FTCE ESE Behavior Intervention and Positive Behavior Support 2

Question 1

Which behavior management strategy involves ignoring a minor problem behavior to reduce its frequency by withholding reinforcement?

Accepted Answer

Extinction

Answer

Extinction involves withholding the reinforcer that has been maintaining a behavior, leading to a gradual decrease in the behavior over time.

Question 2

A student with emotional/behavioral disorder frequently disrupts class when given independent work. An FBA reveals the behavior is escape-motivated. Which intervention is MOST function-matched?

Accepted Answer

Teaching the student to request a break using an appropriate communication strategy

Answer

Since the behavior functions to escape work, teaching an appropriate escape request (asking for a break) meets the same need through an acceptable behavior.

Question 3

Which of the following is an example of an 'antecedent intervention' in a behavior support plan?

Accepted Answer

Removing distracting materials from the student's desk before instruction begins

Answer

Removing distractions before instruction changes the antecedent conditions, reducing the likelihood that the challenging behavior will be triggered.

Question 4

Under IDEA, when must a school conduct a Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA)?

Accepted Answer

When a student with a disability faces a disciplinary change of placement of more than 10 school days

Answer

IDEA requires an FBA when a student with a disability faces a disciplinary change of placement exceeding 10 school days, to inform the development of a BIP.

Question 5

A teacher uses 'differential reinforcement of alternative behavior' (DRA). What does this involve?

Accepted Answer

Reinforcing a specific alternative behavior that is incompatible with or replaces the problem behavior

Answer

DRA involves reinforcing a specific, appropriate alternative behavior that can replace the problem behavior, ideally one that serves the same function.

FTCE ESE - FTCE Exceptional Student Education K-12 Practice Test

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FTCE ESE Behavior Intervention and Positive Behavior Support 2