Behaviors that do not cause harm to themselves, others or property.
What is junk behavior?
100
The breakdown of a complex skill into small easily learned steps.
What is a task analysis?
100
Repetitive movements or posturing of the body, these mannerisms do not typically appear to have any function although they do have significance.
What is self stimulating/ stereotypical behaviors?
200
Drinks, candy, money are examples of these.
What are tangible reinforcers?
200
showing the sign "cracker" could be an example of this.
What is a demonstrative/model prompt?
200
putting your hand on the doorknob to go outside without staff permission or indicating wanting to go outside.
What is attempt to elope?
200
A way to improve behavior by holding back the reinforce until we see a behavior that is a little bit better than the one before.
What is shaping?
200
Repeating verbal statements.
What is echolalia?
300
Delivering reinforcement once in a while.
What is intermittent reinforcement?
300
Cue or instruction that is given before or during the person’s action or response, and increases the likelihood that the person will emit a correct response and reduces the possibility of errors being made
What is a prompt?
300
Attention, escape, self stimulation, and communication are examples of explanations of what?
What is reasons why problem behaviors occur?
300
Verbal, gestural, physical , and modeling/demonstration are examples of these.
What are types of prompts?
300
Appropriate behavior taught to replace function of inappropriate one?
What is replacement behavior?
400
When something is added to the environment after a behavior and increases the likelihood of the behavior occurring again in the future.
What is positive reinforcement?
400
The amount of time you should wait between prompts
What is 3-5 seconds?
400
An event that happens before a behavior.
What is an antecedent?
400
A teachable moment.
What is the incidental teaching?
400
an appropriate non verbal way of requesting attention from someone
What is An arm tap, shoulder tap, picture card?
500
the use of positive reinforcement that is not related to the occurrence of behavior, and involves delivering reinforcement on a fixed time schedule.
What is non-contingent reinforcement?
500
We only use this prompt when we expect a verbal response.
What is a verbal prompt?
500
This burst often occurs in the rate of a behavior when you stop reinforcing a previously reinforced behavior.
What is an extinction burst?
500
Teaching the last step in the chain first.
What is backward chaining?
500
Daily double! !
increasing the frequency of a behavior, improving the quality of an existing behavior, and teaching an entirely new behavior.