Prompt Hierarchy
Joe is completing his hygiene routine and pauses after picking up his toothbrush. His tech prompts him by pointing to his toothpaste. What prompt did Joe’s tech use?
Gestural
What term describes how a behavior can be performed across people, places, and time?
Generality
What is the supervision requirements for RBTs?
5% of their total hours worked with clients supervised by a BCBA. At least 1 of those supervisions needs to be with a client.
Which continuous measurement is taken by selecting a plus or minus after the behavior occurs?
Frequency
Which preference assessment allows you to rank a client’s preferences based the amount of time spent with each object when given free access to a variety of objects?
Free-Operant
Lilly asks her client “what’s your dad’s name?”. When her client doesn't respond she gives him additional time, then says “your dad’s name is…”, and then says “Dave. What’s your dad’s name?”. What type of prompting did Lilly use?
Least to most
What term describes an objective, precise, and complete description of a behavior that allows the reader to understand whether or not the behavior has occurred?
Operational definition
Trevor and Sarah have been dating for a while and unfortunately, they broke up. Trevor is a BCBA and hasn’t been supervising Sarah. His boss asks him to supervise Sarah now that they are no longer romantically involved. Trevor says no way, it’s against the ethics code. Is he right?
Yes for 6 months
Name 3 ways to prepare for data collection
Read the gear, have your tablet, log into rethink before your session, and other good answers
Describe the difference between a MSW and a MSWO assessments.
With replacement and without replacement
Open-ended prompts are part of which prompt hierarchy?
Expressive
Echoics, Mands, Tacts, and Intraverbals are under this umbrella…
Verbal Operant
What are RBTs allowed to post on social media in connection with their job?
No identifying information, photos, videos, written information
When do you start the time for Inter-response time measurements?
The time from the end of one behavior to the beginning of another behavior.
What is the purpose of conducting an indirect functional assessment like the FAST?
To find a hypothesis of the function of the behavior.
You are giving a client an SD related to a receptive task. You restate the SD in a novel way. What type of prompt is this?
Indirect Verbal
Chloe gives her client a token every two times he follows her directions. What type of reinforcement schedule is she using?
Fixed ratio schedule of reinforcment
Name 5 potential stakeholders for clients.
An individual other than the client who is impacted by and invested in the behavior technician’s services (e.g., parent, caregiver, relative, legally authorized representative, collaborator, employer, agency or institutional representative, licensure board, funder, third-party contractor for services).
Joe watches his client spit into a cup. He marks a + for this five minute time interval. Which type of discontinuous measurement is he recording?
Partial Interval
Name two skill assessments used in the clinic.
PEAK, ABBLLS, VBMAPP, AFLS...
What are some considerations you should consider before using a physical prompt?
Is it really necessary? Did you prime them? Ask for permission?
Define stimulus control transfer and provide 2 examples.
When one SD is replaced by another
Describe 3 scenarios where you would need to document actions taken as an RBT.
If a multiple relationship occurs
RBTs become aware of a personal biases or challenge (mental or physical health, legal, financial ect.
When a client’s legal rights are being violated or that there is a risk of harm to the client.
What are the different types of discontinuous AND continuous measurement?
Frequency, rate, latency, inter-response time, duration, parital and whole interval, momentary time sampling
Name three out of the four most common conditions in an FA?
Escape, Tangible/Access, Attention, Control/Play