Chloe is a 4-year-old little girl diagnosed with a developmental disability that impairs her socialization and communication skills. She has just received approvals for the implementation of a home program for 16 hours per week, which includes both discrete trial training and incidental teaching programs as well as parent training to support Chloe's socialization and communication goals, which include functional communication training using a verbal behavior approach. As the BCBA that oversees the program, you are responsible for supervising two registered behavior technicians as well as supporting training for Chloe's parents and her grandmother, who frequently babysits Chloe while her parents are at work.

Assessment: Conduct a hypothetical diagnostic assessment of the system to determine the needs of the staff in terms of skills. Describe how the assessment analyzes the specific environment you are supporting. Then, hypothesize the assessment results that will be used to pinpoint behaviors for desired staff performance. Pinpoint (and define) the desired performance outcomes and the target behaviors for staff. Discuss whether these are individual target behaviors or behaviors targeted for the group, and provide a rationale to explain why the targeted behaviors are necessary to meet the performance outcomes. Training: Develop a set of training procedures for staff. Be sure to provide a discussion of why your outlined procedures were selected and how they will be implemented. This rationale should be grounded in evidence-based literature. Performance Monitoring: Develop a tool for monitoring the performance of staff. Provide an explanation of your monitoring tool and how the monitoring process will contribute to effective management of staff performance. Feedback and Reinforcement: Discuss your team's strategies for providing feedback and reinforcement regarding staff performance. What are specific considerations regarding the feedback process? What specific plan for providing positive reinforcement will you implement? Evaluating Outcomes: Design one or more evaluation tools that will