Instructor: Laura Beth Jackson

Lesson Title: Extinction Park

Curriculum Area: SPED 3860

Date: July 15, 2015

Estimated Time: 20-30 minutes

Learning Objective:
SPED 3860 students will be able to:

Verbally explain the three defining components of extinction

Name examples and non-examples of appropriate situations to use extinction procedures to eliminate
problem behavior
Demonstrate using extinction procedure with varying reinforcers (attention, access to tangibles, and
escape)

Engagement:
The teacher will engage students in the lesson by first relating the common definition of extinction to the
behavioral definition. Teacher will ask students probing question: What happened to the dinosaurs? and
allow volunteer to answer. Teacher will then show video (embedded in PowerPoint), relating the meteor crash to
a disruption in the normal cycles of reinforcement. Similarly, ABA extinction procedures also disrupt the
normal reinforcement found in a students everyday life. Before transitioning into the teaching portion of the
lesson, the teacher will remind students of classroom expectations, clapping attention signal, and introduce
online resource guide (http://extinctionpark.weebly.com).
Design for Learning:
I Do
The teacher will teach basic concepts of extinction using a PowerPoint presentation. The material will be
presented in the following order:

Definition with examples and non-examples

Conceptual basis of extinction
When/when not to use extinction
Factors to consider when using extinction procedures
How to plan using extinction in the classroom

Throughout the presentation, the teacher will ask students to share personal experiences, ask questions, respond
to prompts, etc. Students will receive Lucky Bucks from the paraprofessional as reinforcement for participation.
We Do and You Do
In order to provide students modeling and practice applying extinction procedure in the classroom, the teacher
and paraprofessional will lead students through a role-playing activity. The paraeducator will be student
engaging in problem behavior. The chart below displays the three extinction conditions, a definition of the
target behavior, and an overview of the script for each role-play scene. Before going through each scene, the
teacher will define the problem behavior and review the extinction condition. To aid instruction, the teacher will
refer to the Extinction Park Role-Play Guide passed out to each student by the paraprofessional. This sheet
has students brainstorm an example of a scene that involves extinction in that specific condition. After the
teacher and paraeducator act out all three extinction conditions, students will have an opportunity to practice as
many extinction conditions as time allows. Students may use their role-play guide if they wish.

Problem Behavior

Talkingoutofturn:
Answeringa
questiondirected
toanotherstudent
Talking/laughing/
makingnoise
whiletheteacheris
givingdirections
Talkingtoapeer
whenduring
independentwork
time
Talkingoutofturn
duringinstruction

Extinction Condition
(What reinforcer teacher
is withholding)
Attention (ignore all
instances of problem
behavior)

Scene Description
(Teacher modeling)

Escape (do not allow

student to end tasks because
they engage in problem
behavior)

Tangibles (do not give the

student access to preferred
items because they engage
in problem behavior)

Paraprofessionalwillbeplacedin
classsettingandengagein
problembehaviorthroughout
scene
Teacherwillassignthestudentsan
independentworkassignmentfor
oneminute
Teacherwillignoreallinstances
ofPB
Paraprofessionalwillbeplacedin
classsettingandengagein
problembehaviorthroughout
scene
Teacherwillassignthestudentsan
independentworkassignmentfor
oneminute
Negativereinforcement:haveto
keepstudentworkingontask
Paraprofessionalwillbeplacedin
classsettingandengagein
problembehaviorthroughout
scene
Teacherwillassignthestudentsan
independentworkassignmentfor
oneminute
Inthisscene,studentprefersbean
bagandissenttherefortime
out;donotallowchildtogoto
beanbagbecauseofPB

Closure:
Teacher will use attention signal to regain students attention. Once teacher has regained attention, she will close
the lesson by reviewing key components with cold-call questions that include:

What is one of the three defining components of extinction?

Can you provide an example of an appropriate situation to use extinction procedures to eliminate
problem behavior?
Can you provide a non-example of an appropriate situation to use extinction procedures to eliminate
problem behavior?

Materials and Resources:

Extinction Park PowerPoint

Link to www.extinctionpark.weebly.com
Extinction Park Role-Play Guide (1/student)

Paraeducators Role
The paraeducator will have four main duties through the lesson. First, the paraeducator will help hand out
Lucky Bucks for class participation. Secondly, the paraeducator will help the teacher keep track of the elapsed
time with pre-agreed on visual cues. Third, the paraeducator will play a major part in role-play activities.
Finally, the paraeducator will help enforce classroom expectations. On the first and second instances of rule
breaking, the paraeducator will provide students with a private verbal prompt. If the behavior continues, the
paraeducator will mark the class timeline that requires students to remain after class.
*To draw attention to the paraprofessionals role in the lesson plan text, his specific duties include a red
highlight.