ABA Terminology
Verbal Operants
Crisis Prevention/Safety Protocols
Data Collection & Measurement
Ethics
100

Anything a living organism does

What is behavior

100

Repeating Speech

What is an Echoic

100

Keep hair pulled up on back; keep a safe distance

What do to for a hair pulling client?

100

Information gathered before the start of intervention

What is baseline

100

5%

What is the minimum supervision requirement needed for RBTs each month

200

Something is added in order to increase the future frequency of a behavior

What is Positive Reinforcement

200

A request

What is a mand?

200

Wear long-sleeves, thick material, keep safe distance and nails clipped

How to prevent scratching ?

200

The time between two responses

What is Inter Response Time (IRT)

200

Reporting any suspicion of abuse or neglect

What is mandated reporting

300

The removal of something in order to decrease the future frequency of a behavior

What is negative punishment

300

Responding to someone in conversation or as a fill in the blank statement

What is an intraverbal?
300

Keep client a significant distance from the door, know precursor behavior 

How to prevent elopement

300

Used to help determine the function of a behavior

What is ABC data

300
Babysitting clients, becoming friends with parents of clients

What is a conflict of interest?

400

Placing low-demands, following your client's needs typically done at the beginning of services and throughout 

What is pairing 

400

Repeating the action of another person

What is motor imitation

400
Keep area clear, limit access to hard objects

How to prevent throwing (objects) behavior?

400

Frequency, Latency, & IRT

What is continuous measurements

400

Who RBTs direct any questions or concerns about services to 

Who is your clinical supervisor ?

500

Environmental variables that alter the reinforcing effectiveness of a reinforcer or punisher

What is Motivating Operations

500
Involves various skills, including matching & sorting

What is Visual perceptive/Match-to-Sample

500

What should you do if your client has a physical accident?

What is...administering first aid (if necessary), letting your supervisor know, and filling out an incident report

500

Partial & Whole Interval & Momentary Time Sampling

What is discontinuous measurement

500

Posting identifiable information of client is prohibited on this platform

What is social media?