ACM ABA
Naturalistic Environment Training
Contrive situations to facilitate the acquisition of skills in natural environment.
conditioned reinforcer
Learned reinforcers
Ratio
Reinforcement delivered after X number responses
variable-interval schedule
Reinforcement delivered for 1st response after an average amount of time.
forward chaining
Start with instruction. 1st response occurs. reinforce and end chain
SR
Stimulus response
incidental teaching
Take advantage of a teaching opportunity in the natural environment
Mastery Criteria
What data needs to be achieved to test for mastery
Materials
What needs to be gathered prior to running the program (includes datasheet)
Stimulus control
a behavior that is influenced by discriminative stimuli but not the S-delta
discriminative stimulus
a stimulus that elicits a response after association with reinforcement
S-delta
absence of a stimulus of stimuli indicate that no reinforcement is available for a specific response
Response prompts
addition of some behavior on the part of an instructor to evoke the desired learner behavior
prompt
an extra stimulus that cues the correct response
generlization
can the learner demonstarte the taught skill across various materials, environments and people.
Stimulus prompts
change to the instructional stimulus to increase likelihood of correct response occurs
Chaining
differential reinforcement of a stimulus-response sequence,
SD
discriminative stimulus
Total Task Chaining
every link in chain encounters same consequence (target all responses at once.)
interval
first response after X number of time is reinforced.
Measurement
how is data being collected (probe vs trial by trial
Prompt Hierarchy
lists of prompts used either in order of least to most intrusive or most to least intrusive
intermittent reinforcement
only some responses are reinforced
Correct Response
operational definition of a + or learner response which is scored as independent
Unconditioned Reinforcer
primary reinforcer, unlearned, necessary to live reinforcers
backward chaining
prompt through steps and require learner to complete last step on own.> reinforced and chain ends.
fixed-ratio schedule
reinforcement delivered after a set number of responses occurs
variable-ratio schedule
reinforcement delivered after an average number of responses
fixed-interval schedule
reinforcement delivered for 1st response after fixed amount of time
continuous reinforcement
reinforcer follows every response
Task Analysis
road map of a skill, list of all behaviours that need to occur.
Procedure
step be step instructions on how to run program
maintenance
the work that is done to keep taught skill in good condition over time
Generalized Conditioned Reinforcer
value interchangeable for other things. ex. money
