Punishment in Schools Resources scoring guide icon Punishment in Schools Scoring Guide. Website icon Task List Content Area 1: Ethical Considerations. Website icon ABA Library Research Guide. Website icon Capella University Online Graduate Writing Center – APA Style and Formatting. Website icon iGuide: ePortfolio. PDF icon APA Writing Feedback Rubric. PDF icon Learner Guide to APA Writing Feedback Rubric. Some schools employ punishment procedures on a regular basis and have done so for decades. Other schools exert overly controlling, contrived, and coercive disciplinary practices. For this assignment, you should reflect on your own experiences and describe a personal encounter when you witnessed or experienced overly restrictive, or harsh, punitive, and/or ineffective punitive methods in a school setting. Based on the assigned readings for this unit, as well as the BACB Content Area 1 of the Task List (referenced in Unit 1), describe and discuss three use of reinforcement-based procedures that could be used to reduce problem behaviors in a school. In your assignment, you must also identify and describe the potential side effects of overly restrictive or harsh punitive methods in a school setting. In addition, discuss potential ethical considerations for the use of punishment in schools. Other Assignment Requirements Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message. Format: Use current APA 6th edition style and formatting guidelines. Length: 3–5 pages minimum, double-spaced. References: A sufficient number of scholarly sources. Font: Times New Roman, 12 point. Please refer to the Punishment in Schools Scoring Guide to ensure you understand the grading criteria for this assignment. Note: Your instructor may also use the APA Writing Feedback Rubric to provide additional feedback on your academic writing. The writing feedback rubric does not affect your assignment grade, but its feedback may factor into the grading criteria, if professional communication and writing is a course competency. Evaluate your own work using this rubric. Refer to the Learner Guide for instructions on viewing instructor feedback. Punishment in Schools Scoring Guide Due Date: End of Unit 7. Percentage of Course Grade: 5%. CRITERIA NON-PERFORMANCE BASIC PROFICIENT DISTINGUISHED Give example(s) of overly restrictive, harsh, and/or ineffective punitive methods in a school setting. 25% Fails to identify any examples of overly restrictive, harsh, and/or ineffective punitive methods in a school setting. Outlines at a basic level examples of overly restrictive, harsh, and/or ineffective punitive methods in a school setting. Gives examples of overly restrictive, harsh, and/or ineffective punitive methods in a school setting. Gives examples of overly restrictive, harsh, and/or ineffective punitive methods in a school setting. Assesses how guidelines for using punishment effectively apply in real-life settings. Examine potential side effects of using punishment in a school. 25% Fails to identify the potential side effects of using punishment in a school. Discusses some of the potential side effects of using punishment in a school. Examines potential side effects of using punishment in a school. Examines potential side effects of using punishment in a school and provides impressive scholarly support for statements made. Recognizes how punishment can be a vital learning process in behavior change. Analyzes ethical considerations for the use of punishment in schools. 25% Fails to identify any ethical considerations for the use of punishment in schools. Outlines some ethical considerations for the use of punishment in schools at a basic level. Analyzes ethical considerations for the use of punishment in schools. Analyzes ethical considerations for the use of punishment in schools. Demonstrates familiarity with the ethical guidelines that are expected for professionals. Describe reinforcement-based ABA procedures that could be used to reduce problem behaviors in schools. 25% Fails to understand reinforcement-based ABA procedures that could be used to reduce problem behaviors in schools. Describes at a basic level a few reinforcement-based ABA procedures that could be used to reduce problem behaviors in schools. Describes reinforcement-based ABA procedures that could be used to reduce problem behaviors in schools. Describes reinforcement-based ABA procedures that could be used to reduce problem behaviors in schools, and provides impressive scholarly support for rationale.