Data Collection
This type of data collection is a total count of every occurrence of a targeted behavior.
Frequency
This type of consequence makes it more likely that behavior will occur again.
Reinforcement
This type of consequence makes it less likely that a behavior will occur again.
Punishment
You fill this out whenever there is a client / RBT injury, property damage, or other unusual event.
Incident Report
Name one of the seven RBT Ethics Code Core Principles.
Benefit Others
Compassion, Dignity, and Respect
Integrity
Competence
Confidentiality
Avoid Conflicts of Interest
Ongoing Professional Development
This type of data collection uses time intervals and is scored based on whether the behavior occurred at any point during the interval.
Partial Interval
This is structured teaching at a table with 4 parts: (1) Discriminative stimulus, (2) response), (3) consequence, and an inter-trial interval before the next teaching opportunity.
Discrete Trial Teaching
These are the four functions of behavior.
Attention
Tangible
Escape
Automatic
This is when a person behaves differently because they are being observed.
Reactivity
The percentage of service delivery hours by an RBT that must be supervised monthly.
5%
This type of data collection records the length of each behavior.
Duration
A strategy that involves reinforcing desirable behaviors while withholding reinforcement for others.
Differential reinforcement
A temporary increase in intensity, frequency or duration of a behavior when the reinforcement that maintained it is removed.
Extinction Burst
When a behavior is displayed across other settings, behaviors, and individuals from where it was originally learned.
Generalization
The number of professional development units / continuing education units required to maintain RBT supervision (for new applicants or those that have recertified after January 2026).
12 hours
When operationally defining a behavior, it must have these two components.
Observable
Measurable
A strategy that reinforces successive approximations towards a target.
Shaping
This is when a behavior reappears at a later time after not being displayed.
Spontaneous Recovery
The idea that we can see higher rates of behavior when we start with easy to do tasks to be completed before asking to complete a task that is aversive or less likely to be completed.
Behavioral Momentum
According to the BACB, to accept a gift from a family / client, it must be less than this amount.
$10
The two overarching categories of measurement used in data collection.
Continuous
Discontinuous
This is the removal of a stimulus that makes it more likely the behavior will occur in the future.
Negative Reinforcement
This is the addition of a stimulus that makes it less likely the behavior will occur in the future.
Positive Punishment
A behavior that opens up new opportunities and possibilities. It serves as a gateway to further skill acquisition.
Behavioral Cusp
A recent study suggested that approximately 84% of individuals on the spectrum report experiencing multiple forms of adverse childhood events (compared to 20% of the general population). This is what it is called when we use this information to plan and support the individual.
Trauma Informed Care