Foundational Knowledge
The science we implement that is devoted to understanding and improving human behavior.
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
When you measure how many times a behavior has been observed.
What is frequency?
Teaching method that breaks skills into small steps with repeated trials.
What is Discrete trial training or DTT?
In ABA, behavior and must always be __________ and _____________.
What are observable and measurable?
The BACB has begun to require anyone who conducts ABA to meet basic training and supervision requirements as an RBT, which stands for...
What is a Registered Behavior Technician?
RBTs must always maintain this when discussing personal information, educational records, and data.
What is confidentiality?
The dimension of behavior analysis that requires the behaviors we target to be this.
What is effective?
Measuring how long a behavior occurs.
What is duration?
This component of discrete trial training (A.K.A. DTT) is the environmental cue, signal or directive that signals when reinforcement is available for a specific behavior.
What is the discriminative stimulus or SD.
When attempting to reduce a behavior or hypothesize its function, it is important to know your ABCs, which stands for _________, __________, and __________.
What are Antecedent, Behavior, and Consequence?
RBTs must have what percentage of hours of direct therapy supervised by a BCBA or a BCaBA.
What is 5%?
In our line of work, because we are legally considered to be one of these, we must report any knowledge or suspicion of abuse or neglect to CPS or APS (2 words)
What is a mandated reporter?
The dimension of behavior analysis in which procedures must be written clearly and specifically so that another staff member could read the plan and implement it the same way, strengthening treatment integrity.
What is technological?
Time between instruction and start of behavior.
What is latency?
Increases the likelihood of a behavior occurring in the future.
What is reinforcement?
SEAT is a short acronym composed of the 4 functions of behavior in ABA.
What is Sensory, Escape, Attention, & Tangibles?
The number of monthly meetings must involve the supervisor to observe the RBT providing services to a client.
What is one?
Only working within one’s training and supervision (3 words).
What is scope of competence?
The dimension of behavior analysis showing reliable data collection and consistent implementation of the behavior plan caused behavior change. Therefore, demonstrating a functional relationship between the intervention and behavior change.
What is analytic?
Recording when a behavior occurs at any point during an interval.
What is partial interval recording?
Decreases the likelihood of behavior occurring in the future.
Mary notices that her client does not seem to be motivated by any of the toys she has brought to the session, so it's probably time for her to do this to determine what reinforcers might work.
What is a preference assessment?
Effectively do this with your supervisor in an ongoing manner when working with students on their caseload.
What is communicate?
Alice is Anna's BCBA supervisor, but they are also roommates. This kind of relationship is not necessarily a bad thing, but Alice must be very careful to establish boundaries.
What is a dual relationship?
A dimension of behavior analysis in which interventions are derived from evidence-based, foundational principles of behavior analysis, rather than just random strategies.
What is conceptually systematic?
Recording behavior only if it occurs throughout the entire interval.
What is whole interval recording?
In order for reinforcement to work, it needs to be this and this.
What is immediate and specific?
A highly effective, evidence-based intervention in ABA that reduces target behaviors by teaching individuals with autism communication skills.
What is functional communication training or FCT?
Supervision activity where RBT demonstrates a skill with a client.
What is direct observation?
Collecting data and writing down information with accuracy and honesty.
What is documentation?