Behavior Detective
This indirect assessment asks caregivers questions about the function of challenging behavior.
What is the FAST?
This measurement system counts the number of times a behavior occurs.
What is frequency?
Behavior that contacts reinforcement is more likely to do this in the future.
What is increase?
BCBAs should only provide services within their area of ______.
What is competence?
A learner says, "Can I have a break?" instead of engaging in aggression. This is an example of what intervention?
What is Functional Communication Training (FCT)?
This assessment evaluates language, social, and learning skills while also identifying barriers to learning.
What is the VB-MAPP?
This type of data collection measures how long a behavior lasts.
What is duration?
Removing an unpleasant task after a behavior occurs is an example of this.
What is negative reinforcement?
True or False: A BCBA may share client information with friends if names are removed.
What is False?
A learner tantrums every time work is presented. What additional information would you need before determining function?
What is more data?
This assessment method involves directly manipulating environmental variables to identify function.
What is a Functional Analysis?
This term describes the percentage of agreement between two observers.
What is IOA?
Reinforcing successive approximations toward a target behavior is called this.
What is shaping?
A supervisee reports collecting data they never actually collected. What should the BCBA address first?
What is data integrity?
A learner's aggression is maintained by access to tangibles. Name one appropriate replacement behavior.
What is requesting access to preferred items?
A learner engages in aggression when denied access to an iPad. What is the most likely function?
What is access to tangibles?
This graph feature separates one condition from another.
What is a phase change line?
Using a high-probability request sequence before presenting a difficult task is known as this strategy.
What is behavioral momentum?
A parent asks you to provide feeding treatment, but you have never received training in feeding interventions. What should you do?
What is seek training/supervision or decline the case?
An intervention successfully reduces behavior in the clinic but not at home. What concept may be missing?
What is generalization?
During observation, a learner engages in self-injury only when demands are presented and consistently stops after the task is removed. Based on this information, what is the most likely function?
What is escape from demands?
A behavior increases from 2 occurrences per day to 10 occurrences per day over two weeks. Which visual analysis characteristic is being evaluated?
What is trend?
A neutral stimulus becomes reinforcing after being paired with an established reinforcer. This is called a ______ reinforcer.
What is a conditioned reinforcer?
A BCBA discovers another clinician is using non-evidence-based procedures that may harm a client. According to the Ethics Code, what should the BCBA do?
What is take action to protect the client and address the concern through appropriate channels?
A learner's problem behavior decreases dramatically during intervention but returns one month after services end. What programming component may have been insufficient?
What is maintenance programming?