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3 instances where a BT should call the supervisor on the case to relay information: -
CORRECT ANSWER: 1. client is sick (sessions are being cancelled)
2. Behaviors have unexpectedly increased
3. Parent expresses concerns or has questions
4. Changes in environment that are affecting therapy sessions
5. Client is having difficulty with a particular task/lesson.
3 levels of BACB certification? - CORRECT ANSWER: 1. RBT - Registered Behavior
Technician
2. BCABA - Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst
3. BCBA - Board Certified Behavior Analyst
ABA treatment team consists of...? - CORRECT ANSWER: Supervisor, RBT, parents,
caregivers, other professionals (Speech, OT...)
Advantages of using NET? - CORRECT ANSWER: - Motivation/EO provides best
conditions for mand teaching
- Generalization naturally occurs; elaborate generalization procedures are not
necessary.
- Reduced amount of negative behavior due to use of child's interest; specific
reinforcement is naturally built in.
- Verbal interaction is characteristic of natural environment
- Verbal responses can be mixed together under environmental conditions that may
evoke them later.
,Antecedent vs. Acquisition - CORRECT ANSWER: Antecedent - thing or event that
occurred before, what happened before behavior occurred.
Acquisition -the learning or developing of a skill, habit, or quality.
Define abuse: - CORRECT ANSWER: California - legal definitions vary from state to
state, federal definition of abuse and neglect. Open hand and on bottom that doesn't
leave a mark.
Anyone responsible for the individual can be an abuser.
Physical - threat, risk, and non-accidental physical abuse
emotional - Injury to the psychological capacity or emotional stability. Rejection and
ignoring, shame and humiliation, terrorizing, isolation.
sexual - intercourse, sexual activity, inappropriate touching
neglect - failure to provide food, clothing, supervision, shelter, or medical care.
Define Dual Relationship - CORRECT ANSWER: Any relationship other than a
therapeutic one between a practitioner and a client (Romantic, financial, social)
Romantic- flirting, dating, sexual contact
Social- connecting on social media, sharing casual photos, eating dinner with clients,
spending time in community together
Financial- private tutoring for pay, babysitting, making educational materials for a fee
Define Extinction: - CORRECT ANSWER: Breaking the relationship between the
behavior and reinforcer that previously followed it. No longer give the reinforcer for a
previously reinforced behavior. (planned ignoring - attention, tangible - don't give her the
cookie, escape - make them finish the demand)
Define positive and negative reinforcement: - CORRECT ANSWER: positive
reinforcement - technical term for getting good stuff when you do something correct.
Negative reinforcement - escaping or taking away/removal of bad/negative stimuli
*both increase or maintain behavior
, Define Satiation: - CORRECT ANSWER: a. Consuming substantial amounts of a
reinforce temporarily decrease reinforcing effectiveness
b. Reduces the effectiveness of a reinforce ("I can't eat another hot dog") (Don't want to
watch a movie later if you spent all day watching TV).
Define shaping? - CORRECT ANSWER: Reinforcing successive approximations of a
target behavior while extinguishing previous approximations.
Example of an antecedent modification: - CORRECT ANSWER: - Task Modification -
Still have to do the same amount/all of the problems but they get to choose what order
they want to do them in.
- Demand Fading - reduce the amount of tasks the child must do
- Noncontingent Reinforcement (NCR) - time based schedule, they get it for free no
matter what. The behavior feels good. (for attention - pat Melony on the back overtime
you pass by her chair
- Functional Communication Training (FCT) - teach child to request access to the
reinforcer (can't stand at refrigerator and cry anymore, must show a picture of juice)
- Behavioral Momentum - (High P Low P) High Probability Low Probability - 3 High P, 1
Low P.
example of shaping: - CORRECT ANSWER: Andy cannot say the sound "b". the BT's
have no way to prompt Andy to make him say this sound, so they shape the "b"sound.
Explain Differential Reinforcement - CORRECT ANSWER: Reinforcement of some
behaviors and not others. The results is an increase in desired behaviors that are
reinforced and an elimination of problem behaviors that are not reinforced. (Reinforce
desired behaviors AND don't reinforce (extinguish) undesired behavior)
Explain the fundamental principle of ABA - CORRECT ANSWER: ABA - is a scientific
approach, that uses the principles of learning to understand the relation of behaviors
and the environment.
