Ethics and Supervision
5% of direct client hours provided
What is the amount of supervision required each month as an RBT?
Refers to something someone does (observable and measureable).
What is behavior?
A stimulus that increases the future probability of the behavior occurring.
What is reinforcement?
This strategy involves differential reinforcment of successive approximations to a terminal behavior.
What is shaping
A request
What is a mand?
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What is Confidential Information?
The period of time before an intervention is introduced
What is baseline?
A stimulus is added to the environment that increases the future probability of the behavior occurring.
What is positive reinforcement?
A consequence strategy used in DTT after a learner responds incorrectly
What is error correction?
Teacher: "Twinkle twinkle little" Child: "star"
What is an intraverbal?
Engaging in a relationship (friendship, babysitting, social media interactions) with the client or family outside of your role as an ABA provider
What are Multiple Relationships?
Records if the behavior is emitted throughout the entire interval.
What is whole interval recording?
A stimulus is removed from the environment that increases the future probability of the behavior occurring.
What is negative reinforcement?
Treating your client with respect, giving them privacy and involving them in treatment decisions when possible
What is client dignity?
Using items and activities within teaching to determine what to utilize as reinforcers.
What is a preference assessment?
A stimulus is removed from the environment to decrease the future probability of the behavior occurring.
What is negative punishment?
An antecedent strategy used in DTT: After SD is delivered an immediate prompt is used.
What is errorless teaching?
Required in order to take the RBT exam and renew RBT certification
What is the RBT Competency Assessment?
Reinforcement that occurs after an average of a certain number of responses.
What is a variable ratio of reinforcement?
A stimulus is added to the environment that decreases the future probability of that behavior occurring.
What is positive punishment?
The process of breaking a complex skill or series of behaviors into smaller, teachable units
What is a task analysis?
When a behavior is consistent across people, settings, and stimuli
What is generalization?