Hi everyone, welcome back. This is our last way to record data and this type of data recording is called permanent product recording. So what is permanent product recording? It's recording the end result of a behavior when it leaves a physical result that can be counted, reviewed or seen. A strength of it is there's a lot of flexibility in timing. When we're doing interval recordings or duration, you have to be there to see the behavior. With permanent product, you can take the physical result and record it at any time. It's really efficient because it saves time. You don't have to be right there in the moment. And it's ideal for tracking behaviors that perform without supervision. Sometimes we can't supervise someone, but we still want to record their behavior. An example of this is grades. A lot of grading. Getting the homework, giving it a grade, or getting a test, giving it a grade. They didn't watch the student do the homework and mark down every answer next frequency on how many answers correct you got. When to use permanent product? You want to use it when behavior leaves a clear measurable outcome. So when the behavior is directly produced a physical product that can be counted or inspected later. Permanent product allows you to review the behavior's result after the fact. Sometimes we want to avoid a direct observation. For example, kids see you observing them and change their behavior. In those cases, you might want to do a permanent product recording. Behavior is independent or self-directed. So, it doesn't need supervision. The person is doing it completely by themselves. The biggest strength is it does not require direct observation. Another strength is it has a lot of flexible timing. So, we get to do it whenever we want. It's really easy to review and store products. Multiple people can take data on a product and compare. Ideal for independent work. It's great for monitoring behaviors that don't need a lot of supervision. It requires a clear product of the behaviors. Not all behavior produces a product. Can't show how the behavior was performed. So, you lose all that data of how did they approach the math problems or how did they approach cleaning the dishes or making those bracelets. You're not looking at quality as much. You can't use it unless there's a lasting result like tantrums or momentary actions that don't leave behind a product. There's some behaviors you can use it for bruising or scratching. A lot of things we can now look at with video. So that's considered permanent product or a recording would be permanent product. But most of the time these are things that someone produces like their homework, their cleaning dishes. So, you take a picture and count how many dishes they clean. Putting things on a shelf. You could take a picture and count it or count it once it's done. Producing bracelets. There's a possibility that somebody else did the behavior and you're counting it for the person it was assigned to. A kid could turn in their homework and their parents did their homework. Even though the teacher's going to give the grade to the student, you don't know for sure. Completed worksheets are the biggest example. Cleaning areas is also an example. You can take a picture, go into a room and see how clean it was. You could easily count how many emails were sent. If someone had an assignment of sending this many emails, you can check on that. Signin sheet attendance can be a permanent product. If the students are assigning it, that's a great example of who did it. In college, you had that teacher who sent around the signin sheet. We all signed it and that's how they took attendance. Of course, there was one person signing for five people half the time. So, that's an great example. Fitness tracker is a great one. Get takes your steps, heart rate, all this stuff. If you were increasing a client's fitness or how many steps they walked or their heart rate, you could do that all with a fitness tracker and not actually have to be with a client to make sure those things are happening. There's a lot of fitness programs using behavioral science to help people, which is great, but I've seen quite a few that my friends were doing where they give their fitness tracker, they give their coach access to their fitness tracker and that's how they're keeping them accountable. So, I think that's really cool. You can do that all through Zoom. You don't even have to be in the same room with the person or at the gym with the person. When we're thinking about permanent product, we want to look at it as recording a measurement method that uses a physical result. So, you need that physical result and does it make sense for what you're trying to accomplish. So, you're going to look at completed worksheets, cleaned areas, checklists, measuring behavior through the outcome. Use a physical result. When there is a physical result and it makes sense for what you're trying to change within the behavior, it can be counted and reviewed later. And there's a onetoone relationship between the behavior and the product. There's no direct observation. Makes it really easy. You can do it anytime you want. Ideal for independent work. Weaknesses. It only works if there's a clear product and you have a risk of someone else producing the product. Examples are completed worksheets, clean desk, email sent, attendance sheets signed, steps on a fitness tracker. And I want to say, I didn't emphasize this enough, but this is used with bruises and scratches, which you can count on a body or you could take pictures and count. So, we do use permanent product recording for those types of things. So, that would be for aggressive or severe behaviors. Thank you. 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