Behaviorist Interventions for Problem Patients

These are general guidelines.

Principles

  • Identify problem behaviors with the patient.
  • Develop a tracking system with the patient. For me, as I love memorizing useless statistics (just like R’ Yaakov Palatnik, previously of Aish HaTorah DC) AND baseball, use 0.300 as the R-, R2,or χ² value.
  • Create an index-card or laminated full-page to track the behaviors.
  • Use color, symbols, or dabs as in Bingo pens to track behavior changes.
  • Use small behaviors as rewards.
  • When the goal statistic is met for at least three (3) months, Patient can redeem for a reward and start a new one.

Last updated: 2026-09-02