Measurement
What is FREQUENCY?
A rapport-building technique in which a person will associate themselves with all of the learner’s favorite items and activities
What is PAIRING?
These are the activities that require the coordination and movement of the smaller muscles of the body, especially those of the hand.
What are FINE MOTOR SKILLS?
A request for something wanted or needed, or a request to end something undesirable. This is one of the first forms of communication naturally acquired.
What is a MAND?
A series of repetitive movements or motor mannerisms that may include clapping, flapping or rocking
What is STEREOTYPY?
A form of measurement that measures how long a behavior lasts for or extends over time
What is DURATION?
A positive reinforcement system that involves earning towards a reinforcer. This system helps learners to:
What is a TOKEN ECONOMY?
An instruction that evokes a response
What is a Discriminative Stimulus (SD)?
A label for something the speaker sees, hears, smells, or tastes.
Example: Child sees a train riding by and says "train!"
What is a TACT?
One of the first observable symptoms of ASD in toddlers. Parents report that child does not respond to hearing this.
What is NAME?
The event, action, or circumstances that occur immediately before a behavior
What is ANTECEDENT?
A reinforcement schedule in which the reinforcer is delivered after each response
What is FR-1?
OR What is DIRECT REINFORCEMENT?
A process used for teaching new skills by breaking down a desired behavior into smaller, manageable steps, allowing individuals to gradually progress towards the desired outcome.
What is SHAPING?
A verbal behavior where one speaker repeats the word of another speaker.
Example: a therapist says "Say cookie!" and the client repeats "Cookie!"
What is ECHOIC?
Boys are diagnosed with ASD at this ratio in comparison to girls
What is 4:1?
A data collection method that involves observing a behavior at specific, predetermined intervals rather than continuously monitoring it
What is MOMENTARY TIME SAMPLING?
Reinforcing a behavior by removing an undesired stimulus upon a behavior that will increase the likelihood of the behavior occurring in the future
What is NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT?
The ability of a learner to perform a skill under different conditions across settings, people, and materials
What is GENERALIZATION?
A modified communication system that helps children learn to communicate using pictures.
What is PECS?
Children diagnosed with ASD commonly have difficulty with this, defined as the ability to understand and comprehend language. It's also known as listener responding.
What is RECEPTIVE LANGUAGE?
The length of time between an SD being delivered and the response by the person to that particular stimulus
What is LATENCY?
A behavior modification technique used to reduce or eliminate challenging behaviors. This procedure involves reinforcing the absence of a problem behavior for a specific period of time.
What is DRO?
Used to teach multi-step skills in which the steps involved are defined through task analysis, and each separate step is taught to link together Can be either done by backward, forward, or total task analyses.
What is CHAINING?
A form of verbal behavior in which the speaker responds to another's verbal behavior (like in a conversation). This is the most complex verbal behavior to teach.
What is INTRAVERBAL?
The two main diagnostic criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder
What are:
1) Social Communication/Interaction
2) Restricted/repetitive patterns of behavior