Measurement
This is how you measure how many times a behavior has been observed.
What is frequency data?
The BACB stands for...
What is the Behavior Analyst Certification Board?
There are essential components of a program guide. These include (4)...
BONUS* how do you assure that student carries this skill across people, materials and environment?
What are Objectives, Procedures, Data Collection/Measurement Procedures, prompting (Mastery Criteria)
BONUS 50: Generalization Strategies
In ABA, the B stands for "behavior" and must always be 2 things.
What are observable and measurable?
In our line of work, because we are legally considered to be one of these, we must report any knowledge or suspicion of abuse or neglect to DCF
What is a mandated reporter?
This is how you measure how long a behavior occurs.
What is duration?
RBT stands for...
What is a Registered Behavior Technician?
When attempting to reduce a behavior, it is important to know your ABC's prior to starting a behavior plan.
What are Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence? BONUS: 200pts - Define each of these!
Caroline is Abby's BCBA at school. Abby's mom contacts Caroline and compliments her on her wonderful work with Abby. She asks Caroline to work at home with Abby on the weekends. Caroline has to say no because...
What is a dual relationship?
Every 5 minutes, you are recording whether or not Erica is calling out at any point during that interval. A percentage is calculated at the end of the day. You are using what type of recording procedure?
What is partial interval recording?
What does BIP stand for?
What is behavior intervention plan
Mary is trying to run a reading program with her client, but he does not seem to be motivated his current reinforcer. This makes no sense because the client always loves the IPAD. She has no idea how to engage him so it's probably time for her to do this to determine what reinforcers might work.
What is a preference assessment?
If you are doing this, you can not be fully attending to your student so safety risks are present.
What is using your cell phone while working
You are keeping track of how many silverware sets were wrapped in a 20-minute time period so that you can track Pete's progress at Outback with silverware preparation. What type of recording are you using?
What is permanent product recording?
IEP stands for...
Individualized education plan
Your student has mastered the objective/program you are working on. You need to check in weekly and collect data for this purpose.
What is a maintenance?
Rosie want to get Lynn to stop using swear words in the cafe so she decides that when she is NOT using swear words, she will provide reinforcement by telling her she likes how she is talking to her and she really appreciates the positive words. This kind of procedure is meant to decrease the undesired behavior and increase a replacement behavior.
What is a DRO? BONUS - 200: What does it stand for?
A new staff person is hired as a RBT. She is great with the clients and the parents really like her. She decides to start a parent support group at the library after Library Works so that she can provide more support to families. Her supervisor informs her that she cannot do this because she has not had the proper training and does not have the necessary credentials to do this. This young RBT will not make this ethical mistake again.
What is working outside of your scope?
What type of graph would you use to show student progress in a program book?
What is a line graph
FBA stands for...
Functional Behavior Assessment
Jennifer has learned to say "Hi" to people every time she sees them. Unfortunately, she is saying "Hi" to people she works with many times within a shift at her job at The Giggling Pig, which is perceived as odd by her fellow employees and her supervisor. She must now learn to only say "Hi" to staff and her manager the FIRST time she sees them each day, not every time she sees them. This procedure should be used to teach her this skill.
What is discrimination training?
Whenever AFL class starts, Joan gets fidgety and irritable and tends to walk out of class. One day, Mrs. Kochan had music playing softly prior to and at the start of class. This seemed to help Joan settle into class successfully. After that, the instructor used the music each day to provide a more positive learning environment for Joan. This procedure can often work just as well as any reinforcement procedure.
What is an establishing operation?
A parent contacts a paraprofessional on their cell phone and asks them for information about the students day at school and wants more information about the behavior that occurred between her child and another child in the room. The paraprofessional directs them to the teacher or BCBA because...
Breach of Confidentiality