Measurement
This type of reinforcement is used when teaching new skills and reinforcing each instance of a desired behavior.
What is continuous reinforcement. BONUS: When is intermittent reinforcement used?
Why behavior occurs and common reasons why problem behavior occurs.
What is the function of behavior. Obtain: Attention, Tangibles, Stimulation Avoid: Attention, Task/Situation, Stimulation
These are variables that may affect a client that are important to note in your objective data collection.
What are: illness, relocation, medication, sleep disturbances, outside issues with family
These are required parts of a skill acquisition plan:
What is: what you are teaching, when/where you are teaching, materials needed, how to reinforce, how to progress monitor and a plan for generalization/maintenance
These are examples of interventions that target modifying antecedents (must give at least 2 examples)
What are modifying the environment, clarifying expectations, changing how directions are given (e.g., High P), letting students know what they are working for.
This is the policy that you follow as an RBT in relation to abuse and neglect reporting.
What is a mandated reporter.
The three types of individualized assessments that you may assist with as RBTs
What are: curriculum based, developmental, social skills
These are the four components of a discrete trial in discrete trial teaching:
What is: the discriminative stimulus (Sd), client response and the reinforcing stimulus and the intertrial interval
Name instances to implement crisis response and implement physical interventions:
What is: 1) to prevent a student from injuring themselves, 2) to prevent the student from injury another student or staff, 3) to prevent extreme destruction of property
These are roles of an RBT
What is the implementation of intervention plans, assist in the assessment of clients, take and enter data, follow the ethical guidelines of RBT through the BACB.
You are asked to assist with an assessment of a child's social skills. Give two meaningful ways you can do this:
What is: completing a rating scale based on your experience with the student, observe the student in their environment and describe what you see v. a typical peer (if available), probe for specific skills
RBTs must follow a subset of the Guidelines of Responsible Conduct for Behavior Analysts. Two examples of these are: maintaining confidentiality and avoiding false statements- which mean...
Confidentiality: not disclosing personally identifiable information to those who it is not professionally relevant. Do not discuss in public or share with staff members that do not have a need to know for programming. Avoiding false statements: do not make public statements that are fraudulent about the practice, research or other methods used in your behavioral work or content of behavior analysis.