Applied Behavioural Analysis
ABA stands for what?
Applied Behavioural Analysis
What is an antecedent?
Something that happens before a behaviour
What is a behaviour?
A behaviour is something someone says or does that can be observed and measured by another person.
ABA is a ________:
Fantasy
Approach
Science
Experiment
Science
An antecedent is a _____________ about how to behave.
Hint
Signal
Cue
All of the above
An antecedent is a hint, signal or cue about how to behave.
What is a challenging behaviour?
An action by the client that affects the staff’s ability to provide rehabilitative support to the client. Causes changes to the procedure and routine time.
Why is ABA used for person's with ABI's?
To understand and improve client behaviour
An antecedent is an action that "sets the stage for a response", which means that ...
The action will make the behaviour more likely to happen at that moment.
A behaviour is an action that can be observed, measures and described in concrete terms. What are concrete terms?
Concrete terms are words that we use to describe a client's behaviour using our 5 senses:
Touch, Taste, Sound, Smell, Sight
Behaviour is affected by events that happen before and events that happen after, which means that behaviour does not occur in:
Isolation
Science
A pattern
Isolation
Name 3 benefits to focusing on antecedents
Teach New Skills
Avoid problem behaviours
What is not documented as a challenging behaviour?
An ‘inconvenient’ action that does not prevent or change the support that staff are providing to the client. Does not affect procedure or routine time.
Behaviour is _______, which means it can be defined, observed, predicted, and managed.
Temporary
Lawful
Hazardous
Lawful
Name one of the two antecedent strategies that we discussed during the antecedent training
Guiding
Modeling
Traverse Policy SD. 1549 talks about the procedure for what type of behaviours?
Volatile or harmful behaviours