BFK Training Manual

Question 1

Types of clients

Answer 1

Regional Center
Insurance
School District
Private Pay

Question 2

DSM V Criteria

Answer 2

2 or more social interaction

1 or more communication

1 or more restricted repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior

Question 3

Applied

Answer 3

Applied to socially relevant behaviorsl

Question 4

Behavior

Answer 4

Observable/measurable

Question 5

Analysis

Answer 5

Data collected and analyzed to show change

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Functions of behavior

Answer 6

SEAT
Sensory/automatic or self-stimulators
Escape/avoidance
Attention
Tangible/access

Question 7

Contingency Model

Answer 7

A-B-C

Question 8

Sd

Answer 8

Discriminative Stimulus- signal to display behavior

Question 9

R

Answer 9

Response- behavior

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Sr

Answer 10

Reinforcing Stimulus or Consequence

Question 11

Discrete Trial

Answer 11

Sd -> R -> Sr

Question 12

MPA

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Mini-preference assessment

Question 13

Differential Reinforcement

Answer 13

Reinforcement for good behavior leads to…

Extinction of undesired behavior

Question 14

Shaping

Answer 14

Reinforcing successive approximations

Question 15

Types of Prompts

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Usually least to most:
Verbal
Gesture
Model
Physical/full

Sd->partial prompt->full prompt

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Fading

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Reducing use of prompts to achieve independence

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Chaining

Answer 17

Completion of one step is Sd for next step

Forward v backward (complete all but the last step)

Question 18

Task Analysis

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Breaking a task down into steps

Question 19

DTT

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Discrete trial training- used for SPECIFIC, simple, usually one step tasks

Steps:
Task Analysis
Teach step till mastery
Concentrated teaching trials
Prompting & fading
Reinforcement

Question 20

NET

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Natural environment training- real situations and reinforcers

Question 21

PRT

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Pivotal Response Training- a type of NET focused on GENERALIZING

Techniques:
Motivation via choice/control
Multiple cues
Self-management (checklists)
Self-initiations
Empathy

Question 22

Incidental Teaching

Answer 22

NET using clients interests and natural motivations

Question 23

FCT

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Functional communication training- teaching alternatives to problem behaviors

Question 24

Mand

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Requesting or asking for something desired

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Tact

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Labeling or naming without expressing desire

Question 26

Verbal Operants

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Type of Skinner’s verbal behavior that effect the environment

Mand
Tact
Echoic
Intraverbal

Question 27

Intraverbal

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Responding to what someone says, including filling in the blanks

Question 28

Objectives of Behavior Intervention

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Rapport building
Discriminate between good/bad behaviors
Identify management steps
Operationally define behaviors
Data collection
ID behavior function & analyze
Select proactive and reactive strategies
ID possible replacement therapies

Question 29

6 steps to manage problem behaviors

Answer 29

Define
Collect data
ID function
ID proactive strategies
ID reactive strategies
ID replacement behavior

Question 30

Frequency

Answer 30

/ time period

Ex: tally marks

Question 31

Frequency vs. rate

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Time period of observations is the same for frequency (direct) and different for rate (indirect)

Question 32

Duration

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Elapsed time during behavior

Total- sum of all occurrences

Duration- different for each occurrence

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Latency

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Time between stimulus end and behavior start

Question 34

IRT

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Inter-response time- time elapsed between two occurrences

Question 35

% occurrence/opportunity

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Ratio of correct responses to opportunity *100

Question 36

Interval Recording

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Measuring presence or absence of behavior during a specific time interval

Whole Interval- continued for entire time
Partial Interval- occurred at all
Momentary time sampling- did it occurs at the end of each of multiple intervals (ex, every 5 minutes for an hour)