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STUDY

both Kaleb and Keynon are students at a prestigious local private school, which is well-known for having an outstanding reputation in the community. In spite of the fact that both of them have been identified as having a condition on the autistic spectrum, they are both enrolled in kindergarten with other children of the same age who are developing typically. In an effort to attract attention, the child Kaleb, who is 6 years old, often bites his arms or smacks his face. He never skips a day of school despite having a rigorous class schedule that runs from Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. The more attention he gets in class from his teacher, his assistant, and his students, the more disruptive he is in the classroom. It has been brought to our attention that Kaleb has a very persistent pattern of hitting himself. The number of occasions in which Kaleb engages in aggressive behavior varies, but on a daily basis, it ranges anywhere from ten to twenty-five times.

The second student that is now in attendance here goes by the name of Keynon. Keynon, who is just six years old, will often resort to hitting anybody and everyone in his immediate environment in order to get out of having to fulfill his obligations. In addition to that, he has school every Monday through Friday from eight in the morning until two in the afternoon. There is a strikingly constant amount of frequency with which the tendency for Keynon to smack may be seen. According to the information that has been compiled from a wide range of various sources, the frequency count for Keynon's violent conduct might vary anywhere from 16 to 28. Both of the youngsters are now present in the classroom, where they are seated at rectangular tables together with four other students and one Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) who acts in the capacity of a monitor. Kaleb and Keynon's class currently has twenty students enrolled. The Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs) and the Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) sat with the children to watch how they interacted with one another. The BCBA also made intermittent checks to see how things were progressing.