ABA
What does ABA stand for?
A= Applied
B= Behavior
A= Analysis
What does ABC stand for?
-Antecedent
-Behavior
-Consequence
Why is knowing the function of a behavior important?
Once we know the function we know what the students wants from the behavior and what skills the student needs to be taught.
True or False: Bribery is teaches a child to de-escalate on their own.
False- the student will rely on the briber to offer them incentives to de-escalate and the bribes will eventually have to get bigger and bigger in order to maintain their effectiveness.
What does DTT stand for?
Discrete Trial Teaching.
ABA is also called....?
What is problematice behavior?
Anything that interferes with learning.
True or False: Behaviors can only have one function.
False! Behaviors can have more than one function.
Proactive teaching teaches what?
Replacement behaviors
True or False: You can only teach academics with Discrete Trial Teaching.
False- you can teach many skills with DTT!
ABA has more _______ _________ than any other intervention?
Scientific support
Name the two categories of inappropriate behaviors.
-Excesses
-Deficits
Behaviors fill a specific _____.
need
What are the 4 types of intervention procedures?
-Practical
-Reactive
-Proactive
-Systematic
Name the parts of a trial.
-Instruction
-Response
-Feedback
ABA has more than ______ years of empirical support.
50 years
How do we change problematic behavior?
-Find the function
-Teach replacement behaviors
What was the function of the behavior of the boy in the Big Daddy clip?
Access! He wanted to listen to the Kangaroo song.
Why can't we just use reactive strategies to manage behaviors?
-Does not allow for planned teaching
-Makes it difficult to run a classroom
-Does not provide the opportunity to teach replacement behaviors
-Is tiring for staff and student
-Can be reinforcing for kids- dependent on reactivity
Where should a prompt be used in a trial?
With the instruction!
List 3 aspects of good teaching.
-Providing Motivation
-Having High Expectations
-Focuses on Multiple Areas (i.e., behavior control, communication, play, social, self help)
-Uses Systematic and Natural Teaching Techniques
-Giving Clear and Accurate Feedback
-Providing Assistance as Necessary
-Practice
Developing Independence
Adjusting Teaching Strategies Based Upon the Child
What are the 2 types of consequences?
-Pay offs
-Costs
Name 4 functions of behavior.
-Attention
-Escape/avoidance
-Frustration
-Anxiety
-Power/Control
-Communication
-Self-Stimulation
-Access
Give an example of each type of intervention procedure for a student who escalates when songs are played during Circle Time. The student will cry, roll around on the floor and hit when songs are played.
Practical: Don't play songs during Circle Time, etc.
Reactive: Move the other students away from him when he escalates, minimal attention for behavior, etc.
Proactive: Reinforcement plan when he tolerates song, systematic desensitization program, teaching him to tolerate songs, etc
Systematic: Gradually adding greater complexity and sophistication of skills, slowly moving from a very contrived environment to a more natural environment, generalization of skills, etc
Name the 2 types of reinforcement.
-Positive: The presentation of something valued or desired which increases the chances of the behavior occurring again.
-Negative: The withdrawal of something undesirable which increases the chances of the behavior occurring again.