Acorynms
R+ stands for this term
What is positive reinforcement?
Refers to the activity of all living organisms
What is Behavior?
A way to identify possible reinforcers for your students
What is a Preference Assessment?
This strategy involves withholding reinforcement for a previously reinforced behavior, and is typically used in combination with a differential reinforcement procedure.
What is Extinction?
This is the phrase that one would use (via walkie-talkie) to indicate that a crisis behavior is occurring and assistance is needed immediately.
What is a Code 3?
This term is referred to as an FBA
What is a Functional Behavior Assessment?
The process of breaking a complex skill into smaller, teachable units; also refers to the result of the process.
What is a Task Analysis?
The best type of reinforcement schedule when teaching a new skill
What is Continuous Reinforcement?
(will also accept "FR1")
This is a way to show your students how fun you are and to establish yourself as a reinforcing person.
What is pairing?
This is the information you must convey when calling a code 2.
What is your location.
In ABA, this is commonly referred to as "ABC"
What is Antecedent - Behavior - Consequence?
What is an Antecedent?
This is the schedule of reinforcement that is least resistant to extinction.
What is a Variable Ratio schedule?
This is a phrase used to signal a student that a task is about to be presented.
What is "Ready Hands"?
This is your obligation as a SAMM employee if you witness, or are made aware of, abuse or neglect.
What is a Mandated Reporter?
This term is referred to as an "FBA"
What is a Functional Behavior Assessment?
Behavior can increase abruptly at the start of this procedure whereby the reinforcer is withheld.
What is Extinction?
This is the process of reinforcing successive approximations of the desired behavior.
What is Shaping?
This is the teaching method used at SAMM for the PaTTan card sort.
What is Discrete Trial Training?
Intensive Teaching (IT) is also accepted
This is the room number where all PPE and edibles are stored.
What is room 119?
This term is referred to as an "SD"
What is a Discriminative Stimulus?
Reemergence of a previously extinguished behavior
What is Spontaneous Recovery?
The type of reinforcement that describes why Jane takes an ibuprofen when she gets a headache.
What is Negative Reinforcement? (the removal of an aversive to increase future behavior)
This teaching strategy involves teaching the first step of a chain and prompting all remaining steps.
What is forward chaining?
The names of our two PaTTan consultants
Who are Tom Miller and Ryan Delaney?