Procedures and Intervention Flashcards
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A Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP) should be developed primarily based on information from:
Answer: A Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA)
A BIP must be function-based, meaning it is built from an FBA that identifies the antecedents, behaviors, and consequences maintaining the problem behavior.
During a behavioral crisis, which concern takes highest priority for the ABA practitioner?
Answer: Ensuring the safety of the individual and others present
Safety always supersedes data collection, instructional goals, or BIP fidelity when a crisis situation arises.
To best promote maintenance of a newly acquired behavior, a practitioner should:
Answer: Gradually transition to thinner, intermittent reinforcement schedules
Thinning the reinforcement schedule to intermittent delivery mirrors natural environments and builds resistance to extinction over time.
In ABA, 'treatment integrity' (also called procedural fidelity) refers to:
Answer: The degree to which an intervention is implemented as originally designed
Treatment integrity measures how accurately and consistently the intervention procedures are carried out by the implementer.
Which reinforcement schedule typically produces the greatest resistance to extinction once the behavior is no longer reinforced?
Answer: Variable ratio (VR)
Variable ratio schedules produce the highest response rates and the greatest resistance to extinction because the learner cannot predict when reinforcement will occur.
A practitioner implementing antecedent-based interventions is primarily focused on:
Answer: Altering the events or environmental conditions that precede and trigger the behavior
Antecedent interventions change the conditions that set the occasion for problem behavior, preventing it from being triggered in the first place.
When transitioning a learner from a contrived reinforcement system to more naturally occurring reinforcers, the practitioner should:
Answer: Gradually fade contrived reinforcers while simultaneously increasing delivery of natural reinforcers
A gradual fading process ensures the behavior remains strong during the transition and that natural reinforcers are able to maintain it independently.