ABA Basics
What does ABA stand for?
Applied Behavior Analysis
What does DTT stand for?
Discrete Trial Training
What are the 4 functions of behavior?
Attention, Escape, Tangible, Automatic/Sensory
What is receptive language: input or output?
Input
What does the A in ABC data stand for?
Antecedent
What is a replacement behavior?
A more appropriate behavior taught to replace a problem behavior
What does BIP stand for?
Behavior Intervention Plan
A child screams and staff gives them a toy. What is the likely function?
Tangible
What is expressive language: input or output?
Output
What does the C in ABC data stand for?
Consequence
What makes something a reinforcer?
It increases the future likelihood of a behavior
What does IOA stand for?
Interobserver Agreement
A child throws their worksheet and staff removes the work. What is the likely function?
Escape
A child sees a dog and says “dog.” What verbal operant is this?
Tact
What type of data records how many times a behavior occurs?
Frequency
Why is rapport-building important?
It helps build a positive relationship and makes staff/therapy associated with reinforcement
What does EO stand for?
Establishing Operation
A child repeatedly hums because they enjoy the sound, even when alone. What is the likely function?
Automatic/Sensory
A child says “cookie” because they want a cookie. What verbal operant is this?
Mand
What type of data records how long a behavior lasts?
Duration
Staff gives a client praise every time they complete a task. Over several sessions, task completion does not increase. Staff continues calling praise a “reinforcer.” Based on what you learned, what is wrong with this statement?
If it does not increase the behavior, it is not functioning as a reinforcer.
During an observation, two staff independently record the same behavior and their data are compared. At the same time, a supervisor checks whether the intervention is being implemented exactly as written. What TWO acronyms are being measured?
IOA = Interobserver Agreement and PI = Procedural Integrity
During work, a client begins yelling. Staff talks to them and then removes the work. The yelling could have two possible functions based on what happened afterward. What are they?
Attention and Escape. You would need more information/data to determine the function.
A child sees bubbles on a shelf and says, “Bubbles.” Staff gives them the bubbles. Is “bubbles” automatically a mand because they received the bubbles? Explain.
No. Based on the slides, a tact is labeling and a mand is requesting. You need to know whether the child was labeling the bubbles or requesting them.
Staff says, “Put the toys away.” The client screams for 45 seconds and throws two toys. Staff removes the toys and gives the client a break. Identify the antecedent, behavior, consequence, AND name two types of data that could be collected on the behavior.
A: Staff said to put toys away. B: Screamed for 45 seconds and threw two toys. C: Staff removed the toys and gave a break. Data: Duration for screaming and frequency for throwing.