ABA Terms & Acronyms
This is what ABA stands for.
What is Applied Behavior Analysis?
This decreases the likelihood of future behavior. Reinforcement or punishment?
What is punishment?
Pointing to an object to get a response.
What is a gestural prompt?
Counting how many times a behavior happens.
What is frequency?
Your student historically pulls peers' hair. The student is in group with a peer who has long hair. This is a preventative that can be used.
What is place yourself in between your student and the peer and/or have your student sit at a different side of the table in the group room?
This is the 3-letter acronym that describes when two people record behavior and then compare results to see how reliable it is.
What is IOA?
A child is given a cookie after cleaning up toys and cleans up faster next time. Reinforcement or punishment?
What is reinforcement?
This is why it's important to fade prompts.
What is promoting independence?
This is the data collection method of every student in our program. (hint: the behavior is circled if it occurs ANY time within that interval)
What is partial interval?
Your student runs out of the classroom toward the side door. This is what you do.
What is prioritize client safety, block the exit if safe to do so, and alert supporting staff?
This is the method of looking around the environment or room every 20 seconds.
What is scanning?
This is how you know if something is reinforcing.
What is the behavior increases in the future?
You give your student a directive to complete a task, and they do not respond within 3-5 seconds. This is what you should do next.
What is do not repeat the Sd and go through the prompt hierarchy?
This is when de-escalation (D or DE on the data sheet) should be circled.
What is when working on coping skills during pre-crisis/post-crisis?
Your student suddenly bites another peer. This is what you should do first.
What is separate both students and make sure they are safe?
This 2-letter acronym stands for what we say to cue the student to give a specific response. (Hint: this on every Catalyst target)
What is SD (Discriminative Stimulus)?
A client begins screaming during math. The therapist provides a verbal reprimand to stop screaming. The client screams more often during math. (positive/negative - reinforcement/punishment)
What is positive reinforcement?
This type of fading involves gradually reducing the intensity or amount of a prompt over time.
What is most-to-least fading?
A student at our center (who's target behaviors are Agg and SIB) engages in Agg 5x and engages in SIB 2x during the same interval, this is how many circles should be on your data sheet so far.
What is 2 circles?
You give your student a directive to complete a task. They begin to engage in aggression. This is what you should you do.
What is follow the crisis plan and/or prompt coping skills to promote de-escalation?