Functional Assessment and Behavior Intervention Plans

What is included in a functional assessment plan:

A definition of the behaviors of concern

Why are crisis plans incorporated into some behavior intervention plans?

Because some behaviors cause a risk to the safety of individual engaging in the behavior or others in the environment.

What can RBTs do in relation to implementing interventions plans?

Collect data on the effectiveness of the plan.

Reinforcing behaviors that are incompatible with hitting would fall under which component of a behavior intervention plan?

Consequence strategies

What are the 2 main functions of behavior?

Escape and gain

What is true regarding the role of the RBT in the behavior intervention process?

RBTs implement behavior intervention plans.

Undesirable behavior can be reduced by:

Reinforcing alternative behaviors and using extinction or punishment.

Consequence interventions involve:

Reinforcing desired behaviors and reducing the display of undesirable behavior.

Automatic reinforcement is associated most closely with:

Stereotypic behaviors

What is a consequence intervention involving punishment?

Taking away a token.

What could be a replacement behavior for cutting in line?

Teaching to stand in line and wait.

Why are prevention strategies a valuable part of behavior intervention plans?

They decrease the likelihood that an undesirable behavior will get reinforced.

Michelle, an RBT, is teaching a mother how to implement a visual schedule for her child. What is Michelle doing?

Training a parent how to implement an intervention.

what is an interobserver agreement (IOA)?

When 2 data collectors agree on data collected at the same time during a behavior.

Behavioral function tries to explain:

Why the behavior is happening.