource will provide an overview of the different sections that can be customized within a program (e.g., mastery criteria, data collection type, adding targets, adding prompt hierarchies, etc.) and help to further explain all options.

When customizing a skill acquisition goal/program for a client you select the program from the tab it was placed in when “adding it” from the Program Library (i.e., Current or Future tab).

 

  • Current Tab = The program(s) will immediately display and be available for data collection.

  • Future Tab = The program(s) will not display or be available for data collection until moved to the current tab. This option is often used to place programs for the Initial Assessment.

*Programs placed in either tab can be fully customized prior to data collection

 

When ready to customize a goal in preparation for Data Collection:

1.Select the program from the list on the left-hand side.

2. RENAME the title of the Program (if needed). This is the program name that holds targets for data collection, so it typically remains general (e.g., labeling animals, attending to task, making a bed, tolerating an aversive, etc.)

3. After renaming it, you then select EDIT to customize each area of the program to how you’d like the program to be ran. See the resource below to overview each area that can edited and what it means for the staff collecting data. Fields of a Skill Acquisition Program.

 

NOTE: Editing a program is required to move from the baseline to the teaching/intervention condition. Specifically, you cannot move from baseline to teaching/intervention until targets are added to the program.

  1. Options to MOVE PROGRAMS across the file folders within the Client Program tab can be found by selecting the “Move Program” icon in the top righthand corner. At most, a Client Program tab may have up to 4 file folders to store programs (i.e., Current, Future, Mastered, and Discontinued).

 

NOTE: File folders will only appear if a program is stored in that corresponding folder. For instance, if a program is never moved to the Future folder, it will not appear within the Client Program tab.

Four options are available to supervisors:

 

(1) Mark as Mastered: By selecting Mark as Mastered, the program will move to the file folder titled Mastered, stored within the Client Program tab. Any/all programs within the Mastered folder are visible within the Analyze Data tab, and can be pulled into Funder Reports, if desired.

 

(2) Move to Lesson Library: This option removes the program from the Client Program tab and sends it back to the Program Library. This will not override or edit the master templates within the Program Library. This option is recommended ONLY if you wish to delete a program, and its data, from your Client Program tab. The program will no longer be accessible within the Analyze Data tab or Funder Reports. If data has been collected for a program, and you no longer wish to conduct it (or be visible for data collectors), we highly recommend moving it to the Discontinued folder instead.

 

(3) Move to Future Plan: Programs in the Future Plan are not visible or eligible for data collection but can be customized to prepare for future programming, as necessary. Future Programs can be pulled into Funder Reports using the field “Recommended Skills”.

 

(4) Move to Discontinued: Programs in the Discontinued folder are not visible or eligible for data collection, however, they can be accessed in the Analyze Data tab and pulled into Funder Reports, if desired. If data has been collected, but you wish to retire that program (no longer work on it), we recommended using this option instead of “Move to Lesson Library”.

After making your selection, choose Move Lesson to complete the request.