Pablo is a preschooler diagnosed with autism. He is a great student in terms of skill mastery  he learns new skills at a rapid pace. However, staff often complain when they are assigned to work with Pablo because he often spits on the table. Staff have attempted to address the behavior as best they could, but their reactions are inconsistent. Sometimes they ignore it. At other times they show an exasperated reaction while wiping up the spit. Still other times, Pablo was sent to exclusionary time out  that is, he was sent to the back of the room for 30 seconds at a time following spitting. Finally, at other times, a version of overcorrection was used. Specifically, he was made to clean up the saliva as well as the rest of the table. When asked about their different treatment approaches, the staff indicated that they thought that using four different interventions would be better than trying one at a time one of them was bound to work). While reviewing the data (which the staff graphed for you), you are unable to make sense of it or to determine if any of the treatments are working because none of the data points are labeled as to which treatment was being used at the time. One thing you can conclude is that the treatment package (of sorts) has not been effective in reducing Pablos spitting. Please answer the following questions. 

1) What are the main issues with this treatment process?

 

2) What would you do to address the case appropriately as the behavior analyst? Explain each step and why you would do it.