Antecedent Strategies
Define Priming
An antecedent strategy, used to prepare the client for a situation or task by providing them with relevant information beforehand.
Donovan prompts his client to start on the homework assignment by pointing to the assignment on the desk. What kind of prompt is this?
Gestural
Ivan's mom is talking on the phone. Ivan pulls on her sleeve and whines. Ivan's mom hangs up the phone to reprimand him. What is the hypothesized function of his behavior?
Attention
BT Ruzanna marks down how many times her client says a curse word in sessions. What data collection method is this?
Frequency
Define extinction
Extinction means to withhold reinforcement for a behavior that used to be reinforced, in order to decrease that unwanted behavior
Give an example of offering choices as a preventative/ antecedent strategy
various
Alyssa prompts her client to say "Ball please" by saying "Ba..." What kind of prompt is this?
Partial verbal prompt
Grace asks her mom for cookies and she gives her cookies. What is the hypothesized function of this behavior?
Tangible/ Access
Aida uses a timer to collect data on how long her client takes to eat his meals. What data collection method is this?
Duration
Define differential reinforcement
Differential reinforcement is reinforcing a target behavior while withholding reinforcement from an unwanted behavior. The goal is to replace unwanted behaviors with desirable behaviors
Which is more intrusive: verbal prompts or physical prompts?
Physical
What is the difference between escape and avoidance?
Escape is the cessation of something that is currently happening. Avoidance is avoiding something from happening at all (Ex: opening an umbrella outside in the rain is escape, opening it before you step into the rain is avoidance)
Brenda is looking at how many times her client elopes, over how long of a session occurred. What kind of data collection method is this?
Rate (Frequency/Time)
Define redirection
An ABA behavior reduction technique used to distract the child from a problem behavior, or lead them to engage in a more appropriate behavior than the one they are currently engaging in
Define behavior momentum
Behavioral Momentum essentially means to build up momentum to what you really want the child to do, by giving them easy tasks or demands, that they are highly likely to do first before presenting them with more difficult tasks.
Brianna prompts her client to say her phone number by writing it out for her to read. What kind of prompt is this?
Visual
Erik runs out of the classroom during a non-preferred activity (test). What is the hypothesized function of this behavior?
Escape
Randy is measuring how much time elapses between each response of taking a bite of food. What data collection method is this?
Inter-response time
Do we use punishment at ALP?
Nope
What is a preference assessment?
A preference assessment helps us to know what will motivate the client in the current moment. It can be as easy as asking them what they want to work for
Zantos prompts his client to select the correct item out of an array by placing that item closest to the client before asking him a question. What kind of prompt is this?
Positional prompt
Sam engages in mouthing non-edibles at school during class, outside while playing with friends, and when no one else is around. What is the hypothesized function of this behavior?
Sensory
Zach is documenting whether or not his client remained in their seat during the entire class period, for each class in a school day. What data collection method is this?
Whole interval data
What is a functionally equivalent behavior for elopement from a non-preferred task?
Asking for a break