H02 Identify Potential Intervention Based on Assessment Results & the Best Available Scientific Evidence

Question 1

Two treatment options are being considered for an intervention. Both have good empirical support in the literature. Your choice may be based on

Answer 1

The experience and skill of the direct providers of the treatment.
The family’s preferences.
The cost of implementing the intervention.

Question 2

Upon receiving your first referral, you immediately recommend a timeout procedure for minor disruptive behavior because you know from the literature that it could be very effective.

Answer 2

This was a mistake because you didn’t conduct any kind of functional assessment.

Question 3

What is the best intervention component based on an assessment that identifies no function and the student’s aggressive behavior which tends to occur during DTT when trials are presented too fast or when he makes errors?

Answer 3

Prompting and gradual fading

Question 4

The treatment team for a boy with autism who has frequent aggressive episodes is recommending to roll him up in a mat three times a day for ten minutes each time. The behavior analyst should

Answer 4

Object on the basis that clients have a right to effective, evidence-based treatment.

Question 5

Which of these would be the most effective treatment, according to BACB guideline? A procedure that

Answer 5

Is well researched and often used, but usually only effective when adapted to the individual client.
Has been empirically demonstrated to be effective.

Question 6

In order to select the best intervention strategies for a given behavioral issue, behavior analysts should

Answer 6

Routinely review behavior analytic literature in their areas of specialization

Question 7

A parent wants to incorporate an intensive schedule of sensory integration activities for their child with autism, requiring that two hours of DTT be cancelled to make room in the child’s daily schedule. The behavior analyst should

Answer 7

Object on the basis that time and resources should be spent on empirically validated interventions.

Question 8

Effective behavior intervention for problem behavior is designed around and based on

Answer 8

The function of the behavior