Autism Spectrum Disorder
A neurological, developmental disorder that affects how people interact with others, communicate, learn, and behave.
What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
the application of the principles of behavior to issues that are socially important, in order to produce practical change
What is Applied Behavior Analysis?
A procedure used to identify what an individual is interested in at a particular moment
What is Preference Assessment?
Sensory, Escape, Attention, and Tangible
What are the 4 functions of behavior?
Important for determining the effectiveness of the intervention.
What are measurement procedures?
1 in 36
What is the prevalence of Autism? (CDC, 2024)
anything a person says or does
What is behavior?
Reinforcement and Error Correction
What are the 2 types of Consequences?
A formal written program that outlines specific interventions that aim to decrease a specified inappropriate behavior and replace it with appropriate alternative behaviors
What is a behavior intervention plan?
The delivery of tokens contingent on the target behavior and exchanging of earned tokens for terminal reinforcer.
What is a Token Economy?
problems with social communication
problems with social interactions
presence of restrictive or repetitive behaviors/interest
What are the primary characteristics of ASD?
Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence
What is the 3-term Contingency?
Functional relationship between the task and reinforcer
What are Functional Reinforcers?
What is Noncontingent Reinforcement/NCR (antecedent modification)
Breaking down complex behaviors into smaller steps to track behavior.
What is Task Analysis?
persistent deficits in the 3 areas of social communication and interaction, as well as at least 2 types of restricted, repetitive behaviors
What is the diagnostic criteria for ASD?
a type of consequence that results in the increased likelihood of the behavior occurring in the future
What is reinforcement?
A stimulus in the presence of of which a particular response is reinforced, and in its absence that same behavior is not reinforced
teaching a patient to follow through with demands with presented
What is Demand Compliance (replacement behavior)?
collecting data on every instance of the behavior
What is continuous measurement?
extremely effective for the treatment of ASD
What is Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention?
Desirable consequences will increase behavior whereas undesirable consequences will decrease behavior
patient listens and cooperates because of an established good working relationship.
What is instructional control?
An intervention that provides reinforcement for a particular behavior, while withholding reinforcement for other behaviors.
What is Differential Reinforcement?
Recording if a behavior occurs during the entire interval
What is whole interval recording?