Explanatory Fiction 001: Kaitlyn Morton – Autism Spectrum Disorder & Generalized Anxiety Disorder

001 | Kaitlyn Morton - Autism Spectrum Disorder & Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Explanatory Fiction is a narrative-style podcast dictated purely by a dice roll. Each week a randomly generated case is structured into a unique narrative that keeps you thinking as you analyze behavior and earn BCBA® CEUs. 

An image of Kaitlyn Morton, an artificially created character in the Explanatory Fiction Podcast.

Episode Description

Kaitlyn Morton is a twelve-year-old child with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. In the past, she has hurt others through aggressive behavior, eloped from home and school, and threatened others. However, there are clear signs of escalation that occur prior if you’re watching closely. She doesn’t like going to school and struggles to make friends due to her anxiety. Her father believes that she will move past the stage and can succeed in a tech-related field if she focused on the right things now. However, her mother disagrees and is constantly wondering how to motivate her daughter to go to school, make friends, and engage in social settings. In the past, she received in-home ABA therapy as a child and nowadays receives full-time support through her parents at home, and has some infrequent but regular group Speech and Language Therapy social skills sessions when she does make it to school. Oh, and she absolutely loves her therapeutic horseback riding when it’s offered at school. That’s where you come in… the behavioral consultation she currently receives needs to be evaluated. You received a call from her mother asking for an independent consultation and evaluation of the behavior analyst who is currently providing 10 hours a week of in-home ABA therapy. We start when you open the door…

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Show Notes

0:01:13 Introduction to Explanatory Fiction
0:01:26 AI Tools used to create the randomly generated name and image
0:01:53 Introducing Kaitlyn Morton
0:03:03 Character Introductions, the Observation, and Learning More About Kaitlyn
0:05:44 The RUBI Autism Network Parent Training for Disruptive Behaviors
0:13:14 General Information about Fluoxetine (i.e., Prozac)
0:13:15 General Information about Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
0:13:18 General Information about Celiac Disease
0:14:02 General Information about School Refusal
0:15:18 Roblox
0:16:28 Zones of Regulation A Social Emotional Learning Framework & Pathway to Regulation
0:18:37 Minecraft
0:19:48 Social Storiesâ„¢
0:29:02 Mark Reviews Kaitlyn’s Current Interventions and Goals with Dimitri
0:36:51 Mark and Dimitri Collaborate on Revisions to the Current Interventions
0:44:11 For more information on Functional Analyses, see Beavers, Iwata, and Lerman (2013) Thirty years of research on the functional analysis of problem behavior
0:44:13 For more information on the Practical Functional Assessment (PFA)
1:00:10 The Hosts of the Podcast have an Open Discussion about Kaitlyn’s Case
1:05:16 Cooper, Heron, & Heward (2020) Applied Behavior Analysis
1:07:45 Correction about the RUBI: “The content and structure of the manual were designed to promote reliable delivery across study sites and serve as an adjunct to medication for treating school-aged children with ASD accompanied by serious behavioral problems” (p. xvii, RUBI Clinician Manual, 2018)
1:11:00 More About Steven C. Hayes
1:12:45 Need some literature here about the inefficacy of using Zones to teach Coping Skills (or something similar)
1:12:50 More About Richard Thaler
1:12:51 More About Daniel Kahneman
1:12:53 More About Amos Tversky
1:18:13 Foxx & Mulick (2016) Controversial Therapies for Autism and Intellectual Disabilities: Fad, Fashion, and Science in Professional Practice
1:29:38 Signal Detection Theory
1:29:41 Behavioral Dynamics
1:29:41 Game Theory (Martin Nowak)

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