FCT

Question 1

Who developed FCT?

Answer 1

Carr and Durrant (1985)

Question 2

What research brought about FCT?

Answer 2

Is a practice that came from the research on functional behavioral assessment (FBA).

Question 3

What is a Back Up Reinforcer?

Answer 3

A object or event that already has demeonstrated its reinforcing function for the behavior of an individual. It is distributed in exchange for a specific number of exchangeable reinforcers.

Question 4

What is an interfering behavior?

Answer 4

A behavior that prevents the learner from learning key social, communication, and academic skills.

Question 5

What is another name for “interfering behavior”?

Answer 5

Target behavior

Question 6

Why do we use FCT?

Answer 6

To teach a new, communicative behavior that replaces the interfering behavior.

Question 7

What are the goals of a Functional Assessment (FA)?

Answer 7

1) Figure out what purpose a behavior serves for an individual. 2) Identify the situations that evoke (or cause) behavior. 3)Identify the consequences that maintain behavior

Question 8

What is a Functional Behavioral Assessment?

Answer 8

A tool used to determine the purpose of the behavior that is interfering with a learners’ growth and development.

Question 9

Prior to implementing FCT it is imperative to have

Answer 9

completed a functional behavioral assessment.

Question 10

What are socially reinforced functions of behavior?

Answer 10

1) Wanting attention (social). 2) Wanting access to something (tangible).

Question 11

What are negatively reinforced functions of behavior?

Answer 11

1) Wanting to get out of something (escape). 2) Wanting to avoid something, like not getting off the floor. (avoidance)

Question 12

Bsseline FCT data is collected:

Answer 12

Prior to teaching and during the FBA process.

Question 13

To encourage generalization, teachers should:

Answer 13

Encourage the learner to practice with multiple communicative partners

Question 14

Teachers should punish the learner for engaging in the interfering behavior?

Answer 14

FALSE

Question 15

During the beginning stages of FCT, how should reinforcement be provided when the learner uses the replacement communicative act?

Answer 15

Quickly and consistently

Question 16

With the goals of Errorless teaching, teachers should use

Answer 16

The prompt that guarantees that the learner will use the replacement communicative act.

Question 17

What does the IISCA process involve?

Answer 17

1) Structured observations. 2) Open-ended interview. 3) Synthesized analysis. 4) Combined contingencies.

Question 18

It is important to gradually________ the time between the communicative act and the delivery of the reinforcement.

Answer 18

Increase

Question 19

What traditional methods does an IISCA NOT involve:

Answer 19

1) Descriptive assessments 2) Close-ended assessments (FAST, MAS, QABF) 3) Standard functional analysis

Question 20

Functional Communication Training is:

Answer 20

A strategy that teaches individuals ways to functionally communicate to compete with challenging behaviors evoked by EOs.

Question 21

What are automatic reinforced functions of behavior?

Answer 21

1) Liking the way something feels (sensory).

Question 22

What are automatic negative reinforcement functions of behavior?

Answer 22

1) a behavior takes away an unpleasant feeling, like scratching in insect bite (pain attenuation).

Question 23

Synthesized analysis is called what by Hanley?

Answer 23

IISCA

Question 24

What is the Open-Ended Interview in an IISCA?

Answer 24

1) help determine what factors are contributing to challenging behaviors. 2) Talk to someone who knows and has seen the behavior. 3) Asks specific questions regarding what triggers behavior. 4) Used for Structured Observation and the IISCA.

Question 25

Task Analysis for Practical Functional Assessment?

Answer 25

1) Describe the problem behavior & their precursors 2) Describe reinforcers to be synthesized. 3) Describe the synthesized Establishing Operation (events at the beginning of the test session. 4) Based on #2 & #3 above, describe your IISCA.

Question 26

Functional Communication Response (FCR) training:

Answer 26

1) Create situation for behavior to occur 2) At the first sign of any precursor behavior 3) Prompt communication (FCR) 4) Provide what was asked for (reinforcement)

Question 27

Delay & Tolerance (accepting disappointment) training:

Answer 27

1) Create situation for behavior to occur. 2) At the first sign of ANY “frustration” behavior. 3) Communication (FCR). “No, that’s not possible right now” 4) Prompt “ok” (acceptance). 5) Provide what was asked for (reinforcement)

Question 28

CBPD vs. TBPD

Answer 28

Contingency-based Progressive Delays (CBPD) 1. Delay based on a response requirement 2. “Waiting” ended after a task was completed Time-based Progressive Delays (TBPD) 1. Delay based on time alone. 2. “waiting” ended when time expired.