Reinforcement & Consequences
Giving a token after a client completes a task increases that behavior
What is Positive Reinforcement?
Counting how many times a behavior occurs
What is Frequency?
Process of teaching skills using a highly structured approach
What is Discrete Trial Teaching (DTT)?
Changing the environment to prevent the problem behavior from happening in the first place
What is an Antecedent Intervention?
True or False: It’s okay to discuss a client’s progress on social media if you don’t use their name.
False
Taking away a demand when a child starts their work
What is Negative Reinforcement?
Recording how long a behavior lasts
What is Duration?
Teaching a skill in the natural environment
What is Natural Environment Teaching (NET)?
Function of behavior that results in the gaining access to item/activity
What is Tangible?
Who RBTs are directly supervised by
What is a BCBA or BCaBA?
Schedule of reinforcement that gives a reinforcer after an average number of responses
What is Variable Ratio?
Measuring the time between the discriminative stimulus (SD) and the response
Reinforcing successive approximations until the target behavior is reached
What is Shaping?
____________ increase or decrease the effectiveness of a stimulus as a reinforcer
What is a Motivating Operation?
This is a paraprofessional that assists in the delivery of behavior-analytic services
What is a RBT
Schedule of reinforcement that gives a reinforcer after a set amount of time?
What is Fixed Interval?
Recording whether a behavior occurs at any time during an interval
What is Partial Interval Recording?
Breaking a skill into smaller, teachable parts
What is a Task Analysis?
A function of behavior where the individual engages in the behavior for sensory stimulation
What is Automatic/Sensory?
An RBT must avoid these kinds of relationships to ensure professional boundaries remain intact
What is a dual (multiple) relationship?
When a behavior decreases because reinforcement is no longer provided
What is Extinction?
Recording whether a behavior occurs at the end of an interval
This teaching method involves teaching the last step first
What is Backwards Chaining?
_____ is used to outline the strategies for modifying target behaviors
What is the Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP)?
When an RBT notices another behavior technician violating ethical standards, they are required to do this
What is report the concerns to their supervisor?