Acronyms
IEP
Individualized Education Program
Any instance where the individual fails to initiate or complete a task/instruction delivered by an adult within a specific time period.
Non-compliance or refusal
The count of how many times a behavior occurs.
Frequency
The individual engages in the behavior to gain attention from a parent, teacher, or peer.
Attention
A stimulus that increases the future likelihood of a behavior occurring again.
What is reinforcement?
BIP
Behavior Intervention Plan
Any instance of the individual making forceful physical contact with another person or an object, using any part of their body or an item, with sufficient force to cause a visible mark, an audible sound, or displacement of the person/object.
Aggression
How long a single instance of the behavior lasts.
Duration
The individual engages in the behavior to get out of, delay, or prevent participation in a non-preferred task, activity, or social interaction.
Escape or Avoidance
Any event that, immediately following a behavior, decreases the future occurrence of a behavior.
What is Punishment?
SIB
Self-Injurious Behavior
Any instance in which the individual moves away from the designated, authorized area (e.g., the classroom) or away from the adult without permission.
Elopement
Behavior(s) occured at any point during the interval or for the entire interval.
Interval
The individual engages in the behavior to obtain a desired item, activity, food, or privilege.
Access to Tangibles
An event or stimulus that occurs immediately before a behavior.
What is an Antecedent?
PPT
Planning and Placement Team
Any instance of the individual using excessive force against an object that results in: breaking, tearing, denting, scratching, throwing (causing damage), or otherwise permanently altering the object's original function or form.
Property Destruction
Measurement of a target behavior before any treatment, intervention, or teaching procedures are implemented.
Baseline
The behavior produces its own reinforcing consequence internally. The behavior is inherently pleasurable, calming, or stimulating, and does not require another person to deliver the reinforcement.
Automatic/Sensory
Any event that happens immediately after a behavior, which influences whether that behavior is more or less likely to happen again.
What is a Consequence?
ABA
Applied Behavior Analysis
Any instance of the individual utilizing socially unacceptable or vulgar words, phrases, or gestures that are determined by the team to be age-inappropriate, culturally offensive, or disrespectful of others.
Innappropriate Language
Direct observation method used to gather information about a target behavior(s) and the environmental factors surrounding it.
ABC Data
If a challenging behavior suddenly increases in frequency or intensity, or if a new challenging behavior appears, the first step is always to rule out a _______ cause before assuming a behavioral function.
Medical
-Fatigue/Lack of Sleep
-Hunger/Low Blood Sugar
-Illness (Fever, Nausea)
-New medication
A technique of providing cues or assistance to help a learner perform a desired behavior, with the ultimate goal of the person eventually performing the skill independently.
What is Prompting?