Exam 1- Objective Writing

Question 1

What are the three critical elements of a goal?

Answer 1

1) Performance/behavior is measurable
2) Conditions & context; what you do and in what environment
3) Criterion & accuracy; correct productions out of total opportunities

Question 2

Describe “performance.”

Answer 2

• An observable, measurable behavior that is desired to be changed (in the client)

Question 3

Describe “conditions.”

Answer 3

What you will provide to the client to facilitate performance success (e.g., prompts)

• What the client is working for.

Question 4

Describe “context” (as part of the conditions)

Answer 4

• Environment/setting
• Prompting
• Activity perameters

Question 5

What are methods?

Answer 5

How you will teach the client the target goal.

Question 6

What are materials?

Answer 6

A list of the items you will use in the therapy session.

Question 7

What is reinforcement?

Answer 7

A method to positively reinforce the occurrence of target productions

Question 8

What are the results?

Answer 8

Objective data of behavior, including accuracy (e.g., +6/10 opportunities)

Question 9

What do you put in the “comments” section of the lesson plan?

Answer 9

• how the client did and his/her performance
• evaluation of your own performance
• revisions for the next session based on the first two.