Competency Test Flashcards
Continuous measurement uses…
frequency data, duration, latency, and IRT
Continuous Measurement is…
taking data on all behaviors during a session
Frequency Data
count how many times the behavior occurred
Duration
record how long the behavior last
Latency
the time between given instruction and the behavior starting
IRT
time between two responses
How is discontinued measurement different from continuous measurement?
only taking data for a certain amount of time during a session compared to only data on all behaviors
Discontinuous measurement is…
only taking data for a certain amount of time during a session
Discontinuous measurement uses…
partial interval, whole interval, and momentary time sampling
Partial Interval
if the behavior is recorded or counted at any time during the time interval
Whole Interval
if the behavior occurs throughout the entire interval
Momentary Time Sampling
if the behavior only occurs at the end of the interval
Preference Assessment is…
what reinforcement will help motivate the client
A-B-C Data stands for…
Antecedent Behavior Consequence
A-B-C Data is…
collecting data on
; what happened before
; what is the behavior
; what happened right after the behavior
Discrete Trial Teaching is…
using a basic process to teach a new skill or behavior and repeating it until children learn
Naturalistic Teaching: NET
observing for opportunities to reinforce a client in a natural way and setting
Chaining is…
breaking a task down into small steps and then teaching each step
Different types of Chaining is…
forward chaining, backward chaining, and total chaining
Forward Chaining is…
starting the first step in a task and letting the client do as they can
Backward Chaining is…
prompting through everything in task then going back again and not doing the last step and seeing if they remember, then repeating the process backward
Total Chaining
helping throughout the whole task, while letting them do what they can and intervening when help is needed
Shaping is…
the use of reinforcement of the desired behavior to teach a whole behavior
Discrimination Training is…
training so that the student can discriminate between different instructions or stimulus
Stimulus Control Transfer
“ fading prompt “ , techniques in which prompts are discontinued once the target behavior is being displayed in the presence of the discriminative stimulus
Prompting is…
instructions, gestures, demonstrations, touches, or other things that we arrange or do to increase the likelihood that children will make correct responses
Examples of Prompting…
- least to most, most to least
- verbal prompting
- gesture prompting
- physical prompting
- positional prompting
Token System is…
rewards that are the reinforcers that the child earns and that are then exchanged for a larger reward
Crisis Emergency is…
the company or parents policy on what to do when a crisis is happening
Differential Reinforcement (DTT) is…
simply reinforcing one behavior and putting other behaviors on extinction
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behaviors (DRO)
When that behavior is not happening, you deliver reinforce
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behaviors (DRI)
When the second behavior happens, you reinforce that behavior
Differential Reinforcement of Alternative Behaviors (DRA)
Pick a target behavior and a replacement behavior . When the replacement behavior happens, reinforce that behavior
Differential Reinforcement of Low Rates of Behaviors (DRL)
When the behavior occurs less than the target criteria, you reinforce that behavior
Antecedent Interventions is…
Strategies that focus on structuring and modifying the environment and conditions that occur before a behavior is demonstrated so that the behavior is less likely to occur
Extinction Burst is…
an expected increase in behavior at the start of extinction
Client Dignity is…
Respect the client the same way you would respect yourself and your family
Supervision Requirements are…
a minimum of 5% of the hours spent providing applied behavior-analytic services per month
