What's The Function?
A child hums because they like the sensation.
Timing how long a tantrum lasts
What is a duration?
A BCBA must provide this to RBTs to maintain service quality.
What is direct and ongoing supervision?
A child asks "can I have a cookie?"
What is a mand?
A strategy that changes antecedents to prevent a problem behavior before it occurs.
What is antecedent intervention?
A therapist comforts their learner to help them navigate a tantrum.
What is co-regulation?
Counting every time a student raises their hand.
What is frequency?
Before starting services, a BCBA must obtain this from caregivers.
What is informed consent?
A provider does not acknowledge a minor inappropriate behavior.
What is planned ignoring?
A comprehensive plan that outlines functions, strategies, reinforcement systems, and safety procedures for decreasing challenging behavior.
What is a Behavior Intervention Plan?
A child hits another child to get access to a toy they want to use.
What is tangible reinforcement?
The time between the presentation of a demand and the learner beginning the response.
What is latency?
A practitioner who ends services due to boundary concerns must follow this ethical requirement to ensure continuity of care.
What is providing appropriate transition or referrals?
A student answers “blue” when asked, “What color is the sky?”
What is intraverbal responding?
This procedure reduces behavior by withholding the reinforcer that previously maintained it.
What is extinction?
A student throws papers on the floor right before a math worksheet is handed out.
What is escape?
Recording behavior only at the exact moment an interval ends.
What is momentary time sampling?
A client verbally refuses to participate in a task, even though the caregiver has consented to treatment. Respecting this is an ethical obligation.
What is client assent?
A provider begins utilizing multiple approaches to see if their learner can achieve the same response.
What is generalization?
A student is reinforced only if the problem behavior does not occur for a certain period of time.
What is differential reinforcement of other behavior (DRO)?
When asked to follow instructions, the learner purposely refuses to.
What is power or control?
Recording whether behavior occurred at any point during an interval.
What is partial interval recording?
Spending non-therapy time with a client or their family may violate this principle that protects both parties.
What is avoiding dual relationships?
When asked a WH question, the learner taps a few buttons in a row after not receiving initial confirmation that their response was correct.
What is scrolling?
Reinforcing alternative, appropriate behavior while withholding reinforcement for the problem behavior.
What is DRL (Differential Reinforcement of Low Rates)?