Course 13: Task anlysis

Driving skills are at risk for loss in senior citizens due to changes in __________________.

A. reaction time B. vision

Parasha is learning to make his bed. He struggles most with smoothing the sheets, but finds it easy to place his pillow and coverlet. He loves to see his bed completely made, but curses a great deal when smoothing the sheets. What form of chaining does this information suggest you try first?

Backward Chaining

Nancy's RBT puts her shoes on for her, straightens the tongue, and pulls the strings tight. Nancy then ties her shoes. Nancy is learning to put on her shoes via

Backward chaining

Quincy wants to teach his student to complete a chain of tasks using Forward Chaining because the learner is more likely to comply with a difficult task if he has had several successes in a row before being presented with that difficult task. In other words, Quincy is relying on the concept of ____________________________________.

Behavioral momentum

Teaching by reinforcing the sequential completion of steps in a task analysis

Chaining

Creating a task analysis can be enhanced by

Creating the TA by watching a video of someone completing the task and Following the steps of a completed TA to verify it is correct.

Negative reinforcement is another word for punishment

False

Speech Generating Devices should not be used if the person has some ability to speak unaided.

False

T/F - Holding up your open hand is a graphic prompt to stop.

False

T/F - Learning sign language impairs a person's ability to learn to speak.

False

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

False

T/F - Speech Generating Devices should not be used if the person has some ability to speak unaided.

False

T/F - The only symptom of ADHD that is typically outgrown is inattentiveness.

False

T/F - There are four types of task analysis.

False

T/F - There are two forms of modeling: watching someone else perform the skill live or watching someone else perform the skill on video.

False

T/F - When conducting listener skills training, it is best to have the child master one skill before introducing a second skill.

False

T/F - 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

Nicholas is reinforced for smoothing his sheets, tucking them in, and pulling the comforter up to the top of the bed,. His RBT places the pillows. This is an example of teaching bed making via

Forward Chaining

Patrick has a short attention span for watching others and displays problem behaviors when presented with too many tasks in a row. What chaining procedure is probably best for him?

Forward Chaining

James' RBT is working with him to reduce the time required for him to begin work when told to do so. The data needed here is

Latency

What is the most important factor in determining how detailed your task analysis should be?

Needs of the user

Abby and Lucy had a huge argument on the playground last year. Lucy has refused to play with Abby since then. Her new best friend, Allie, recently started inviting Abby into their games. Lucy is now tolerating Abby as long as Allie is there, too. This is an early step in the process of

Pairing

Task analysis is used for

Progress monitoring and Teaching

Which of the following is NOT a good way to measure behavior? A. Counting B. Rating Scale C. Timing

Rating Scale

Punishment procedures are best used in combination with...

Reinforcement for alternative behaviors

Task analysis is the process of breaking a task down into a ___________________ of smaller steps.

Sequence

Nathan's Mom stands beside him while he brushes his teeth, allowing him to complete the tasks alone but prompting him if he skips steps or performs them incorrectly. Nathan is learning to brush his teeth via

Total Task chaining

T/F - Another word for function is purpose.

True

T/F - Kids who are perpetually grounded are not actually punished by grounding.

True

T/F - Supervisors may use a TA to monitor your work.

True

T/F - Task analysis steps may be used to create visual schedules for people to self-monitor their own activities.

True

T/f - Pandora loves attention and likes to learn how to do new things for herself. Pandora is a good candidate for total task chaining programs.

True

This is a good behavior goal: Upon entering his workplace each morning, Mr. Miller will greet at least three coworkers with a wave, smile, or head nod for 3 consecutive days by the 14th treatment session.

True

Matching, scanning, and sorting are examples of _________________________________ skills.

Visual Perception

A probe session is conducted to

assess whether a skill can be performed without prompts

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

Echoics are taught before and during mand training because...

imitation skills are necessary precursors for training other skills AND echoics develop first in the normal developmental sequence