BDS I.6 PART 1 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. When delivering feedback following an observation of staff work performance, making staff feel like
they are part of a constructive process is aided by
Answer:
inviting staff to ask any questions they have about the feedback.
Question:
2. Where well-established patterns of staff performance exist, a critical factor in maintaining adequate
program implementation is
Answer:
supportive feedback from supervisors and peers.
Question:
3. If you are not able to make regular contact with staff to give feedback and reinforce their performance, it
is better to
Answer:
postpone intervention.
Question:
4. A nonverbal child communicates by pointing to things or by pulling an adult's hand to something
desired. The parents insist the child learn to talk and are using a DRA intervention in which attention is
delivered any time the child makes an effort to speak, and it is withheld when the child points or pulls their
hand. This is leading to tantrums and episodes of aggression. To help the child without making things more
difficult for the parents, you might recommend
Answer:
teaching several sign language gestures to communicate without pointing or pulling.
Question:
5. When giving corrective feedback, it is usually best to
Answer:
describe the staff member's correct performances first.
Question:
6. An intervention to reduce aggression calls for staff to deliver preferred items and attention to a client on
a fixed-time schedule. They are consistently missing the delivery of items according to the schedule and
the client's behavior is not improving.
Answer:
(all of the above) Incorrect Option(s)
-Establish contingencies such that monitoring of implementation behavior by supervisors is reinforced.
-Consider redesigning the intervention.
-Incorporate environmental supports such as a vibrating pocket timer.
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. When delivering feedback following an observation of staff work performance, making staff feel like
they are part of a constructive process is aided by
Answer:
inviting staff to ask any questions they have about the feedback.
Question:
2. Where well-established patterns of staff performance exist, a critical factor in maintaining adequate
program implementation is
Answer:
supportive feedback from supervisors and peers.
Question:
3. If you are not able to make regular contact with staff to give feedback and reinforce their performance, it
is better to
Answer:
postpone intervention.
Question:
4. A nonverbal child communicates by pointing to things or by pulling an adult's hand to something
desired. The parents insist the child learn to talk and are using a DRA intervention in which attention is
delivered any time the child makes an effort to speak, and it is withheld when the child points or pulls their
hand. This is leading to tantrums and episodes of aggression. To help the child without making things more
difficult for the parents, you might recommend
Answer:
teaching several sign language gestures to communicate without pointing or pulling.
Question:
5. When giving corrective feedback, it is usually best to
Answer:
describe the staff member's correct performances first.
Question:
6. An intervention to reduce aggression calls for staff to deliver preferred items and attention to a client on
a fixed-time schedule. They are consistently missing the delivery of items according to the schedule and
the client's behavior is not improving.
Answer:
(all of the above) Incorrect Option(s)
-Establish contingencies such that monitoring of implementation behavior by supervisors is reinforced.
-Consider redesigning the intervention.
-Incorporate environmental supports such as a vibrating pocket timer.
