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Naturalistic Intervention

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Naturalistic Intervention (NI)

Grounded in behaviorism, naturalistic intervention (NI) consists of applying principles of applied behavior analysis during a learner’s everyday routines and activities in order to increase a target behavior or decrease an interfering behavior.

What Will I Learn?

The AFIRM model guides the learner through four lessons to facilitate:

  • Learning basic knowledge about naturalistic intervention (NI).
  • Applying NI in activity based scenarios that promote real-world application.

The NI module will take approximately 1.5 to 2 hours to complete. However, the module is broken into individual lessons to help guide your learning:

Lesson Time to Complete
A Case for NI 10 minutes
Lesson 1: Basics of NI 20 minutes
Lesson 2: Planning for NI 45 minutes
Lesson 3: Using NI 25 minutes
Lesson 4: Monitoring NI 25 minutes
Applying NI 10 minutes
Suggested citation:
Amsbary, J., & AFIRM Team. (2017). Naturalistic intervention. Chapel Hill, NC: National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorder, FPG Child Development Center, University of North Carolina. Retrieved from http://afirm.fpg.unc.edu/Naturalistic-intervention

Professional Standards


Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Standards that apply to all 27 evidence-based practices (PDF document, 2 pages)

CEC standards that apply specifically to the naturalistic intervention (NI) module (PDF document, 1 page)

 

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