ASSESSMENTS AND THE ROLE OF THE
RBT
What is the purpose of a skills assessment? - answer Establish a student's current skill
set
Help determine appropriate teaching goals
Show a student's progress over time
ALL OF THE ABOVE
An assessment may look at skills across different skill areas. - answer True
Which of the following is NOT a method of assessment used in skills assessment? -
answer Guessing
A functional behavior assessment is used to... - answer Determine the function of a
challenging behavior
What are the three types of functional behavior assessment methods? - answer Indirect
Assessments
Descriptive Assessments
Functional Analysis
Scatterplot data and ABC Recording are both what type of FBA method? -
answerDescriptive Assessments
Data from a scatterplot analysis can show daily or weekly patterns of the target
behavior. - answerTrue
A scatterplot gives a visual representation of the times and days when the highest levels
of the target behavior occur. What other important information might a scatterplot show?
- answerTimes and days when the target behavior does not occur
Which of the following statements is true? Select the best response. - answerAs an RBT
I will not conduct assessments on my own.
As an RBT I may be asked to assist my supervisor with parts of assessments.
Assessments are conducted using specific guidelines
ALL OF THE ABOVE
When reporting a client's skills or behaviors to your supervisor, you should talk about
what others have said about the client and not what you have observed yourself. -
answerFalse
RBT
What is the purpose of a skills assessment? - answer Establish a student's current skill
set
Help determine appropriate teaching goals
Show a student's progress over time
ALL OF THE ABOVE
An assessment may look at skills across different skill areas. - answer True
Which of the following is NOT a method of assessment used in skills assessment? -
answer Guessing
A functional behavior assessment is used to... - answer Determine the function of a
challenging behavior
What are the three types of functional behavior assessment methods? - answer Indirect
Assessments
Descriptive Assessments
Functional Analysis
Scatterplot data and ABC Recording are both what type of FBA method? -
answerDescriptive Assessments
Data from a scatterplot analysis can show daily or weekly patterns of the target
behavior. - answerTrue
A scatterplot gives a visual representation of the times and days when the highest levels
of the target behavior occur. What other important information might a scatterplot show?
- answerTimes and days when the target behavior does not occur
Which of the following statements is true? Select the best response. - answerAs an RBT
I will not conduct assessments on my own.
As an RBT I may be asked to assist my supervisor with parts of assessments.
Assessments are conducted using specific guidelines
ALL OF THE ABOVE
When reporting a client's skills or behaviors to your supervisor, you should talk about
what others have said about the client and not what you have observed yourself. -
answerFalse
