D5 What Is Permanent Product Measurement in ABA? | RBT Task List Explained

Hi everyone, welcome back. This is our

last way to record data and this type of

data recording is called permanent

product

recording. So what is permanent product

recording? It's recording the end result

of a behavior when it leaves a physical

result that can be counted, reviewed or

seen.

A strength of it is there's a lot of

flexibility in timing. When we're doing

interval recordings or duration, you

have to be there to see the behavior.

With permanent product, you can take the

physical result and record it at any

time. It's really efficient because it

saves time.

You don't have to be right there in the

moment. And it's ideal for tracking

behaviors that perform without

supervision.

Sometimes we can't supervise someone,

but we still want to record their

behavior. An example of this is grades.

A lot of grading. Getting the homework,

giving it a grade, or getting a test,

giving it a grade. They didn't watch the

student do the homework and mark down

every answer next frequency on how many

answers correct you got. When to use

permanent product? You want to use it

when behavior leaves a clear measurable

outcome. So when the behavior is

directly produced a physical product

that can be counted or inspected later.

Permanent product allows you to review

the behavior's result after the fact.

Sometimes we want to avoid a direct

observation. For example, kids see you

observing them and change their

behavior. In those cases, you might want

to do a permanent product

recording. Behavior is independent or

self-directed. So, it doesn't need

supervision. The person is doing it

completely by

themselves. The biggest strength is it

does not require direct observation.

Another strength is it has a lot of

flexible timing. So, we get to do it

whenever we want. It's really easy to

review and store products. Multiple

people can take data on a product and

compare. Ideal for independent work.

It's great for monitoring behaviors that

don't need a lot of supervision. It

requires a clear product of the

behaviors. Not all behavior produces a

product. Can't show how the behavior was

performed. So, you lose all that data of

how did they approach the math problems

or how did they approach cleaning the

dishes or making those

bracelets. You're not looking at quality

as much.

You can't use it unless there's a

lasting result like tantrums or

momentary actions that don't leave

behind a product. There's some behaviors

you can use it for bruising or

scratching. A lot of things we can now

look at with video. So that's considered

permanent product or a recording would

be permanent product. But most of the

time these are things that someone

produces like their homework, their

cleaning dishes. So, you take a picture

and count how many dishes they clean.

Putting things on a shelf. You could

take a picture and count it or count it

once it's done. Producing

bracelets. There's a possibility that

somebody else did the behavior and

you're counting it for the person it was

assigned to. A kid could turn in their

homework and their parents did their

homework. Even though the teacher's

going to give the grade to the student,

you don't know for sure.

Completed worksheets are the biggest

example. Cleaning areas is also an

example. You can take a picture, go into

a room and see how clean it was. You

could easily count how many emails were

sent. If someone had an assignment of

sending this many emails, you can check

on that. Signin sheet attendance can be

a permanent product. If the students are

assigning it, that's a great example of

who did it. In college, you had that

teacher who sent around the signin

sheet. We all signed it and that's how

they took attendance. Of course, there

was one person signing for five people

half the time. So, that's an great

example. Fitness tracker is a great one.

Get takes your steps, heart rate, all

this stuff. If you were increasing a

client's fitness or how many steps they

walked or their heart rate, you could do

that all with a fitness tracker and not

actually have to be with a client to

make sure those things are happening.

There's a lot of fitness programs using

behavioral science to help people, which

is great, but I've seen quite a few that

my friends were doing where they give

their fitness tracker, they give their

coach access to their fitness tracker

and that's how they're keeping them

accountable. So, I think that's really

cool. You can do that all through Zoom.

You don't even have to be in the same

room with the person or at the gym with

the person. When we're thinking about

permanent product, we want to look at it

as recording a measurement method that

uses a physical result. So, you need

that physical result and does it make

sense for what you're trying to

accomplish. So, you're going to look at

completed worksheets, cleaned areas,

checklists, measuring behavior through

the outcome. Use a physical result. When

there is a physical result and it makes

sense for what you're trying to change

within the behavior, it can be counted

and reviewed later. And there's a

onetoone relationship between the

behavior and the product. There's no

direct observation. Makes it really

easy. You can do it anytime you want.

Ideal for independent work. Weaknesses.

It only works if there's a clear product

and you have a risk of someone else

producing the product. Examples are

completed worksheets, clean desk, email

sent, attendance sheets signed, steps on

a fitness tracker. And I want to say, I

didn't emphasize this enough, but this

is used with bruises and scratches,

which you can count on a body or you

could take pictures and count. So, we do

use permanent product recording for

those types of things. So, that would be

for aggressive or severe behaviors.

Thank you. I'll see you next video.