Behavior Principles
ABA Terms
Intervention Techniques
Scenarios
Data Collection
100

If a student gets a sticker every time they finish their homework, what type of reinforcement is this?

Positive R+

100

A cue or hint given to help a student perform a behavior.

Prompt

100

A student is earning points for completing work. When the student gets 10 points, they can exchange for a prize. This is an example of what r+ system?

Token Economy

100

A student often escalates with unexpected transitions. There are no current interventions in place. Identify 1 potential strategy to try FIRST.

Priming, timers, visual schedule.

100

When a teacher counts how many times a student raises their hand in class, what kind of data collection is this?

Frequency

200

What is the term for when a teacher tells a student to raise their hand before answering a question, and the student raises their hand? The instruction has ____.

Stimulus Control

200

When a learned behavior is used across different situations or environments.

Generalization

200

A student is crying and throwing when presented with work. The teacher continues to present the work. When the student asks for a break, the work task is removed. This is an example of what?

Differential Reinforcement (A)

200

A kindergarten student engages in frequent elopement behavior. The campus is fenced with multiple gates. Identify 2 environmental modifications to support elopement behavior.

Seated away from door, close gates, stop signs

200

You are taking data for on task behavior. You record a correct response if the student is on task for a whole minute. You take data every minute for 10 minutes. What data collection method is being used?

Whole Interval

300

If a student repeatedly calls out answers without raising their hand, and the teacher ignores this behavior, what ABA procedure is the teacher using?

Extinction

300

A reinforcement procedure used to decrease the frequency of a contextually appropriate behavior by reinforcing decreasing rates of the behavior systematically.

DRL

300

A BT gives a student a hint to raise their hand before speaking, and gradually removes the hint as the student learns, what is this an example of?

Prompt Fading

300

A 6th grader is engaging in property destruction and sustained aggression in the classroom you’re supporting. The teacher does not know what to do. How do you ensure safety?

Evac, give space, call for ProACT staff  

300

You are taking data on the duration of time it takes for a student to start cleaning up after the timer goes off. What data collection method is being used?

Latency

400

What does “ABC” stand for in ABC data?

Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence

400

What assessment is conducted to identify the function of target behaviors and outlines supports and strategies for the team to use when working with the student?

FBA

400

When conducting a preference assessment with 5 items, if each time an item is chosen, it is removed, what kind of assessment is being done?

MSwoR

400

Why do we take data?

It helps us to determine the effectiveness of a student's programming

400

What three terms do we use as criteria for calling something a "behavior"

Observable, Measurable, Verifiable