Acronyms
ABA
Applied Behavior Analysis
Anything that an organism does that is observable by at least 1 observer.
What is behavior
Delivering reinforcement after every response. This helps with acquisition but does not help with generalization.
What is continuous reinforcement or FR1
Getting ahead of the behavior to help the person make the correct response.
What is prompting
A: You don't have a cookie
B: You say "Me want cookie"
C: I give you cookie
What is a mand
ABC
Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence
Reinforcing successive approximations towards a terminal behavior
What is shaping
Delivering reinforcement after every 2nd response
What is FR2 (Fixed Ratio 2 reinforcement schedule)
Embedding programming into a child's favorite activities to enhance their experience and increase their skills.
What is child led ABA therapy
Attention, Automatic, Access, Avoidance/Escape
What are the four common functions of behavior.
BCBA
Board Certified Behavior Analyst
This is the process of breaking a complex skill or series of behaviors into smaller, teachable units; also refers to the result of this process.
What is task analysis
Delivering Reinforcement about every 3 minutes
What is Variable Interval 3 reinforcement schedule (VI3)
What is assent withdrawal and trauma informed care.
A community based ABA program that focuses on independence and acceptance.
What is The Estuary Center
Happy, Relaxed, Engaged
A stimulus that occurs before a response and increases the likelihood that the learner will emit the target response.
What is a prompt
When you withhold reinforcement following a response
What is extinction
This strategy involves keeping the learner guessing so that they cannot tell when ABA therapy is being implemented.
What is Natural Environment Training.
October 14th
The date of the upcoming fundraiser!
SR+
Reinforcer
These are the verbal operants
What is mand, tact, intraverbal, echoic, listener response
When dealing with someone making a choice between two behaviors, one behavior is reinforced and the other is extinguished
What is differential reinforcement
When you keep track of prompts and use less prompts over time
What is prompt fading or using a prompt hierarchy or most to least prompt fading
What is a prompt