QASP Exam Study Questions and Answers
100% Verified Graded A 2024
Minimum supervision by a BCBA
1 hour/month
QASP will demonstrate
trustworthiness, honesty, fairness and sincerity
Non-discrimination policy
The QABA Credentialing Board will not discriminate against applicants, candidates or certificants on
the basis of race, color, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), religion, age,
marital status, registered domestic partner status, disability, socioeconomic or ethnic background,
sexual orientation, genetic information, veteran status or national origin, or any other characteristic
protected by law.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
A disorder characterized by deficits in social relatedness and communication skills that are often
accompanied by repetitive, ritualistic behavior.
ASD characteristics
Communication- Delay or lack of development of language, diffiulty holding conversations, unusual or
repetitive language, play that is not appropriate for developmental level.
Social interaction- Difficutly using nonverbal behaviors to regulate social interaction, failure to
develop age appropriate peer relationships, little sharing of pleasure, achievements or interests with
others, lack of social or emotional reciprocity.
Restrictied/Repetitive activities- Interests are narrow in focus, overly intense and/or unusual,
unreasonalbe insistence on sameness and folowing familiar routines, repetitive motor mannerisms,
preoccupation with parts of objects.
ASD deficits
Social interaction, communication, repetitive/restricitive beahviors
Triad of Impairments
Deficits in reciprocal social interaction
Deficits in communication
Restricted, repetitive behaviors, interests or activities.
joint attention
Joint Attention and Social Referencing. Joint attention occurs when two people share interest in an
object or event and there is understanding between the two people that they are both interested in
the same object or event.
Hyper/hyposensitive sensory input
Sometimes the senses of autistic children are in 'hypo', so that they do not really see, hear or feel
anything. To stimulate their senses they might wave their hands around or rock forth and back or
make strange noises.
, Hypersensitive is the exact opposite, some may get too much sensory input from any of the senses.
Historical definitions of autism
1908- word autism is used to describe schizophrenic patients who were also withdrawn and self-
absorbed.
Kanner (1943) described children who were highly intelligent but "displayed a powerful desire for
aloneness" and rigidity/insistence on sameness
Hans Asperger (1944) difficulty with social interaction
1967- refrigerator mothers were the cause of autism
1980-infantile autism listed in the DSM
1987-autism disorder in DSM
1991-federal government makes autism a sped category
1994-Asperger's syndrome added to DSM
2013- DSM-5 folds all subcategories of autism ASD with two categories 1) impaired social
communication and/or interaction. 2) restricted and/or repetitive beahviors
Co-Morbid conditions associated with autism
Mental retardation, learning difficulties, ADD/ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, CD, Nonverbal learnning
disabilities
Asperger's Syndrome Definition
Developmentally appropriate language, but differences (pragmatics, sentence structure,
pronunciation, vocabulary)
Social deficits, Literal interperatation of langauge
Asperger's Syndrome (HFA) common characteristics
He's just as smart as other folks, but he has more trouble with social skills. He also tends to have an
obsessive focus on one topic or perform the same behaviors again and again.
Diagnostic methods for ASD
Often involves a multidisciplinary team (pediatrician, psychologist, SPL and OT). Criteria found in the
DSM-5
Autism (word) History
The word "autism" comes from the Greek word "autos," which means "self." It describes conditions in
which a person is removed from social interaction. In other words, he becomes an "isolated self."
Evidence based treatments for ASD
applied behavior analysis-DTT, FCT, PRT, Antecedent based interventions
Early intervention, social skills training, cognitive behavioral therapy, medication
AAC, PECS, Video modeling, visual supports, computer aided instruction, parent implemented
intervention
IDEA- First recognized ASD
1990
IDEA
100% Verified Graded A 2024
Minimum supervision by a BCBA
1 hour/month
QASP will demonstrate
trustworthiness, honesty, fairness and sincerity
Non-discrimination policy
The QABA Credentialing Board will not discriminate against applicants, candidates or certificants on
the basis of race, color, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), religion, age,
marital status, registered domestic partner status, disability, socioeconomic or ethnic background,
sexual orientation, genetic information, veteran status or national origin, or any other characteristic
protected by law.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
A disorder characterized by deficits in social relatedness and communication skills that are often
accompanied by repetitive, ritualistic behavior.
ASD characteristics
Communication- Delay or lack of development of language, diffiulty holding conversations, unusual or
repetitive language, play that is not appropriate for developmental level.
Social interaction- Difficutly using nonverbal behaviors to regulate social interaction, failure to
develop age appropriate peer relationships, little sharing of pleasure, achievements or interests with
others, lack of social or emotional reciprocity.
Restrictied/Repetitive activities- Interests are narrow in focus, overly intense and/or unusual,
unreasonalbe insistence on sameness and folowing familiar routines, repetitive motor mannerisms,
preoccupation with parts of objects.
ASD deficits
Social interaction, communication, repetitive/restricitive beahviors
Triad of Impairments
Deficits in reciprocal social interaction
Deficits in communication
Restricted, repetitive behaviors, interests or activities.
joint attention
Joint Attention and Social Referencing. Joint attention occurs when two people share interest in an
object or event and there is understanding between the two people that they are both interested in
the same object or event.
Hyper/hyposensitive sensory input
Sometimes the senses of autistic children are in 'hypo', so that they do not really see, hear or feel
anything. To stimulate their senses they might wave their hands around or rock forth and back or
make strange noises.
, Hypersensitive is the exact opposite, some may get too much sensory input from any of the senses.
Historical definitions of autism
1908- word autism is used to describe schizophrenic patients who were also withdrawn and self-
absorbed.
Kanner (1943) described children who were highly intelligent but "displayed a powerful desire for
aloneness" and rigidity/insistence on sameness
Hans Asperger (1944) difficulty with social interaction
1967- refrigerator mothers were the cause of autism
1980-infantile autism listed in the DSM
1987-autism disorder in DSM
1991-federal government makes autism a sped category
1994-Asperger's syndrome added to DSM
2013- DSM-5 folds all subcategories of autism ASD with two categories 1) impaired social
communication and/or interaction. 2) restricted and/or repetitive beahviors
Co-Morbid conditions associated with autism
Mental retardation, learning difficulties, ADD/ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, CD, Nonverbal learnning
disabilities
Asperger's Syndrome Definition
Developmentally appropriate language, but differences (pragmatics, sentence structure,
pronunciation, vocabulary)
Social deficits, Literal interperatation of langauge
Asperger's Syndrome (HFA) common characteristics
He's just as smart as other folks, but he has more trouble with social skills. He also tends to have an
obsessive focus on one topic or perform the same behaviors again and again.
Diagnostic methods for ASD
Often involves a multidisciplinary team (pediatrician, psychologist, SPL and OT). Criteria found in the
DSM-5
Autism (word) History
The word "autism" comes from the Greek word "autos," which means "self." It describes conditions in
which a person is removed from social interaction. In other words, he becomes an "isolated self."
Evidence based treatments for ASD
applied behavior analysis-DTT, FCT, PRT, Antecedent based interventions
Early intervention, social skills training, cognitive behavioral therapy, medication
AAC, PECS, Video modeling, visual supports, computer aided instruction, parent implemented
intervention
IDEA- First recognized ASD
1990
IDEA
