Measurement & Documentation
This method is used when you record how many times a behavior occurs during a session.
Frequency (or count)
What is the minimum percentage of a client's services that must be supervised by the BCBA each month.
5%
The teaching procedure where a skill is taught in a fast-paced, highly structured 1:1 setting
Discrete Trial Training (DTT)
The ethical priority in behavior reduction that involves changing the environment before the behavior occurs. Think ABCs*
Antecedent intervention
The ethical rule that prohibits RBTs from starting personal friendships or romantic relationships with clients or their family members.
Dual Relationships
This measurement method records the time that elapses from the presentation of the antecedent (SD) to the beginning of the client's response.
Latency
The ethical rule requiring the RBT to report suspected abuse or neglect to the proper authorities.
Mandated Reporting/Reporter
This is the instruction or cue presented by the therapist that signals the opportunity for a response.
Discriminative Stimulus (SD)
Teaching the client an appropriate, easy-to-use skill (like saying "break") that achieves the same outcome as the challenging behavior.
Functional Communication Training
Can an RBT accept if a client's parent offers a $50 gift card for Christmas. Why or why not?
No; against code of ethics (Gift or Bartering for services )
This measurement is used to record the total time a behavior occurs, typically measured from start to finish.
Duration
This non-negotiable ethical rule prevents RBTs from accepting gifts, offering babysitting, or having personal relationships with clients or their family.
Dual Relationships
A type of prompt that involves the therapist positioning materials or the client's body so the correct response is almost guaranteed.
Positional Prompt
A differential reinforcement procedure where reinforcement is provided for any behavior other than the challenging behavior during a specific interval.
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
When discussing a client with the BCBA, the RBT should use this type of language to describe behavior rather than subjective terms like "rude" or "frustrated
Objective and Measurable Language
A time-sampling measurement that records whether a behavior occurred at any point during a specific interval.
Partial Interval Recording
If a parent asks an RBT to work on a skill that is not in the treatment plan, the RBT should politely defer the request to this person.
Supervising BCBA
Which prompt is more intrusive partial physical prompt or gestural prompt?
Partial Physical Prompt
A differential reinforcement procedure where the therapist reinforces a behavior that is physically incompatible with the challenging behavior (e.g., reinforcing hands-in-pockets to reduce hand flapping)
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
All client data, including session notes and communication with the BCBA, must comply with this federal privacy law.
HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
This method is used when you record whether a behavior occurred throughout the entire interval (e.g., did they stay on task for the full 1 minute?).
Whole Interval Recording
The document that lists the specific tasks, competencies, and ethical responsibilities that an RBT must adhere to.
RBT Task List or the BACB Ethics Code
Describe a full physical prompt
A Full Physical Prompt (often abbreviated as FPP) is the most intrusive type of prompt used in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy.
It is defined as providing complete, hand-over-hand physical guidance to help a client successfully complete a desired behavior or response.
The purpose of the Full Physical Prompt is to guarantee an immediate and correct response, which is crucial in errorless learning—a teaching method designed to minimize frustration and ensure the client only practices the correct skill
The strategy where the therapist proactively delivers the suspected reinforcer for the challenging behavior on a fixed time schedule, independent of the client's behavior.
Non-Contingent Reinforcement (NCR)
Who needs to be notified of any and all absences/tardiness of scheduled sessions? *Must name all
BCBA, family, scheduler