Antecedent
Strategies
Strategies
These are done continuously in a session to reduce the likelihood of a maladaptive behavior occurring.
Antecedent Strategies
True or False:
In an attention-maintained extinction procedure, we should ignore everything the child is doing, even if they start crying because they got hurt.
False: We only ignore the behavior, never the child. We can decrease attention to the child as much as possible, but we're not fully ignoring them.
This strategy is used to increase behaviors; "do this, only a lot more." (Example: strategy used to help someone participate more in class).
Differential Reinforcement of High-Rates of Behavior or (DRH)
This is a systematic assessment that tries to get information on WHY someone is having problem behavior.
FBA or Functional Behavior Assessment
This is an intervention program for challenging behaviors like physical aggression, self-injurious behavior (SIB), verbal outbursts, tantrums, etc. It is the blueprint for behavior change.
Behavior Support Plan (BSP)
True or False:
A High-P antecedent strategy means high-problem behavior.
False: High-P stands for high-probability, meaning they will very likely do that behavior.
While extinction is meant to stop a behavior, "this" is connected to using an extinction procedure that teaches the child what they can do for reinforcement.
Differential Reinforcement
Hannah loves to be in control of the remote control for the family TV, but she flips through the channels every 5 seconds and her family gets frustrated. *This* is the type of differential reinforcement that would be best.
DRL or Differential Reinforcement of Lower-rate of Behavior (Do this, but not so much).
True or False:
This assessment is like a preference assessment and an RBT can run it at any time.
False: You will only help collect baseline data under the direction of a Behavior Analyst.
Social Significance refers to a person's ability to engage in the culture around them. WHO decides what is socially significant?
The Client
or
The people who are actively engaged in the clients' lives
You are working with a client who has a BSP for yelling out inappropriate phrases for attention. The BSP tells you to give them attention on a fixed-time schedule regardless of if they yell out during that interval of time. What antecedent strategy are you using?
Non-Contingent Reinforcement
Extinction does not prevent problem behavior, but it changes the environment, so the problem behavior does not get "this."
Reinforcement
A kindergarten class is told to puff out their cheeks (or hold a bubble in their mouth) and put a finger up to their lips while walking to the school library, so they don't talk in the hallway. This teacher is using *this* type of differential reinforcement.
DRI or Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (Do this, so you can't do that).
Jason, a Behavior Analyst, is having a meeting with his client's parents about some problem behavior they want help with. Jason interviewed them and had them fill out a rating scale of the intensity of some behaviors. Jason is doing *this*.
What essential components of a behavior support plan might be missing:
Functions of Behavior
Consequence Strategies
Reinforcement Strategies
*Positive Programming (optional in a BSP)
Operational Definition
Antecedent Strategies
*Safety Crisis Intervention Plan (optional in a BSP)
Jared, the RBT, is working with Addie at home. She will typically throw a tantrum when she is told to turn off her iPad. Her BSP tells Jared that before telling her to turn off the iPad, he should have her touch her nose, give him a high-five, and pat her knees, then say "turn off the iPad!" What kind of antecedent strategy is this?
Behavior Momentum
You are watching a movie and a man who is being chased runs in to a phonebooth. He picks up the phone and the line is dead. He starts to repeatedly hang up the phone and push buttons to see if it will somehow start working. What do we call this behavior in ABA?
Extinction Burst
Enzo will yell at his parents to give him food when he's hungry. His parents got tired of him yelling, so they only gave him food when he asked politely. *This* differential reinforcement type will still give Enzo the food he wants, but with him presenting a different behavior.
DRA or Differential Reinforcement of Alternate behavior. (Do this instead)
ABC Data
Would this be a sufficient Operational Definition? (Objective, Clear, & Complete)
Ruby will yell loudly and hit her head when told she has to eat the dino chicken nuggets and does not like them.
No: How loud is Ruby yelling? What does the hitting look like and the intensity? Not liking something is a private event.
This is when someone is being taught to communicate their needs in a more socially acceptable manner, like using words, the picture exchange communication system (PECS), or pointing.
Functional Communication Training
Ken wants to play video games and his mom said no because it is time for dinner. He starts to throw a tantrum, hitting the floor with his fists and yelling loud enough his dad could hear him downstairs. Mom still does not let him play video games. What function of Ken's behavior is she putting on extinction?
Extinction for Access-Maintained Behavior
Billy had a nose picking problem. He would do it anywhere he went. His BA wrote an intervention program that said the RBT would reinforce him with a tic tac for every 10 minutes he did not pick his nose. This is an example of a ____.
DRO or Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior
(Don't do this)
*This* is the type of data collected for an FBA that is a starting point for behavioral information and is used to help hypothesize the function of a behavior.
Baseline Data
True or False:
We will prioritize and intervene on all challenging behaviors of a client, the family might not realize all of the behaviors that need to be addressed.
False: We do prioritize, but based on what is socially significant to the family. Not all challenging behavior will have an intervention since not all of it is socially significant to the family.