H06 Monitor Client Progress and Treatment Integrity

Question 1

Data on a child’s behavior is collected to ensure that the intervention has the intended effect. Likewise, data should be collected on the therapist’s behavior to ensure that

Answer 1

The intervention is implemented correctly

Question 2

A measure of treatment fidelity for a program using a least to most prompting procedure would verify

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That the therapist uses the prescribed prompts in the correct sequence

Question 3

Procedural integrity monitoring may be designed to evaluate conformance with an intervention for

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Staff responses to challenging behavior.
Conformity with routines.
Environmental arrangements.

Question 4

One might collect procedural integrity data on which of the following?

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Administering the correct error correction procedure

Question 5

The term TREATMENT INTEGRITY refers to

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The extent to which a behavior change plan is implemented in accordance with the procedures described in the plan.

Question 6

An intervention plan that requires staff to make small changes to their current practices is preferable because it

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Is more likely to be implemented correctly than a plan that requires major changes in organizational structure or standing policies.

Question 7

Procedural integrity is a measure of the extent to which

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The procedure is implemented as planned.

Question 8

Data on a child’s challenging… the behavior analyst should

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Reassess the procedure with the additional step, and modify the plan accordingly if it is consistent with program goals.

Question 9

If a child’s behavior plan requires complex procedures that take a great deal of skill to implement, the behavior analyst should

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Standardize as many aspects of the intervention as possible.

Question 10

Which of the following instructions are likely to be followed consistently by all staff implementing a behavior plan?

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Deliver 1 preferred edible item within 2 seconds after the occurrence of the target behavior

Question 11

In a controlled experiment.. these data

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Support the assertion that any change in the learner’s behavior during the experimental condition is due to the prompt.

Question 12

A procedural integrity data collection system that employs reinforcement to increase social interactions might involve recording

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Whether reinforcement was provided whenever a greeting occurred.

Question 13

Incorporating intervention prompts such as visual cues, timers, and checklists into the natural environment

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Helps facilitate correct implementation of prescribed procedures.

Question 14

An intervention is more likely to be carried out with fidelity if it

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Fits with the skills, schedules, resources, and values of the people who must implement the plan.