Unit 7 Flashcards
IISCA stands for
Interview-informed synthesized contingency analysis
A hierarchical process for functional assessment means to
Progressively introduce more conservative assessment methods
Functional assessment is a collective process that uses
Each step in the functional assessment to individualize the FA
Practical utility refers to…
Efficiency, safety, and acceptability of an assessment or treatment
Treatment utility refers to…
Efficacy of assessment to inform subsequent treatment
Practical functional assessment (PFA) is…
Influenced by clinical significance
Open-ended interviews in PFAs ask
Questions about the context where problem behavior occurs
Open-contingency class
All co-occurring topographies are available for reinforcement
Closed-contingency class
Most-concerning topographies are available for reinforcement
Brief contingency probe
Unsystematically testing hunches and modifying contingencies when necessary
IISCA is an
Individualized functional analysis
IISCA uses
Interview and observation results to inform contingency tested
IISCA: Single test condition
1 contingency is tested compared to 1 control condition
IISCA: Unique test condition
Ecologically relevant events specific to the individual case
IISCA: Synthesized contingency
Combination of antecedents and consequences representing the whole context
IISCA: Matched control
Test condition reinforcers are non-contingently available during the control
IISCA: Open-contingency class:
Reinforcers delivered
Contingent on functionally related non-dangerous and dangerous problem behavior
Level of control answers the question: __________
How strong is the functional relation for this problem behavior?
Latency-based IISCA procedurally matches
Full IISCA
Latency-based IISCA
Sessions are terminated after 1 instance of problem behavior
Trial-based IISCA
If problem behavior occurs during test trial, reinforcement follows, which starts the control condition
Single-session IISCA
Problem behavior analyzed across intervals with and without the reinforcer
Skill-based treatment procedures teach (3)
(1) Complex communication skills
(2) Tolerance skills
(3) Cooperation skills
FCT stands for
Functional communication training
FCT: Type of procedure
Differential reinforcement
FCT: Targets a
Form of communication as the alternative response
FCR stands for
Functional communicative response
FCR is intended to
Replace problem behavior
FCR accesses
Same, functional reinforcers as the problem behavior
FCCT stands for
Functional communication and complexity training
FCCT
DR procedure that shapes up multiple forms of FCRs
DDTT stands for
Delay and denial tolerance training
DDTT: Type of procedure
Reinforcement thinning procedures
DDTT introduces
More skills during the delay to reinforcement
Tolerance response
Appropriate response (of agreement) evoked by a denial of reinforcement
Contingency-based progressive delay
Response requirement for reinforcement increased from either positive or negative contingency
Positive contingency
Emission of a response earns reinforcement
DRA-based progressive delay gradually introduces
More tasks or instructions before reinforcement
Negative contingency
Omission of a response earns reinforcement
DRO-based progressive delay gradually introduces
Longer durations before reinforcement
Characteristics of practical functional assessment (PFA) (2)
(1) Inductive
(2) Personalized
Practical functional assessment (Steps)
- Open-ended interview
- Brief contingency probe
- IISCA
PFA open-ended interview:
Asks questions on (4)
(1) Background information
(2) Problem behavior
(3) Antecedents
(4) Consequences
Properties of a precursor
1) Outside the topographical class
2) Within the topographical class
3) Varied levels of intensity
IISCA: Components (5)
(1) Single test condition
(2) Unique test condition
(3) Synthesized contingency
(4) Matched control
(5) Open-contingency class
Levels of control (4)
(1) Strong
(2) Moderate
(3) Weak
(4) No control
Modified IISCA formats (3)
(1) Latency-based
(2) Trial-based
(3) Single-session
Comprehensive approach to assessment and treatment (2)
(1) Practical functional assessment
(2) Skill-based treatment
FCT (Steps)
- Functional analysis
- Teaching an alternative communicative response
- Extending FCT across settings/caregivers
Functional communicative response (3)
(1) Response effort
(2) Social recognition of the response
(3) Likely speed of response acquisition
Improve FCR complexity by building
Sentence structure of a single FCR
Improve FCR complexity by including
A chain of back-and-forth communication
Improve FCR complexity by introducing
Multiple FCRs
Improve FCR complexity by increasing
Physical response effort (if nonverbal)