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BCBA - D ✔✔most advanced credential, w/ doctorate degree in related field, previously a
BCBA
BCBA ✔✔masters in related field, specific coursework in ABA, completed supervision training
hours, passed BCBA exam
Who can practice ABA without supervision/act as supervisors? ✔✔BCBA-D & BCBA
BCaBA ✔✔bachelors in related field, coursework in ABA, training & supervision hours, passed
BCBA, CAN'T work alone, but may supervise RBT's
RBT ✔✔direct service providers that use ABA, should be ready to perform all tasks created by
BCAB and have responsible certificant
Supervisor ✔✔assigns tasks & responsibilities to RBT
,Certificant ✔✔must be registered with BACB, diff from sup - ensures that RBT has BCBA or
BCaBA and that supervision requirements are being met, required to have certificant for each
place you work (one person can be both sup & cert)
6 categories of tasks ✔✔measurement, assessment, skill aquisition, behavior reduction,
documentation/reporting, professional conduct/scope of practice
Maintaining RBT credential ✔✔annual completion of the competency assessment, renewal app
& fee, good standing with BACB board, ongoing supervision
ABA ✔✔Applied Behavior Analysis, principles of behavior - rules of how we all learn
Goal of ABA ✔✔to make changes to socially significant behavior via objective measurement &
analysis
7 dimensions of ABA ✔✔Applied, Behavioral, Analytic, Technological, Conceptually
Systematic, Effective, Generality
7 Dimensions of ABA: applied ✔✔change must be of social significance
,7 Dimensions of ABA: behavioral ✔✔focus on observable and measurable behavior
7 Dimensions of ABA: analytic ✔✔functional relationship has been reliably shown between
environmental event & change in behavior
7 Dimensions of ABA: Technological ✔✔procedures are explained so that anyone can use them
7 Dimensions of ABA: Conceptually Systematic ✔✔procedures/interventions are derived from
strong theoretical place
7 Dimensions of ABA: Generalizable ✔✔change in behavior is observed in different settings
BF Skinner ✔✔argued for analysis and examination of 3-term contingency
Human Behavior is either: ✔✔Operant or Respondant
, Human Behavior: Operant ✔✔evoked, learned, voluntary, observable, measurable, the primary
behavior observed in ABA, controlled by antecedent/stimulus, assessed/modified by controlling
stimuli
Human Behavior: Respondant ✔✔elicited, reflexive, involuntary
3 term-contingency ✔✔antecedent, behavior, consequence OR stimulus/response/stimulus
4 consequences that influence behavior ✔✔positive & negative reinforcement/punishment
Behavior change can only occur by: ✔✔changing antecedent/consequence
Interventions based on ABA ✔✔shaping, task analysis, chaining, discrete trial training,
incidental training, stimulus training, stimulus fading
Person First Language ✔✔Placing the individual ahead of the disability: person with autism
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BCBA - D ✔✔most advanced credential, w/ doctorate degree in related field, previously a
BCBA
BCBA ✔✔masters in related field, specific coursework in ABA, completed supervision training
hours, passed BCBA exam
Who can practice ABA without supervision/act as supervisors? ✔✔BCBA-D & BCBA
BCaBA ✔✔bachelors in related field, coursework in ABA, training & supervision hours, passed
BCBA, CAN'T work alone, but may supervise RBT's
RBT ✔✔direct service providers that use ABA, should be ready to perform all tasks created by
BCAB and have responsible certificant
Supervisor ✔✔assigns tasks & responsibilities to RBT
,Certificant ✔✔must be registered with BACB, diff from sup - ensures that RBT has BCBA or
BCaBA and that supervision requirements are being met, required to have certificant for each
place you work (one person can be both sup & cert)
6 categories of tasks ✔✔measurement, assessment, skill aquisition, behavior reduction,
documentation/reporting, professional conduct/scope of practice
Maintaining RBT credential ✔✔annual completion of the competency assessment, renewal app
& fee, good standing with BACB board, ongoing supervision
ABA ✔✔Applied Behavior Analysis, principles of behavior - rules of how we all learn
Goal of ABA ✔✔to make changes to socially significant behavior via objective measurement &
analysis
7 dimensions of ABA ✔✔Applied, Behavioral, Analytic, Technological, Conceptually
Systematic, Effective, Generality
7 Dimensions of ABA: applied ✔✔change must be of social significance
,7 Dimensions of ABA: behavioral ✔✔focus on observable and measurable behavior
7 Dimensions of ABA: analytic ✔✔functional relationship has been reliably shown between
environmental event & change in behavior
7 Dimensions of ABA: Technological ✔✔procedures are explained so that anyone can use them
7 Dimensions of ABA: Conceptually Systematic ✔✔procedures/interventions are derived from
strong theoretical place
7 Dimensions of ABA: Generalizable ✔✔change in behavior is observed in different settings
BF Skinner ✔✔argued for analysis and examination of 3-term contingency
Human Behavior is either: ✔✔Operant or Respondant
, Human Behavior: Operant ✔✔evoked, learned, voluntary, observable, measurable, the primary
behavior observed in ABA, controlled by antecedent/stimulus, assessed/modified by controlling
stimuli
Human Behavior: Respondant ✔✔elicited, reflexive, involuntary
3 term-contingency ✔✔antecedent, behavior, consequence OR stimulus/response/stimulus
4 consequences that influence behavior ✔✔positive & negative reinforcement/punishment
Behavior change can only occur by: ✔✔changing antecedent/consequence
Interventions based on ABA ✔✔shaping, task analysis, chaining, discrete trial training,
incidental training, stimulus training, stimulus fading
Person First Language ✔✔Placing the individual ahead of the disability: person with autism
