RBT Life
You get home after session and find a sticker, cheerio, and tiny dino in your pocket. What does this say about your day as an RBT?
Chaotic
Difficulty using words or sentences to communicate.
"Period!" (Who started it)
AV
Teaching the skill without letting the client make mistakes.
Errorless learning!
Your client makes full eye contact, whispers "No thanks" and slowly slinks out of chair like melted cheese. What do you do?
Stay neutral, ensure safety, consider function, and follow BIP.
You laughed when a client made a hilarious noise and suddenly that noise becomes their entire personality. What did you do?
Reinforced it!
Running or wandering away without permission.
Elopement
*Looks at inanimate object* "Cheeeeese"
ZB
Reinforcing one behavior while not reinforcing another.
Differential Reinforcement
Your client decides a random plastic spoon is now their emotional support item & refuses all demands unless spoon participates. What do you do?
Remind of First/Then & items should be removed during DTT.
You start using First/Then with your family...
Generalization!
Difficulty with movement tasks like writing, cutting, or jumping.
Deficits in motor skills
AhHhHhHhHhHhHhHhHh *shakes head back and fourth*
JB
Teaching appropriate behaviors to use instead of problem behaviors.
Replacement Behavior
Yesterday: Bubbles=Life, Today: Bubbles=Person Attack. Client screams when you present them. What do you do?
Client looks directly at you and says "My last therapist let me do it"... What is your professional response?
Stick to the demand.
Struggles with playing appropriately or taking turns with others.
Deficits in play skills
"Go to back....Yes" *Thumbs up*
EM
Starting with easy tasks to build cooperation before asking for harder ones.
Behavior Momentum
Client pretends to sleep whenever work appears but instantly wakes for snacks. What do you do?
First/Then with edible reinforcement.
What is something your say more than anything else?
Use your words, walking feet, safe hands
Trouble understanding spoken language or following directions.
Deficits in receptive language
*Throws object up to watch it fall*
AM
Teaching a complex skill by breaking it down into smaller steps.
Chaining
Client screaming, timer beeping, BCBA walks in, parent is watching, somebody farted, another RBT asks a question, someone microwaves fish in the kitchen... what do you do?
Quit.