ABA Professional Community
Stop and Reflect: Discrimination and Generalization
- For generalization, expose to examples that look different but are the same. - For discrimination, expose to examples that are similar in some ways, but different in the important way. -Ask your questions. - Don't resist/reject new information. - Use time with your instructor to get help identifying what is important
Acquisition
- Goal: increase accuracy to a specified level - Baseline skills assessment -Make first attempts successful - Reinforce trying in the beginning - As accuracy increases, shift to reinforcing correct responding rather than just effort - Build prompts to address reasons for errors
Fluency
- Once the skill has been learned, moving toward making it an automatic response. - Taught by massed practice speed trials. - 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.
Repeated presentation of a single stimulus with a single response occurs during which phases of skill building
A. Acquisition and Fluency: Correct! B. Fluency and Maintenance C. Maintenance and Generalization
The processes involved in learning something well are
A. Acquisition, Fluency, Maintenance, Discrimination & Generalization: Correct! B. Acquisition, Discrimination, Maintenance, and Generalization C. Acquisition, Maintenance, and Fluency
The part of the BACB ethical code for RBTs that is most relevant to issues of client dignity is
A. Professional Conduct B. Client Dignity: Correct! C. Competence and Service Delivery
People with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Level 1, may have been diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder, NOS in the past.
A. True B. False: Correct !
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.
A. True B. False: Correct!
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.
A. True B. False: Correct!
RBTs should dedicate all of their reading time to reading about behavior analysis.
A. True B. False: Correct!
The ABAI approves requests to sit for the RBT exam.
A. True B. False: Correct!
The first thing you should do when you see your customer/client is outline the plan for the session.
A. True B. False: Correct!
The main difference between direct clients and indirect clients is the power to consent.
A. True B. False: Correct!
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.
A. True B. False: Correct!
Behavior analysis often uses terms that have slightly different meanings than the way they are used in common language.
A. True: Correct! B. False
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.
A. True: Correct! B. False
Self monitoring is a good approach for ensuring you uphold a client's dignity.
A. True: Correct! B. False
When a breach of client dignity occurs, it is a good idea to have a ________________ session afterward.
A. debriefing: Correct! B. decompressing C. disciplinary
A teacher of a child you are providing ABA services to is an example of a(n) ______________________ client.
A. direct B. indirect: Correct! C. supplemental
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.
A. discriminates B. generalizes: Correct! C. maintains:
If you believe someone else is failing to treat a client with dignity, your first step in resolving the issue is to
A. express your concerns to the person whose behavior is a concern.: Correct! B. Express your concerns to the person's supervisor. C. Express your concerns to your BCBA supervisor.
During maintenance training, we seek to determine how well the learner can
A. perform the skill in isolation B. perform the skill when distracted: Correct! C. perform the skill when timed
One way to prevent yourself from insulting your client's dignity is to
A. think of yourself as a service provider rather than service enforcer B. identify power culture behaviors you do not wish to replicate C. both a and b: Correct!
Interaction with Stakeholders
Ask about Household/Dietary Ask about routines Ask about preferred salutations Ask about appropriate way to refer to parents
Stop and Reflect
What are goof learner behaviors at this phase? -Ask clarifying questions -Don't avoid/resist practice -Seize opportunities to receive feedback
Growing in the Profession
- Be a Lifelong Learner - Know your Professional Developmental Goals - Know your Supervisor's Opinion of Your Skills - Welcome Observation and Feedback - Revisit with Improvement - Ask for More When You Need It
Discrimination and 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.
Stop and Reflect: Fluency
- Fluency is not demonstrated with one stellar performance - If you maintain >90% accuracy in a pre-determined time frame for a specified skill you have attained fluency.
Stop and Reflect: Maintenance
- Practice the skill in isolation - Practice moving in and out of the skill - Ask for supervision and feedback when shifting between skills
Debriefing Questions
-What were the antecedents to this situation? -What strategies and supports can we implement for antecedent control? -What can be improved about the physical environment? -What can be improved about our verbal behavior? -What resources do we need in order to do this better next time?
Which of the following organizations is less focused on research and more focused on the practical side of being a behavior analysis professional?
A. ABAI B. APBA: Correct! C. BACB
Three professional organizations interested in behavior analysis are:
A. ABAI, APBA, BACB B. APBA, BACB, BAAA C. BACB, PBAA, SEAA
Overlearning is a concept related to...
A. Acquisition B. Fluency: Correct! C. Generalization
A stimulus change that strengthens behavior is a
A. punisher B. reinforcer: Correct! C. reward
BACB
Behavior Analyst Certification Board -Defines scope of behavior analytic professions -Certifies persons as competent -Ensures continuing education -Provides codes of ethics for each profession -Enforces ethical practice -Publishes journals for science and practice
Who holds the power in a service relationship?
A. the service provider B. the service recipient: Correct! C. power is shared