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3 instances where a BT should call the supervisor on the case to relay information: -
CORRECT ANSWER: 1. client is sick (sessions are being cancelled)
2. Behaviors have unexpectedly increased
3. Parent expresses concerns or has questions
4. Changes in environment that are affecting therapy sessions
5. Client is having difficulty with a particular task/lesson.
3 levels of BACB certification? - CORRECT ANSWER: 1. RBT - Registered Behavior
Technician
2. BCABA - Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst
3. BCBA - Board Certified Behavior Analyst
ABA treatment team consists of...? - CORRECT ANSWER: Supervisor, RBT, parents,
caregivers, other professionals (Speech, OT...)
Advantages of using NET? - CORRECT ANSWER: - Motivation/EO provides best
conditions for mand teaching
- Generalization naturally occurs; elaborate generalization procedures are not
necessary.
- Reduced amount of negative behavior due to use of child's interest; specific
reinforcement is naturally built in.
- Verbal interaction is characteristic of natural environment
- Verbal responses can be mixed together under environmental conditions that may
evoke them later.
,Antecedent vs. Acquisition - CORRECT ANSWER: Antecedent - thing or event that
occurred before, what happened before behavior occurred.
Acquisition -the learning or developing of a skill, habit, or quality.
Define abuse: - CORRECT ANSWER: California - legal definitions vary from state to
state, federal definition of abuse and neglect. Open hand and on bottom that doesn't
leave a mark.
Anyone responsible for the individual can be an abuser.
Physical - threat, risk, and non-accidental physical abuse
emotional - Injury to the psychological capacity or emotional stability. Rejection and
ignoring, shame and humiliation, terrorizing, isolation.
sexual - intercourse, sexual activity, inappropriate touching
neglect - failure to provide food, clothing, supervision, shelter, or medical care.
Define Dual Relationship - CORRECT ANSWER: Any relationship other than a
therapeutic one between a practitioner and a client (Romantic, financial, social)
Romantic- flirting, dating, sexual contact
Social- connecting on social media, sharing casual photos, eating dinner with clients,
spending time in community together
Financial- private tutoring for pay, babysitting, making educational materials for a fee
Define Extinction: - CORRECT ANSWER: Breaking the relationship between the
behavior and reinforcer that previously followed it. No longer give the reinforcer for a
previously reinforced behavior. (planned ignoring - attention, tangible - don't give her the
cookie, escape - make them finish the demand)
Define positive and negative reinforcement: - CORRECT ANSWER: positive
reinforcement - technical term for getting good stuff when you do something correct.
Negative reinforcement - escaping or taking away/removal of bad/negative stimuli
*both increase or maintain behavior
, Define Satiation: - CORRECT ANSWER: a. Consuming substantial amounts of a
reinforce temporarily decrease reinforcing effectiveness
b. Reduces the effectiveness of a reinforce ("I can't eat another hot dog") (Don't want to
watch a movie later if you spent all day watching TV).
Define shaping? - CORRECT ANSWER: Reinforcing successive approximations of a
target behavior while extinguishing previous approximations.
Example of an antecedent modification: - CORRECT ANSWER: - Task Modification -
Still have to do the same amount/all of the problems but they get to choose what order
they want to do them in.
- Demand Fading - reduce the amount of tasks the child must do
- Noncontingent Reinforcement (NCR) - time based schedule, they get it for free no
matter what. The behavior feels good. (for attention - pat Melony on the back overtime
you pass by her chair
- Functional Communication Training (FCT) - teach child to request access to the
reinforcer (can't stand at refrigerator and cry anymore, must show a picture of juice)
- Behavioral Momentum - (High P Low P) High Probability Low Probability - 3 High P, 1
Low P.
example of shaping: - CORRECT ANSWER: Andy cannot say the sound "b". the BT's
have no way to prompt Andy to make him say this sound, so they shape the "b"sound.
Explain Differential Reinforcement - CORRECT ANSWER: Reinforcement of some
behaviors and not others. The results is an increase in desired behaviors that are
reinforced and an elimination of problem behaviors that are not reinforced. (Reinforce
desired behaviors AND don't reinforce (extinguish) undesired behavior)
Explain the fundamental principle of ABA - CORRECT ANSWER: ABA - is a scientific
approach, that uses the principles of learning to understand the relation of behaviors
and the environment.
