Reinforcement
Behavior Management
Functional Communication
ABA Terms
Prompting
100
A reinforcer
What is something that is given after a behavior and makes that behavior more likely to occur again in the future?
100
This behavior occurs in order to get out of a task or to get away from a person or interaction.
What is escape maintained behavior?
100
This is a method of communication in which you have to exchange a picture with someone when you want to request an item.
What is PECS?
100
Frequency data
What is a method of measuring behavior in which you record every instance of the behavior (how often the behavior is occurring)?
100
Full physical prompting
What is providing full hand over hand guidance for the person to complete the skill?
200
A way to identify possible reinforcers for your student
What is preference assessment?
200
This behavior occurs in order to gain attention (either positive or negative) from adults or peers.
What is attention maintained behavior?
200
This communication skill should be taught to students who are engaging in problem behavior to get out of a task.
What is requesting a break?
200
Partial interval data
What is a method of measuring behavior in which you indicate for each interval whether the behavior occurred at all during that interval?
200

Placing an item closer to the client compared to the other items within an array or line up

Positional Prompt

300
This is a way to show your student how fun you are and to establish yourself as a reinforcing person!
What is pairing?
300
Behavior with a "tangible" function
What is behavior that occurs in order to gain access to a desired item or activity?
300
This is another term for requesting, with a particular focus on requesting spontaneously - without being asked any questions and eventually without the item in view.
What is manding?
300
This term means that we stop providing the reinforcer that is maintaining a behavior - for example if the behavior is escape maintained we should avoid letting the student get out of a task, or if the behavior occurs to get attention then we should ignore it.
What is extinction?
300
This type of prompting gives physical guidance to get your student started with the skill, but then the student completes the rest of the skill independently.
What is partial physical or faded physical prompting?
400

Refers to the value of a reinforcer decreasing due to excessive access to the reinforcer

Satiation

400
This behavior occurs just because it "feels good" and is likely to happen even when the person is alone.
What is automatically reinforcing behavior?
400
This is one benefit of using sign language.
What is sign language is portable (your hands are always with you)?
400

Refers to the the physical form, shape, or observable characteristics of a behavior

Topography

400
This is a list of prompts that may be used for a certain program, in order from most to least intrusive.
What is a prompt hierarchy?
500
This means that you are giving a reinforcer for every response.
What is continuous reinforcement?
500
Replacement behavior
What is an appropriate behavior that serves the same function as the target behavior?
500
An umbrella term that encompasses the communication methods used to supplement or replace speech or writing for those with impairments in the production or comprehension of spoken or written language.
What is Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)?
500
Breaking down a skill into a chain in order to teach the skill - for example tooth brushing or entry routine.
What is task analysis?
500
This term means decreasing prompting as quickly as possible.
What is prompt fading?
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