RBT Responsibilities
A. Logging your supervision hours
B. Requesting placeholders for billing
C. Creating placeholders
D. Reading program instructions
C. Creating placeholders
Define Frequency
The number/count of instances a behavior occurs
Your BCBA instructs you to take data on how many times your patient engages in verbal refusal in 30 minutes intervals. What type of data collection are you using?
A. Frequency
B. Partial Interval Recording
C. Rate
D. Whole Interval Recording
C. Rate
What does BIP stand for?
Behavior Intervention Plan
A _____ decreases the value of a stimulus as a reinforcer and a ______ increases the value of a stimulus as reinforcer.
Abolishing Operation, Establishing Operation
Which of the following requirements is true for RBTs?
A. You must renew your credentials every 3 years
B. You must maintain CPR and first aid
C. You need 10% of hours supervised
D. All of the above
B. You must maintain CPR and first aid
Define Rate
The number of instances a behavior occurs over a specified duration or period of time (frequency/duration)
Your patient likes to squish his banana in his hand while at the table to eat. Your BCBA implements a differential reinforcement procedure with this patient giving them playdoh to squish instead and the banana squishing decreases. What type of differential reinforcement procedure did the BCBA use?
A. DRO
B. DRA
C. DRI
D. DRL
B. DRA (Differential Reinforcement of Alternative Behaviors)
Who is responsible for creating a BIP?
The BCBA
What is a signal of reinforcement being available?
A. sD
B. s-delta
C. Tact
D. Mand
A. sD
As an RBT, client dignity is a responsibility that you must uphold. Provide 3 different examples of how you can maintain client dignity.
Some examples: changing them in private areas, not discussing their behaviors around them or other patients, protecting their privacy, respecting cultural differences, etc.
Define Duration
How long a behavior occurs (time)
Your BCBA is observing you and your patient when the patient begins screaming out during circle time. You tell the patient to sit down and stop screaming and they scream more frequently. The next time your BCBA observes, she reinforces other patients around your patient that are sitting quietly and your patient then sits quietly and the BCBA reinforces them. What type of differential reinforcement procedure did your BCBA use?
A. DRO
B. DRA
C. DRI
D. DRH
A. DRO (Differential Reinforcement of Other Behaviors)
Which of the following is NOT included in a BIP?
A. The operational definition
B. The onset and offset of the behavior
C. How the patient is feeling during the behaviors
D. The hypothesized function
C. How the patient is feeling during the behaviors
What is an s-delta?
A stimulus in the environment that signifies that reinforcement is not available.
An example: you have to go to the bathroom and there is a "Out of Order" sign on the door
List the steps to become an RBT.
1. RBT 40-hours Training
2. Competency Assessment
3. Apply and Pay for the Exam
4. Take and Pass the RBT Exam
Define Latency
The time it takes for a learner to respond to an sD (The time it takes Jimmy to clap his hands after the RBT places the demand, "Clap Hands")
Your patient engages in pinching while sitting next to peers during circle time. To implement antecedent strategies your BCBA uses differential reinfofrcement by giving your patient a sensory toy that requires the patient to hold it and manipulate it with both hands. What type of differential reinforcement procedure did your BCBA implement?
A. DRA
B. DRO
C. DRI
D. DRD
C. DRI (Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behaviors)
True or False, the BIP will tell you the steps required to complete an FBA
False- you will not complete an FBA as an RBT
Give an example of the following terms:
1. Positive Reinforcement
2. Negative Reinforcement
3. Positive Punishment
4. Negative Punishment
1. Being given a gummy after a correct response
2. Getting to take a break after completing your work
3. Adding a minute to your work timer when you talk during independent work
4. Removing $5 from your allowance because you didn't clean your room
What is required to maintain your RBT credential?
1. Obtaining proper amount of monthly supervision
2. Adhere to the RBT ethics code
3. Complete and submit your renewal competency assessment
4. Apply for, pay for, and submit a renewal application
Define Inter-response Time
The time between the end of one behavior and the start of another instance of that same behavior (Jimmy hits you 3 times and then he stops for 1 minute before he hits you again)
Your patient engages in hand raising 45 times an hour even if she doesn't know the answer and it appears to function as attention. Your BCBA wants to decrease the instances of hand raising but not eliminate this behavior completely. What type of differential reinforcement procedure is the BCBA using?
A. DRA
B. DRL
C. DRH
D. DRO
B. DRL (Differential Reinforcement of Low Rates of Behavior)
Some examples could include: setting up the environment for success, looking and watching for pre-cursors to challenging behaviors, knowing what the behaviors look like as well as triggers to these behaviors, etc.
Give me an example of the following:
1. DRA
2. DRO
3. DRI
1. Chewing gum instead of erasers
2. Verbal praise for sitting down when a child is engaging in behaviors like standing up during circle time
3. Having Jimmy put his hands in his pockets while walking down the hallway because he likes to rip artwork off the walls