ABA Lingo
It's not sensory, it's...
What is automatic reinforcement
A client elopes from the RBT, turns around and smiles.
What is attention
RBT points to object for client to touch.
What is Gestural Prompt
When washing hands, the RBT provides a gestural prompt to the soap for the client but the client does not respond. In LEAST TO MOST what is the next prompt step?
What is MODEL PROMPTING
First/Then
What is Premack Principle
VPMTS stands for...
what is Visual Perceptual Match To Sample
Client spits into the air throughout the entire session regardless of environmental factors.
What is Automatic reinforcement
RBT says "stomp your feet!" while also performing the action of stomping feet.
What is MODELING
Within the Least to Most prompting hierarchy, what is less intrusive than a full physical prompt?
what is partial physical
Removing a stimuli to decrease an undesirable behavior
What is negative punishment
RBT debrief at end of session to caregiver:
Client was in HRE when working on skill acquisition of VPMTS targets.
What is the wrong time to use ABA terminology
RBT places demand and client drops to the ground and covers their face.
What is escape
To help the client learn how to pull their pants down, you place both their hands on their waistband while giving the SD "Pants down" and gently guide their hands down as needed.
What is full physical
Name the MOST TO LEAST prompting hierarchy
Full, partial, model, gesture, verbal, time delay, independent
What type of reinforcement/punishment is being used: Client wants to leave circle time and asks for a break and the RBT honors client's request. Client then asks again at circle time tomorrow.
What is negative reinforcement.
_________________is the time that elapses between two consecutive instances of a behavior. It measures the duration from the end of one response to the beginning of the next.
what is Interresponse Time (IRT)
what is tangible
Giving your client 3-5 seconds to respond following an SD.
Time delay/ Natural Cue / Expectant Pause: The environment itself or a brief pause prompts the action. This is the least intrusive following an independent response.
To discourage verbal prompt dependency, [this level] of prompting is an easy to fade option
What is gestural prompting?
The time it takes for someone to respond following a given SD.
What is Latency
IOA stands for...
What is interobserver agreement
The client is told they cannot have a high preferred item. They drop to the ground and begin crying and yelling, then peek to see if the RBT is still watching them after a minute passes.
What is multifunctional (access/tangible & attention)
Teaching your client a new tacting target, you hold up the DTT card and after giving the SD "What is it?" before they can respond, you give them a full verbal prompt.
Which is the hardest prompt level to successfully fade out?
What is Verbal prompting?
a compassionate, trauma-informed approach used to address severe challenging behaviors
What is SBT (skill-based treatment)