CPS Educational & Behavioral Intervention Strategies 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A student with ADHD consistently loses points due to incomplete homework. Which evidence-based intervention best addresses this organizational deficit?
- Assign fewer homework problems
- Implement a daily homework planner with parent-teacher communication (Correct answer)
- Excuse the student from homework entirely
- Provide verbal instructions only
Correct answer: Implement a daily homework planner with parent-teacher communication
A structured homework planner paired with home-school communication is an evidence-based organizational support for students with ADHD.
Question 2: Which reinforcement schedule produces behavior most resistant to extinction?
- Fixed ratio
- Fixed interval
- Variable ratio (Correct answer)
- Continuous reinforcement
Correct answer: Variable ratio
Variable ratio schedules produce the highest response rates and greatest resistance to extinction because reinforcement is unpredictable.
Question 3: A psycho-educational specialist is designing a social skills intervention for a student with autism spectrum disorder. Which approach is most supported by research?
- Social stories combined with video modeling (Correct answer)
- Verbal lectures about appropriate social behavior
- Isolation with structured academic tasks
- Peer tutoring in academic subjects only
Correct answer: Social stories combined with video modeling
Social stories combined with video modeling have strong empirical support for improving social skills in students with ASD.
Question 4: During a Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA), a teacher reports that a student's disruptive behavior increases during independent reading. The most likely function of this behavior is:
- Attention-seeking
- Tangible acquisition
- Escape/avoidance (Correct answer)
- Sensory stimulation
Correct answer: Escape/avoidance
Behavior that increases during difficult tasks like independent reading typically serves an escape or avoidance function.
Question 5: A Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP) should ALWAYS include which of the following components?
- Punishment procedures as the primary strategy
- Replacement behaviors that serve the same function as the problem behavior (Correct answer)
- Suspension protocols for noncompliance
- Medication recommendations
Correct answer: Replacement behaviors that serve the same function as the problem behavior
A BIP must include functionally equivalent replacement behaviors so the student has an appropriate way to meet the same need.
Question 6: Which strategy is MOST appropriate when implementing errorless learning for a student with significant intellectual disability?
- Allow the student to attempt the task independently before providing prompts
- Provide maximum prompts from the start and fade them systematically (Correct answer)
- Use only verbal prompts to avoid dependence
- Withhold prompts until three errors occur
Correct answer: Provide maximum prompts from the start and fade them systematically
Errorless learning begins with maximum prompting to prevent errors and then systematically fades prompts as the student masters the skill.
Question 7: Token economy systems in classrooms are BEST described as an application of which behavioral principle?
- Negative punishment
- Positive reinforcement using conditioned reinforcers (Correct answer)
- Extinction procedures
- Respondent conditioning
Correct answer: Positive reinforcement using conditioned reinforcers
Token economies use tokens as conditioned (secondary) reinforcers that can be exchanged for backup reinforcers, operating on positive reinforcement principles.
CPS Educational & Behavioral Intervention Strategies 2
A student with ADHD consistently loses points due to incomplete homework.
Which evidence-based intervention best addresses this organizational deficit?