RBT Course 4 (Professionalism)

Acquisition

- Goal: increase accuracy to a specified level - Baseline skill assessment - Make first attempts successful - Reinforce trying in the beginning - As accuracy increases, shift to reinforcing y responding rather than just effort - Build prompts to address reasons for errors

Fluency

- Mostly used for component skills (building blocks) - Once the skill has been learned, moving toward making it an automatic response - Taught by massed practice speed trails - Reinforce accurate responding within certain window of time - Frequently targets foundational component skills - Useful when previously learned responses interfere with accurate responding in context - Begins in isolation, moves toward functional use

Maintenance

- Skills learned to desired level of fluency are revisited at spaced intervals to ensure they remain intact when not constantly drilled. - Taught using same prompts and cues as in acquisition and fluency - Measure accuracy and time - Increase frequency of checks if not remaining at criterion

Non-ABA stakeholders

- direct: the client and the guardian - indirect: the guardian and the staff

Three professional organizations interested in behavior analysis are:

ABAI, APBA, BACB

Which of the following organizations is less focused on research and more focused on the practical side of being a behavior analysis professional?

APBA

Repeated presentation of a single stimulus with a single response occurs during which phases of skill building

Acquisition and Fluency

The processes involved in learning something well are

Acquisition, Fluency, Maintenance, Discrimination & Generalization

Learning process

Acquisition-> Fluency -> Maintenance -> Generalization & Discrimination (not linear)

The three-term contingency is

Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence

The part of the BACB ethical code for RBTs that is most relevant to issues of client dignity is

Client Dignity

The ABAI approves requests to sit for the RBT exam.

False

The main difference between direct clients and indirect clients is the power to consent

False. In many cases, direct clients are unable to provide consent.

Behavior analytic conferences hosted by organizations such as ABAI and APBA are primarily focused on professional development of behavior analysts and are not a good source of information for RBTs.

Falsedad

Code of Ethics

RBTs support the legal rights and preferences of clients. If RBTs become aware that a client's legal rights are being violated, they must take the right steps to protect the client.

Local, state, and regional behavior analysis organizations are the best way to become informed about issues relevant to working as an RBT in your area.

True

When a breach of client dignity occurs, it is a good idea to have a ________________ session afterward.

debriefing

If you believe someone else is failing to treat a client with dignity, your first step in resolving the issue is to

express your concerns to the person whose behavior is a concern

If you are uncertain about cultural preferences of a family in whose home you are working, the best thing to do is to read many books about the culture and act according to what you learn through your reading.

false

People with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Level 1, may have been diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder, NOS in the past.

false

RBTs should dedicate all of their reading time to reading about behavior analysis.

false

The first thing you should do when you see your customer/client is outline the plan for the session

false

When my supervisor presents me with multiple situations to see if I know when to implement a certain skill, (s)he clearly does not trust me to know what I am doing.

false

Overlearning is a concept related to...

fluency

Mary is an RBT who has been taught to feed her client, John, who has swallowing problems. She now wonders if she could provide the same service to other people who have similar swallowing problems. She is wondering if her skillset ______________________________ between clients.

generalizes

A teacher of a child you are providing ABA services to is an example of a(n) ______________________ client.

indirect

During maintenance training, we seek to determine how well the learner can

perform the skill while distracted

BACB (the board)

primary function to credential people who are working in the field of behavior analysis

The Association of Professional Behavioral Analysts

professional practice of ABA, and provides direct support to practitioners

State & Local Associations

support you (specifically), more concentrated on direct issues affecting you and your peers

Who holds the power in a service relationship?

the service recipient

Discrimination & Generalization

- expanding the skill to occur in different contexts or in response to similar but different stimuli - discrimination training ensures we do not overgeneralize - may have to return to previous prompting and reinforcement when introducing the skill into new contexts

A behavior intervention plan is the same as a behavior reduction plan

True

The Association of Behavior Analysis Internadional

advance the science of behavioral analysis , and supports practitioners

One way to prevent yourself from insulting your client's dignity is to

think of yourself as a service provider rather than service enforcer AND identify power culture behaviors you do not wish to replicate

Self monitoring is a good approach for ensuring you uphold a client's dignity

true