One technique I like to use with differential reinforcement is shaping. When using a strategy like Differential Reinforcement, you are likely to use additional ABA methods as well. The client has already emitted a behaviour, I cannot after-the-fact influence that behaviour.ĭifferential Reinforcement (DR) also means that I do not provide reinforcement under those conditions if the desired behaviour does not occur. Why the future probability? Because I cannot affect something that has already happened. Reinforcement is the act of providing a reinforcer (this is different for everyone and varies from situation to situation – for some it is a preferred snack, for others perhaps it is an activity, some still it can be verbal praise) to an individual after a behaviour, to increase the future probability of that behaviour happening again under similar circumstances.
Differential Reinforcement (DR) is when I reinforce the behaviour I want to see, and do not provide reinforcement for the behaviours I do not want to see.
