QASP-S Exam Study Guide using Competency Guide 2025-
2026 –Practice Questions and accurate, detailed
answers\latest update
a Method of teaching in simplified & structured steps.
What is Discrete Trial Training?
A skill is broken down into steps & built up one step at
a time. Each attempt is a "trial".
1.Antecedent-sets up the response
(SD, environment) 2.Prompt
5 steps of DTT 3. Response
4. Consequence for Correct Response/ Incorrect response
5. Inter-trial interval
Scripted to ensure all trials are consistent, can increase
Pros of DTT motivation & learning,
numerous learning opportunities, can be easily
individualized, clear beginning & end to each trial, can
minimize failures
Difficult to generalize, boring, lacks naturalistic
Cons of DTT
reinforcement, difficulty fading reinforcement
ongoing problem solving process used to help ppl w disabilities
plan for the future:
-To look at the ind a different way
Purpose of Person Centered -To assist the focus person in gaining control of their own life
Planning
-To increase opportunities for participation in the community
-To recognize individual desires, interests & dreams
-Through team effort, develop a plan to turn dreams into reality.
The focus person & whoever they would like. Works best
Who is involved in Person
when there is an unbiased facilitator & a person to
Centered Planning?
record what is shared. Family members, professionals,
friends, etc may be invited.
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1. Develop a history for focus person. (Background,
critical events, medical issues, major developments,
Steps of Person Centered
important relationships)
Planning: Profiling
2. Description of quality of life for FP. (Comm
participation, comm presence, choices/rights,
respect & competence)
3. Personal preferences of FP. (Preferred activities, things they do
not like)
1. Review the profile. Make comments & observations
2. Review trends/ongoing events in the environment.
3. Share visions for the future to increase opportunities.
4. ID obstacles & opportunities, things that could make vision a
Person Centered Planning
Meeting reality
5. ID strategies: action steps for implementation
6. Getting started: ID action steps that can be done in a short
time.
7. ID the need for service delivery to be more responsive to ind
needs.
20th century, Austrian Pediatrician who published a
Who was Hans Asperger?
profile in 1944 of four boys with a specific pattern of
bx: "autisitic psychopathy".
"lack of empathy, little ability to form friendships, one-
Characteristics of Aspergers
(1944) sided conversations, intense absorption in a special
interest & clumsy movements."
The term "Asperger Lorna Wing, a British Researcher in 1981 in her research
Syndrome" was coined by: to counter Kanner's findings on Autism.
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2026 –Practice Questions and accurate, detailed
answers\latest update
a Method of teaching in simplified & structured steps.
What is Discrete Trial Training?
A skill is broken down into steps & built up one step at
a time. Each attempt is a "trial".
1.Antecedent-sets up the response
(SD, environment) 2.Prompt
5 steps of DTT 3. Response
4. Consequence for Correct Response/ Incorrect response
5. Inter-trial interval
Scripted to ensure all trials are consistent, can increase
Pros of DTT motivation & learning,
numerous learning opportunities, can be easily
individualized, clear beginning & end to each trial, can
minimize failures
Difficult to generalize, boring, lacks naturalistic
Cons of DTT
reinforcement, difficulty fading reinforcement
ongoing problem solving process used to help ppl w disabilities
plan for the future:
-To look at the ind a different way
Purpose of Person Centered -To assist the focus person in gaining control of their own life
Planning
-To increase opportunities for participation in the community
-To recognize individual desires, interests & dreams
-Through team effort, develop a plan to turn dreams into reality.
The focus person & whoever they would like. Works best
Who is involved in Person
when there is an unbiased facilitator & a person to
Centered Planning?
record what is shared. Family members, professionals,
friends, etc may be invited.
, 8/23/25, 2:02 AM QASP-S Exam Study Guide using Competency
1. Develop a history for focus person. (Background,
critical events, medical issues, major developments,
Steps of Person Centered
important relationships)
Planning: Profiling
2. Description of quality of life for FP. (Comm
participation, comm presence, choices/rights,
respect & competence)
3. Personal preferences of FP. (Preferred activities, things they do
not like)
1. Review the profile. Make comments & observations
2. Review trends/ongoing events in the environment.
3. Share visions for the future to increase opportunities.
4. ID obstacles & opportunities, things that could make vision a
Person Centered Planning
Meeting reality
5. ID strategies: action steps for implementation
6. Getting started: ID action steps that can be done in a short
time.
7. ID the need for service delivery to be more responsive to ind
needs.
20th century, Austrian Pediatrician who published a
Who was Hans Asperger?
profile in 1944 of four boys with a specific pattern of
bx: "autisitic psychopathy".
"lack of empathy, little ability to form friendships, one-
Characteristics of Aspergers
(1944) sided conversations, intense absorption in a special
interest & clumsy movements."
The term "Asperger Lorna Wing, a British Researcher in 1981 in her research
Syndrome" was coined by: to counter Kanner's findings on Autism.
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