Functional behavioural assessments Flashcards

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What are problematic behaviours?

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Behaviours that are socially significant, affect others and the surrounding environment, safety of the person/others threatened, hinder the ability of the person/others to acquire new skills, lead to restrictive living arrangements

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What is the function of behaviour?

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To avoid or get something - can be seen as a form of communication

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What is ‘positive’?

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Behaviour is followed by something

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What is ‘negative’?

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Behaviour is not following by something/something’s removed

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What is ‘social’?

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Reward is given by somebody else

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What is ‘automatic’?

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Reward is done by yourself, no one else is involved

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What is reinforcement?

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Increasing the probability of the behaviour happening in the future

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What is punishment?

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Decreasing the probability of the behaviour happening in the future

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What is positive reinforcement?

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Behaviour increases because it’s followed by something

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What is positive punishment?

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Behaviour decreases because it’s followed by something

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What is negative reinforcement?

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Behaviour increases because it’s not followed by something

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What is negative punishment?

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Behaviour decreases because it’s not followed by something

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What is social positive reinforcement?

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Attention/access to things they like

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What is an example of automatic positive reinforcement?

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Scratching an itch

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What is social negative reinforcement?

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Escape/avoidance of a task we don’t like

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16
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What is an example of automatic negative reinforcement?

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Taking a tablet to avoid pain

17
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What are FBAs?

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A systematic approach to understanding the underlying reasons for someone’s behaviour - about understanding the patterns of behaviour

18
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What does a target behaviour have to be?

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Specific, observable, measurable

19
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What are the 5 steps of an FBA?

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  1. Define the behaviour
  2. Interview to identify individual factors
  3. Observation and analysis of the event when and where it occurs
  4. Identify the function of the behaviour
  5. Develop an intervention plan
20
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What is the Greg Hanley question?

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If I gave you £1,000,000, how could you get the behaviour to occur?