ABA Acronyms
ABC
Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence
In order for a goal to be considered generalized, it must be across different __, __, & __.
People, Settings, & Stimuli
An instructional strategy used to teach a sequence of steps or responses that make up a task or behavior. What type of strategy is this?
Task Chaining (Task Analysis)
Luis engages in challenging behavior whenever his parents are interacting with his sibling and he's not involved. This usually results in one or both of his parents focusing on Luis by talking to him or getting him involved in the activity with his sibling. Luis' challenging behavior is likely maintained by a/an ____ function.
Attention
Jen is getting ready to implement a new target to teach her client to follow 2-step instructions, but Jen cannot remember how to go about introducing the target. She looks up the written description, but the steps are not clear. What should Jen do next?
Skip running this goal for the day and send her Supervisor a question via email, text, or TEAMs message
SD
Discriminative Stimulus
Lucy's client engages in a behavior where he uses one hand to slap his other hand or his leg. Lucy has been asked to select the "+" in Central Reach every time the client engages in this behavior.
What type of data collection is this?
Frequency
An approach to instruction that requires the Behavior Technician to be familiar with the client's goals and targets such that they can capture opportunities to teach those skills during play and other normal daily activities. What teaching strategy is this?
Naturalistic Environment Teaching (NET)
Alex wiggles his fingers in front of his eyes, especially when he's near a sunny window. He does this at home, at school, around other people, and even when he's by himself in his room. Alex's finger wiggling behavior is likely maintained by a/an ____ function.
Sensory (Automatic)
During a therapy session, the client tripped over a rug, fell, and bumped her head. How should the Behavior Technician document/communicate about the injury?
1. The BT should tell the responsible adult immediately
2. Document the incident in their session notes
3. Submit an incident report
4. Notify client's Supervisor
BIP
Behavior Intervention Plan
Bianca uses a stopwatch to measure how long a client stays engaged with a toy. She clicks "start" when the client begins touching or picks up the toy, and she hits "stop" when the client is no longer holding/touching the toy for 10 seconds. Then, she writes down how long the client was engaged with the toy.
What type of data collection is this?
Duration
A structures approach to teaching that breaks down skills into small, distinct components. The components are systematically taught. What type of teaching strategy is this?
Example: A BT teaching colors to a child might begin by teaching red by using SD of "point to red". She would ask the child to point to red and then reward the behavior. She would then move on to teaching yellow by itself, reinforce that skill, and then ask about both colors. After the child learns all his colors, the trainer might teach the child to say each color’s name.
Discrete Trial Training (DTT)
To decrease a behavior, one approach is to provide the reinforcer for that behavior "for free" on a time-based schedule. For example, to reduce a behavior that is maintained by attention, you might provide attention every 30-seconds, which reduces the motivation to engage in the target behavior, thus reducing the target behavior. This type of procedure is called:
Non-Contingent Reinforcement (NCR)
Who is responsible for writing skill acquisition procedures for a client?
BCBA or Supervisors
FCT
Functional Communication Training
The failure to fade prompts can lead to this.
Prompt Dependency
Teaching the steps of shoe tying by teaching the last step to independence first, then teaching the second to last step to independence, and so on until all of the steps in the task are independent is which type of teaching method?
Backward Chaining
To reduce challenging behavior, James no longer provides the reinforcer of attention when client engages in spitting. Spitting is attention maintained. After a while of James implementing this procedure, spitting increased a little bit, and then finally went away altogether. What type of intervention was James using?
Extinction
A parent asks the Behavior Technician to call the client's school and set up an observation so they can learn more about how to implement school strategies at home. What should the BT do?
Decline the observation for now, and let the parent know that she will inform the BCBA and Supervisor of the request, so they can discuss the matter in more detail.
FBA
Functional Behavior Assessment
Stephanie is working on a new goal to have her client imitate clapping hands, when provided with an SD of "do this" and models the action. Stephanie's client then responds by imitating Stephanie and begins clapping her hands.
Since the instruction and model is provided to the client as the initial SD, what type of skill are we teaching Stephanie's client?
Gross Motor Imitation
Violet is beginning to teach her client a new skill that has been newly introduced by her Sr.Program Manager. Feedback was given to provide her client with a prompt immediately after the SD is provided to ensure client is able to respond correctly without mistakes occurring. What type of procedure is Violet using?
Errorless Teaching Procedure
The section of a Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP) that tells the Behavior Technician what to do when a behavior escalates to the point that the client or others are in danger is called:
Crisis Plan
Normally, the Behavior Technician collects data in an electronic platform, but today, the internet is out, so the BT records all the data on paper data sheets. The supervisor has asked the BT to bring the data sheets to the clinic after the session. What is the best way to protect the confidentiality of the client?
Transport the data sheets in a locked box to the clinic.