Behaviour 101
These are the two main categories / sources of reinforcement.
Socially mediated and automatic sources of reinforcement
These are the 3 categories of assessment in a functional behaviour assessment.
Indirect, direct, functional analysis
A functional analysis allows this to be determined between a behaviour and particular environmental variables.
Functional relation / causational relationship
Stephanie is recording duration data on how long a learner engages with various possible reinforcers. These are the two types of preference assessments she could possibly be conducting.
Single-stimulus or free-operant
This term is used to describe categories of skills in curriculum assessments, but are not considered target behaviours themselves.
Domains
Following a reduction assessment, the intervention should directly correspond to this aspect of the challenging behaviour.
The function
Information collected from this group of people can provide both valuable and biased information.
Informants / respondents (people who know the learner and the behaviour being assessed very well)
If functional assessment = observing, functional analysis = this.
Manipulating / changing / altering
(Past, present, or future) increases in responding is indicative of reinforcement having occurred.
Future increases in responding
These two sections on the VB-MAPP complement the Milestones assessment by providing information about road blocks for future skill building, and the learner's preparedness for learning in lesser restrictive environments.
The Barriers and Transition assessments
A summary statement provides information about these four components of an operant contingency.
What are possible setting events, common antecedents, the target behaviour, and common consequences?
High scores on tools like the QABF, MAS, and FAST help develop a hypothesis about this.
The function of the behaviour being assessed.
In the control condition of any functional analysis, this many sources of reinforcement are provided.
All possible sources of reinforcement
Logan can make choices between two items, but struggles to discriminate choice when presented with more than two options. His behaviour therapist should use this trial-based preference assessment.
Paired-stimulus preference assessment
These two assessments are similar in format, but one assesses language and learning skills, while the other assesses practical, independent living skills.
The ABLLS-R (Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills-Revised) and the AFLS (Assessment of Functional Living Skills).
Positive reinforcement is to attention as this term is to escape.
Negative reinforcement
Using the Functional Assessment Form (FAO) represents this type of ABC recording.
Structured ABC recording
In a traditional functional analysis, when someone instructs the learner to stop engaging in the target behaviour when it happens, they are participating in this condition.
Ben is looking for an efficient preference assessment to use with his learner that will provide a hierarchy of preferences. His learner doesn't have a problem with relinquishing their favourite things. Ben should use this preference assessment.
Multiple stimulus without replacement (MSWO) preference assessment
Marina notices that her learner has many Level 1 and Level 3 scores scattered across VB-MAPP domains, but is missing a number of Level 2 skills. This term is used to describe this phenomenon.
Splinter skills
When determining function of behaviour, these events provide the most information.
Consequence events
This type of direct assessment does not provide information about function, but could provide information around relevant times of day when the behaviour being assessed occurs.
Scatterplots
Marina will reduce Netflix-watching behaviour after dinner by Week 8 of treatment. This piece of information is missing from this behavioural objective.
The measurable criteria for change
This is the reason that probe data is a discontinuous form of data collection.
Because data is only collected during the first trial / opportunity of the day or session.
The Essential for Living assessment focuses on assessing skills that provide this kind of value to learners.
Pragmatic value (practical, functional skills that someone needs to live)