Operants
Miscellaneous
Abbreviations
Teaching strategies
Function
100

when you label items that are visible 

Tact

100

Technique used to identify potential reinforcers 

Preference assessment 

100

LR

listener Responding 

100

The process by which you establish yourself as a reinforcer

Positive pairing 

100

A: YOU AND CLIENT PLAYING LEGOS. YOU REMOVE THE LEGOS. B: CHILD SCREAMS

Socially mediated access

200

If the SD is: Find the one you eat on, what is the operant

LRFFC

200

The type of data collection where you record what happens before a behavior, after a behavior and what the behavior looks like. 

ABC data

200

NET

Natural environment teaching 

200

This strategy involves withholding reinforcement for a previously reinforced behavior.

Extinction

200

YOU AND THE LEARNER ARE AT THE TABLE. YOU SAY, GIVE ME THE LETTER 'A' AND THE LEARNER THROWS ALL THE MATERIALS OFF THE TABLE.

Socially mediated escape

300

SD: what’s your name? 

Intraverbal 

300

Anything a person does that can be observed.

Behavior 

300

ITT

Intensive Teaching Trials

300

A CONSEQUENCE FOR A BEHAVIOR THAT IS ADDED TO THE ENVIRONMENT, RESULTING IN AN INCREASE IN FUTURE RATES OF BEHAVIOR

Positive reinforcement 

300

YOU AND THE LEARNER ARE PLAYING LEGOS WHEN A COLLEAGUE WALKS IN. YOU TURN TO THE COLLEAGUE AND BEGIN TO TALK. YOUR LEARNER SCREAMS AT YOU AND PUNCHES YOU IN THE STOMACH

Access to adult attention 

400

When you copy the exact actions of another person

Motor imitation 

400

Tally the number of times the behavior occurs.

frequency

400

FI

Fixed Interval

400

When you give the answer with a 0 second delay to prevent errors. 

Errorless teaching 

400

THE LEARNER IS PLAYING LEGOS AND YOU APPROACH AND BEGIN TALKING TO THE LEARNER. THE LEARNER SCREAMS.

Socially mediated escape

500

SD:what time are we going to the pool?

Intraverbal 

500

The time between the presentation of the SD and the behavior 

Latency 

500

SD

Discriminative stimulus

500

Gradually reducing the strength of a prompt.

Fading

500

You are sitting with client in a quiet room. Client is playing on iPad and begins hitting self on head. 

Automatic/sensory 

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