solved Post A) My “Better Me Plan”, was to be able

Post A) My “Better Me Plan”, was to be able to eliminate the amount of panic attacks I have. Our professor pointed out that this is an identified behavior that I should find a positive way to decrease the amount of stress that is leading to these attacks. So, I have a scheduled reinforcer that I have recently started to include in my positive ways to lessen the stress. I have gone to the store and bought an actual stress ball, and I have been using this stress ball throughout the day when I am feeling stressed. My panic attacks are brought on by stress and even though I may not even know I am stressing other people around me. Like my husband will notice this behavior. My intermitted scheduled reinforcer is when I take more time out of my day like right when I wake up, I will listen to some classical music and before I go to bed, I will do the same thing. The Differential Reinforcement would be when I do not have my stress ball to be able to use and I feel stressed, like when I am driving. I have to be able to use both hands so I am not given a reinforcer, I just have to used applied behaviors like breathing techniques to calm myself. “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” For this quote I can relate to it heavily. I recently changed my pattern of eating and strayed a ketogenic diet with applied intermittent fasting for 18 hours a day. My motivation was to lose weight for a trip that I am going on for my birthday this month. However, whet kept me going is the fact that I have already lost 11lbs. So, in fact this is habit because I no longer even have the urge to eat something that is not healthy because I am already used to this new way of living. When working with people in the Human Service field this can be small steps of accomplishments that are made for future goals. We need to know what motivates people to change, and then in turn to be able to show patterns of habitual behavior that can be changed to positive reinforcement. This when there are negative outcomes they are able to look towards their goal and not the failures that they have had. Post B)For my better Me Plan I chose better time management to better my mood in life. I chose to make more time for things that I feel are important to my overall mental health such as a full night’s rest and personal time. I believe negative reinforcement has been the reinforcement most suitable for my situation. If I choose not to make personal time for myself, the negative will result in my mood and livelyhood being on a decline rather than a incline. I believe I have in fact been using the principles of differential reinforcement of high rates because if I make time for sleep and other personal activities with myself my reward ends’s up being high satisfaction and overall better moods for my health. I believe I can recommend client’s to use tactics such as reinforcement’s for better results over time. Putting life and goals into perspective while working toward’s a reward is a great form of treatment when wanting better results over time.The quote (“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” – unknown) breaks down to the fact that their has to be something in which you want as a reward, something that motivates you. While working towards your reward you are forming new behaviors which results in behavior modification and new habits to be created.