When programs are mastered, we typically keep them on maintenance for up to a couple of months. We use the following sheets to keep track of progress.

Maintenance

Mastered Conditions

When teaching, mastered conditions of programs should be randomized with all current skill acquisition targets.

Maintenance data is collected separately from skill acquisition data.

Maintenance should be run daily, but data should be collected minimum once per week.

Maintenance data is to be graphed.

Mastered Programs

When a student masters a program, the program should be filed at the back of the student’s data binder in reverse chronological order. Then the “Mastered Program Sheet” should be filled out.

In addition, fill out a cue card and file it in the student’s “mastered” recipe box.

Cue cards should include:

Program name

Target objective

Sd

Correct response

Example

Mastered targets

Maintenance should be run on all programs outlined on data sheet at least once per week and graphed on a maintenance data sheet.

Maintenance schedule (unless otherwise specified):

• 1x per week for 3 weeks
• 1x per 2 weeks for 3 weeks
• 1x per month for 3 months
• 1x per 3 months for 3 months