ANTECEDENT INTERVENTIONS
This type of antecedent intervention involves changing the environment before a behavior occurs to reduce the likelihood of the behavior happening.
What is antecedent manipulation?
This type of data collection records whether a behavior occurred at any point during a predetermined interval.
What is partial interval recording?
This verbal operant is controlled by a motivating operation and results in reinforcement.
What is a mand?
This schedule provides reinforcement after every correct response.
What is continuous reinforcement?
This type of differential reinforcement reinforces an alternative behavior while withholding reinforcement for the problem behavior.
What is DRA?
Providing access to a preferred item or activity before a demand is placed to reduce problem behavior is an example of this strategy.
What is non-contingent reinforcement (NCR)?
This measurement method records the extent of time a behavior lasts.
What is duration?
This verbal operant involves repeating what another person says.
What is an echoic?
In this schedule, reinforcement is delivered after a set number of responses.
what is fixed ratio?
Reinforcing a behavior that is incompatible with the problem behavior is an example of this procedure.
What is differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior (DRI)?
This strategy involves gradually increasing the amount of work required before reinforcement is given
What is demand fading?
Ex. A child who engages in tantrums when asked to complete academic tasks may benefit from demand fading. The therapist might start by asking the child to complete one simple task, such as writing their name. As the child becomes more comfortable with this task, the therapist gradually increases the demands, such as asking them to complete two tasks or a more difficult task.
This type of recording is best for behaviors that have a clear beginning and end and occur at a high rate.
What is frequency recording?
This operant is evoked by a verbal stimulus and does not have point-to-point correspondence.
What is an intraverbal?
In this schedule, reinforcement is given after an average number of responses.
What is variable ratio?
This procedure reinforces lower rates of behavior but does not eliminate it completely.
What is differential reinforcement of low rates (DRL)?
DRL is used when a behavior is acceptable but occurs too frequently, and the goal is to decrease the frequency to a more appropriate level, rather than eliminating it.
This antecedent strategy uses high-probability requests to increase compliance with a low-probability request
What is behavioral momentum?
The idea is that the positive reinforcement (or momentum) gained from completing the easy tasks makes the individual more likely to comply with the subsequent, less preferred tasks.
A client is asked by a staff member to put their shoes on. The client sits in their bed for 15 minutes before they begin to move off their bed to put their shoes on. This is an example of?
What is latency?
When a child says “car” after seeing a car drive by, they are demonstrating this type of verbal operant.
What is a tact?
A slot machine operates on this type of reinforcement schedule.
Variable Ratio
A young adult with a developmental disability has been engaging in disruptive outbursts, such as yelling and throwing objects, during group activities. To reduce these behaviors, the behavior analyst sets a timer for 5-minute intervals and reinforces the individual for the absence of disruptive behaviors during that time. This is an example of?
What is DRO?
This intervention is largely used to teach children how to replace difficult behaviors with suitable communication that is socially acceptable
What is functional communication training?
A patient is engaging in vocal outbursts which the behavior analyst is tracking. They record the time that elapses between the end of each vocal outburst and the beginning of the following one. This is an example of?
What is IRT?
The amount of time that elapses between two consecutive instances of a behavior. IRT is measured from the end of the first response to the beginning of the second response (and so forth if there are more than two responses).
A client is experiencing hunger. She has a history of receiving food from staff members in her group home when she asks. The client goes to her picture icon book, locates the “I want” and “pretzels” icons, arranges them on the sentence strip, and finds a staff member to hand it to. This is an example of?
What is a mand?
A weekly paycheck, where you are paid every Friday, regardless of how much you work during the week is an example of what schedule?
Fixed Interval
A fixed-interval (FI) schedule means that reinforcement is delivered after a specific, predetermined time interval, and the first response after that interval is reinforced
Child A has a problem behavior of mouthing non-food items (toys, pennies, fingers, etc) to gain sensory stimulation. Every time child A attempts to place a non-food item in her mouth, you block this behavior and redirect her to a sensory chewie toy. As child A places the chewie in her mouth, you provide verbal praise. This scenario is an example of?
What is DRA?