Functions of behavior
Antecedent strategies
Instructional methods
Skill acquisition
Continuous/discontinuous
100

Your client calls out during circle time and makes direct eye contact with you while laughing

What is attention?

100

You set a timer for your client before you change rooms

What is priming? 

100

You are playing blocks in the classroom, and you narrate what you are doing to the client. 

What is NET?

100

Your client asks for the ball you are holding

What is a mand? 

100

Frequency 

What is continuous? 

200

Your client is crying due to an object slightly out of reach 

What is access to tangible?

200

First, we go to the classroom, then we go outside

What is Premack? 

200

You are sitting in the back of the classroom and ask your client to match a set of cards, and then run motor imitation.

What is DTT? 

200

You ask your client what color the block is. They say "blue" 

what is tact? 

200

Inter-response time (IRT) 

continuous 

300

The client tears up their paper when it is time to do math work 

What is escape/avoidance

300

You show your client a schedule with pictures and tell them they have 3 minutes until transition

What is using a visual and priming? 

300

Your client is having a hard time expressing that they are upset and engages in hitting. You have them touch I need a break on their AAC.

What is functional communication training? 

300

You say "the wheels on the" your client says "bus"

what is IV? 
300

Whole interval recording

discontinuous 

400

The client screams in class and is sent to the principal. The client gets a lollipop and is sent back to class.

What is escape/access to tangible? 

400

You go to the hallway and close all the doors before you go to the classroom. 

What is an environment arrangement?

400

Your client needs to wash their hands, you have them turn on the water independently then help them through the rest of the steps 

What is forward chaining? 

400

You want your client to complete a LR: clap hands goal. What is your SD? 

What is "clap hands"? 

400

You are tracking the time from instruction to behavior

Continuous / Latency 
500

Your client is engaging in SIB, head-banging, and screaming. They seem to have an increase in screaming and head-banging when you speak to them. 

What is sensory and attention? 

500
You ask your client to clean up the entire room; they are clearly upset and avoidant of the task. You bring a container for a toy closer and tell them to put one item in. 
What is task modification? 
500

Your client is in DTT; they provide a wrong answer. You prompt the correct response, run a distractor trial and then ask the same question without leaving room for error. 

What is error correction? 

500

You want your client to complete a motor imitation for stomp feet. What is your SD? 

What is "do this" or "copy me"? 

500

You look up at the end of a specified time interval to see whether the target behavior is occurring or not. 

Discontinuous / Momentary time sampling