U8A1___The_Power_of_Manding.docx PSY 7709 The Power of Manding: Xavier Capella Univers

U8A1___The_Power_of_Manding.docx  PSY 7709  The Power of Manding: Xavier   Capella University   PSY 7709  The Power of Manding: Xavier   Dear ………………….,    It was a pleasure meeting you and Xavier the other day. I am excited to engage into this new journey with Xavier as my client as well as observe his progress. I have taken into account your concerns about Xaviers frequent tantrums and lack of functional language. To help Xavier develop the language skills he lacks and decrease the frequency of tantrums that he exhibits, we will be applying the principals of Applied Behavior Analysis. These principles state that according to science in which the tactics are derived, they can help improve socially significant behavior and experimentation which are used to identify the variables responsible for the improvement in behavior (Cooper, Heron, and Heward, 2020). To assist Xavier with having a successful intervention, I would like to apply manding. Manding is when there is a produced response to a certain request that is either needed or wanted by an individual and reinforcement in applied when the certain requested object is provided (Cooper et al., 2020).  It allows for an individual to specify exactly what is wanted in order for a reinforcement to occur (Skinner, 1957). For example, if a child wants an orange for a snack, the child may walk to the fruit basket and either point or state that they would like an orange. The child will then be reinforced by having the orange provided to them. Manding can