Acorynms
Terms
Reinforcement
Strategies
SAMM
100

R+ stands for this term

What is positive reinforcement?

100

Refers to the activity of all living organisms

What is Behavior?

100

A way to identify possible reinforcers for your students

What is a Preference Assessment?

100

This strategy involves withholding reinforcement for a previously reinforced behavior, and is typically used in combination with a differential reinforcement procedure. 

What is Extinction?

100

This is the phrase that one would use (via walkie-talkie) to indicate that a crisis behavior is occurring and assistance is needed immediately.

What is a Code 3?

200

This term is referred to as an FBA

What is a Functional Behavior Assessment?

200

The process of breaking a complex skill into smaller, teachable units; also refers to the result of the process.

What is a Task Analysis?

200

The best type of reinforcement schedule when teaching a new skill

What is Continuous Reinforcement? 

(will also accept "FR1")

200

This is a way to show your students how fun you are and to establish yourself as a reinforcing person.

What is pairing?

200

This is the information you must convey when calling a code 2.

What is your location. 

300

In ABA, this is commonly referred to as "ABC"

What is Antecedent - Behavior - Consequence?

300
The stimulus that occurs prior to a behavior (in the 3-term contingency model).

What is an Antecedent?

300

This is the schedule of reinforcement that is least resistant to extinction.

What is a Variable Ratio schedule?

300

This is a phrase used to signal a student that a task is about to be presented.

What is "Ready Hands"?

300

This is your obligation as a SAMM employee if you witness, or are made aware of, abuse or neglect. 

What is a Mandated Reporter?

400

This term is referred to as an "FBA"

What is a Functional Behavior Assessment?

400

Behavior can increase abruptly at the start of this procedure whereby the reinforcer is withheld.

What is Extinction?

400

This is the process of reinforcing successive approximations of the desired behavior.

What is Shaping?

400

This is the teaching method used at SAMM for the PaTTan card sort. 

What is Discrete Trial Training?

Intensive Teaching (IT) is also accepted

400

This is the room number where all PPE and edibles are stored.

What is room 119?

500

This term is referred to as an "SD"

What is a Discriminative Stimulus?

500

Reemergence of a previously extinguished behavior

What is Spontaneous Recovery?

500

The type of reinforcement that describes why Jane takes an ibuprofen when she gets a headache. 

What is Negative Reinforcement? (the removal of an aversive to increase future behavior)

500

This teaching strategy involves teaching the first step of a chain and prompting all remaining steps.

What is forward chaining?

500

The names of our two PaTTan consultants

Who are Tom Miller and Ryan Delaney?

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