Operants
What is a mand?
A request for something they want or need
Give an example of how to reinforce positive behaviors or a correct response
praise, the item they are motivated for, hugs, physical attention, etc
what is frequency?
the number of times a behavior occurs.
Give examples of approaches and escapes
approaches-
comes to you, reaches, mands, smiles at you, eye contact, get in your space, nonverbal language, calls your name, etc.
escapes-
runs or walks away from you, turns away from you, a behavior occurs such as physically aggressing to you, takes toy to another location, etc.
what does aba stand for?
applied behavior analysis
What is the SD for matching?
"can you match", "find the same"
what is a Continuous reinforcement schedule? or FR:1?
Each occurrence of a response is reinforced
What is duration?
A measure of the total extent of time in which a behaviour occurs
What does ABC stand for when doing ABC data?
antecedent, behavior, consequence
what does LRFFC stand for?
listener response: feature, function, class
what is a tact?
A label. Stating what something is based on seeing, hearing, smelling, touching it.
List a few automatic reinforcers
food, sleep, water, stereotypies
how do you graph baseline data?
2 times a session, graph one trial at a time
what is a common definition for elopement?
wandering, bolting, or leaving an area/location without permission or asking to do so
what are a few things you do when pairing?
-give items non contingently
-do not place any demands
-use continuous language
-praise all positive behaviors
-do not take away items unless unsafe
Give an example of natural environment teaching with the verbal operants
child tacts dog, tree, flower while at the park.
what is reinforcement? negative and positive- you don't need to be super specific
It is any stimulus that strengthens or increases the likelihood/future frequency of a behavior happening in the future.
what is rate?
the number of times something happens in a specific duration recorded.
Give 5 antecedent strategies that are important for sessions with JD.
-Priming
-Being super reinforcing/pairing yourself with him
-Prompt language when you know what he wants
- Provide attention and social praise for appropriate/positive behaviors
-use peers for social reinforcement during connections time to participate in group work
what is errorless teaching?
Once a child errors, providing them with the answer or correct response immediately not allowing them to error.
what do echoics need to have?
It needs to have point to point correspondence.
what is Extinction?
Removal of reinforcement from a previously reinforced behavior.
How do we generalize mands? how do we generalize tacts?
mands- diff therapists, with diff items, in diff rooms/enviornments
tacts- different pictures, real items, diff therapists, in the gym
what are the 4 functions of behavior, give brief example of a behavior for each function
escape
attention
access to tangible
sensory/automatic
Give an example of what could be a task analysis and hypothetical steps
Washing hands-
turn on water, get soap, scrub on hands, rinse hands, turn off water, get paper towel, dry hands, throw out paper towel