NHT Exam

Question 1

What do you do when there is a change to your schedule?

Answer 1

Email scheduling at sdscheduling@autismtherapies.com and cc manager

Question 2

What is the email to contact for when you have a problem with Central Reach?

Answer 2

cr@autismtherapies.com

Question 3

What is the email to contact for when you have a problem with your tablet, Office365, or SSO?

Answer 3

it.desk@autismtherapies.com

Question 4

Where should you report HIPAA breaches?

Answer 4

Email the suspected breach to privacy@autismtherapies,com, your manager, and Clinical directors michele.stone@autismtherapies.com and heather.link@autismtherapies.com

Question 5

What is ABA?

Answer 5

A field of study and a science that is based on the principles of behavior

Question 6

What are the 3 components of a discrete trial DTT?

Answer 6

SD, Behavior, Consequence

Question 7

What are the ABC’s of ABA?

Answer 7

Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence

Question 8

What is a reinforcer?

Answer 8

Anything that increases behavior

Question 9

What is a punisher?

Answer 9

Anything that decreases behavior

Question 10

What is a motivating operation?

Answer 10

Factors in the environment that affect the relative value of a particular reinforcer or changes the likelihood that behavior will happen in the future (e.g. hungry, tired)

Question 11

Name 5 factors of motivating operations

Answer 11

Deprivation, Satiation, Immediacy, Size/Magnitude, Contingency

Question 12

Name 6 types of prompts

Answer 12

Gestural, Modeling, Verbal, Physical, Positional, Stimulus Fading

Question 13

How do you know that generalization has occurred?

Answer 13

When client can demonstrate a skill across people, stimuli, and settings

Question 14

What is a mand?

Answer 14

When client asks for reinforcer

Question 15

What is a Tact?

Answer 15

When client identifies objects, actions, events, etc.

Question 16

What is Intraverbal?

Answer 16

When client answers questions or has conversations contingent to the words that come before it (fill in the blank)

Question 17

What is the responsibility of a Behavior Technician BT?

Answer 17

Implement behavior intervention programs BIPs and record data

Question 18

What is the responsibility of a Board Certified Behavior Analyst BCBA?

Answer 18

Design behavior intervention programs BIPs, supervise staff in implementation

Question 19

If you suspect abuse or neglect, who should you contact and when?

Answer 19

Contact manager and/or clinical director ASAP

Question 20

Which incidents warrant filling out an Incident Report?

Answer 20

Incidents to Client, Employee, or HIPAA violation

Question 21

What do you do when an incident occurs?

Answer 21

Complete the AST Incident Report via MobiControl and email report to manager within 24 hours

Question 22

What is frequency data and how is it collected?

Answer 22

Discrete behaviors that have clear beginnings and ends (e.g. hitting, elopement, raising hand); each occurrence is reported by tallies or pluses and minuses on Catalyst; otherwise record zero. (Differentiates from rate data because no timer is involved)

Question 23

What is duration data and how is it collected?

Answer 23

Behaviors that vary in time (e.g. tantrum, out of seat behavior, attending, etc.). Duration timers start at the ONSET of behavior and stop at the OFFSET of behavior to measure total amount of time client engages in behavior summed over occurrences; otherwise record zero.

Question 24

What is rate data and how is it collected?

Answer 24

Discrete behaviors that have clear beginnings and ends (e.g. hitting, elopement, raising hand). Rate timer starts at BEGINNING of session and stops at END of session with pluses and minuses to record number of instances; SAVE data after timer ends.

Question 25

What is quantity data and how is it collected?

Answer 25

Permanent outcome data (e.g. percentage of parent participation throughout session).

Question 26

What is task analysis data and how is it collected?

Answer 26

Measures level of independence across steps of a task and is reported as number of independent steps over total number of steps in a task presented as percentage.

Question 27

What is anecdotal data and how is it collected?

Answer 27

Any data recorded as text such as descriptive, specific items requested, etc.

Question 28

What is whole interval recording and how is it collected?

Answer 28

Continuous or High Rate Behavior that occurs for the ENTIRE interval; either a plus or minus on Catalyst.

Question 29

What is partial interval recording and how is it collected?

Answer 29

Continuous or High Rate Behavior that occurs AT ANY TIME during the interval; either a plus or minus on Catalyst.

Question 30

What is EID?

Answer 30

Expressive Identification; client expresses verbally in tact or descriptive language

Question 31

What is RID?

Answer 31

Receptive Identification; client expresses physically by pointing or grabbing

Question 32

What is a baseline trial and how should you run it?

Answer 32

Tests client's current skill level; Only run a baseline once per session and provide NEUTRAL feedback

Question 33

What is a Maintenance trial and how should you run it?

Answer 33

Ascertains whether a client has retained what was taught in acquisition; run in between acquisitions or to gain attention

Question 34

What are the types of goals addressed in session?

Answer 34

Communication, Play, Adaptive, Cognition, Maladaptive, Self-Management

Question 35

What are the types of barriers addressed in session?

Answer 35

No Barriers, High Rates of Problem Behavior, Environmental Factors

Question 36

What should you do if you experience IT problems with Catalyst?

Answer 36

Chat on Catalyst portal, submit support request, or email support@datafinch.com

Question 37

What is the standard ratio for maintenance to acquisition trials

Answer 37

4 maintenance trials for every 1 acquisition trial

Question 38

What are the 4 Functions of Behavior?

Answer 38

Attention, Escape, Access to tangible item or activity, Automatic Reinforcement

Question 39

What is Non-Contingent Reinforcement?

Answer 39

Providing regular access to reinforcer with schedule that is not contingent on occurrence of target behavior; satiates operant conditions or extinguishes challenging behavior (ex: asking for tangible object and then giving immediately back to client)

Question 40

What is Functional Communication Training FCT?

Answer 40

Teaches an alternative and appropriate communicative response that produces the same reinforcer that maintained the challenging behavior (e.g. "You can say...", prompt mands, provide break card)

Question 41

What are the 4 Consequence Strategies?

Answer 41

Extinction, Redirection, Differential Reinforcement, 3 Step Guided Compliance

Question 42

What is Differential Reinforcement?

Answer 42

Increases appropriate behavior while decreasing challenging behavior (e.g. alternative behavior DRA or incompatible behavior DRI)

Question 43

What are the 3 steps of guided compliance and how is reinforcement different?

Answer 43

Tell, Show, Do. Reinforce on the prompt.

Question 44

What is extinction and how do you do it?

Answer 44

Discontinuation or withholding reinforcement for previously reinforced behavior (e.g. withholding attention or tangible, non-removal of non-preferred task)

Question 45

What is redirection?

Answer 45

Assisting client to original task or another activity

Question 46

What are the 3 steps in the Parent Consultation Model?

Answer 46

Check in, Active Feedback (modeling for and watching parent), De-Brief

Question 47

What is IOA and how is it calculated?

Answer 47

Inter Observer Agreement; number of trials agreed upon divided by total number of trials and presented as percentage

Question 48

When should you use continuous reinforcement?

Answer 48

When introducing a new skill

Question 49

What is the Catalyst portal (website) used for?

Answer 49

Manually entering data and submitting support requests

Question 50

What do you do if you enter the wrong data on Catalyst?

Answer 50

Email manager to delete incorrect data, log on to portal and manually enter correct data. Save paper data and give to manager.

Question 51

Which of these does AST do: interspersed trialing, or Mass Trialing?

Answer 51

Interspersed; AST does NOT do mass trialing, time outs, response costs, verbal reprimands, physical punishment, or aversive stimuli.