Unit Flashcards
Behavioral assessment includes: _____
Systematically gathering information
Behavioral assessment data help: _____
Make data-based decisions about behavior and the environment
Assessment scope:
Range of: _____
Information gathered
Assessment scope:
Degree of: _____
Focus on the issue in an assessment
Assessment fidelity: _____
Accuracy of information gathered
Referral problem: _____
Behavior issue(s) reported by the referring party
Preliminary assessment:
What happens?: _____
Case is outlined; presenting problem is evaluated
Indirect assessment gathers behavior information: _____
Through descriptions and recollections
Records review uses: _____
Written documents and archival data
Structured forms gather info through: _____
Written questions
Direct and indirect assessments gather: _____
Info about behavior and the environment
Behavioral interview: Questions asked of: _____
Consumer(s) and stakeholder(s)
Direct assessment observes behavior: _____
In real time & in the environment where it occurs
Descriptive assessment:
Type: _____
Direct assessment
Descriptive assessment:
Behavior is observed and measured…
In real-life context
Descriptive assessment:
Observed withOUT: _____
Manipulation of environmental variables
Narrative recording:
Observer produces: _____
Written description of individual’s behaviors
Narrative recording:
Description includes info on: _____
Behavior and environmental conditions in which the behavior occurs
Sequence analysis examines: _____
Narrative or ABC recording data
Sequence analysis finds relations between: _____
Environmental events and target behavior
Scatterplot:
Data collection form for: _____
Recording times of day when the target behavior occurs
Scatterplots often involve: _____
Dividing days of the week into blocks of time
Pattern analysis uses: _____
Scatterplot data
Pattern analysis identifies when: _____
Behavior occurs or does not occur
Pattern analysis: Identifies behavior occurring under certain: _____
Time frames and environmental contexts
Data collection occurs across conditions to assess: _____
Probabilities of behavior in different environmental contexts
Internal validity: Extent to which assessment findings: _____
Accurately represent occurrence in natural environment
External validity: Extent to which assessment findings: _____
Hold true across different environmental conditions and/or time
Ultimate outcomes are the: _____
Final goal of service
Ultimate outcomes are functional statements about: _____
What a person wants to accomplish and attain in their life
Intermediate outcomes are: _____
Accomplishable goals
Intermediate outcomes:
Bring a person closer to: _____
Achieving ultimate outcomes
Sequential intermediate outcomes must be: _____
Completed in a specific order
Concurrent intermediate outcomes are goals: _____
Worked on together at the same time
Sequential and intermediate outcomes are stepping stones to help: _____
Person attain their ultimate outcomes
Short-term objectives provide: _____
Measurable criterion for change
Short-term objectives: Change occurs across: _____
Some dimension of the target behavior
“Can’t do” refers to: _____
Skill deficit
“Won’t do” refers to: _____
Performance problem
Preliminary assessment:
Scope is: _____
Broad
Preliminary assessment:
Fidelity is: _____
Low
“Tell me” method refers to: _____
Indirect assessment
Indirect assessment:
Scope is: _____
Medium
Indirect assessment:
Fidelity is: _____
Low-medium
“Show me” method refers to: _____
Direct assessment
Descriptive assessment:
Scope is: _____
Medium but narrow
Descriptive assessment:
Fidelity is: _____
Low-medium but rising
Narrative recording data:
Summary method: _____
Sequence analysis
ABC data:
Summary method: _____
Sequence analysis
Scatterplot data:
Summary method: _____
Pattern analysis
