QASP Exam LATEST UPDATED WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (GRADED A) CORRECT 100%

Minimum supervision by a BCBA - ANSWER 1 hour/month QASP will demonstrate - ANSWER trustworthiness, honesty, fairness and sincerity Non-discrimination policy - ANSWER The QABA Credentialing Board will not discriminate against applicants, candidates or certificants on the basis of race, color, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), religion, age, marital status, registered domestic partner status, disability, socioeconomic or ethnic background, sexual orientation, genetic information, veteran status or national origin, or any other characteristic protected by law. Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) - ANSWER A disorder characterized by deficits in social relatedness and communication skills that are often accompanied by repetitive, ritualistic behavior. ASD characteristics - ANSWER Communication- Delay or lack of development of language, diffiulty holding conversations, unusual or repetitive language, play that is not appropriate for developmental level. Social interaction- Difficutly using nonverbal behaviors to regulate social interaction, failure to develop age appropriate peer relationships, little sharing of pleasure, achievements or interests with others, lack of social or emotional reciprocity. Restrictied/Repetitive activities- Interests are narrow in focus, overly intense and/or unusual, unreasonalbe insistence on sameness and folowing familiar routines, repetitive motor mannerisms, preoccupation with parts of objects. ASD deficits - ANSWER Social interaction, communication, repetitive/restricitive beahviors Triad of Impairments - ANSWER Deficits in reciprocal social interaction Deficits in communication Restricted, repetitive behaviors, interests or activities. joint attention - ANSWER Joint Attention and Social Referencing. Joint attention occurs when two people share interest in an object or event and there is understanding between the two people that they are both interested in the same object or event. Hyper/hyposensitive sensory input - ANSWER Sometimes the senses of autistic children are in 'hypo', so that they do not really see, hear or feel anything. To stimulate their senses they might wave their hands around or rock forth and back or make strange noises. Hypersensitive is the exact opposite, some may get too much sensory input from any of the senses. Historical definitions of autism - ANSWER 1908- word autism is used to describe schizophrenic patients who were also withdrawn and self-absorbed. Kanner (1943) described children who were highly intelligent but "displayed a powerful desire for aloneness" and rigidity/insistence on sameness Hans Asperger (1944) difficulty with social interaction 1967- refrigerator mothers were the cause of autism 1980-infantile autism listed in the DSM 1987-autism disorder in DSM 1991-federal government makes autism a sped category 1994-Asperger's syndrome added to DSM 2013- DSM-5 folds all subcategories of autism ASD with two categories 1) impaired social communication and/or interaction. 2) restricted and/or repetitive beahviors Co-Morbid conditions associated with autism - ANSWER Mental retardation, learning difficulties, ADD/ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, CD, Nonverbal learnning disabilities Asperger's Syndrome Definition - ANSWER Developmentally appropriate language, but differences (pragmatics, sentence structure, pronunciation, vocabulary) Social deficits, Literal interperatation of langauge Asperger's Syndrome (HFA) common characteristics - ANSWER He's just as smart as other folks, but he has more trouble with social skills. He also tends to have an obsessive focus on one topic or perform the same behaviors again and again. Diagnostic methods for ASD - ANSWER Often involves a multidisciplinary team (pediatrician, psychologist, SPL and OT). Criteria found in the DSM-5 Autism (word) History - ANSWER The word "autism" comes from the Greek word "autos," which means "self." It describes conditions in which a person is removed from social interaction. In other words, he becomes an "isolated self." Evidence based treatments for ASD - ANSWER applied behavior analysis-DTT, FCT, PRT, Antecedent based interventions Early intervention, social skills training, cognitive behavioral therapy, medication AAC, PECS, Video modeling, visual supports, computer aided instruction, parent implemented intervention IDEA- First recognized ASD - ANSWER 1990 IDEA - ANSWER Individuals with Disabilities Education Act-is a law that makes available a free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation and ensures special education and related services to those children The IDEA governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education, and related services to more than 6.5 million eligible infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities. Infants and toddlers, birth through age 2, with disabilities and their families receive early intervention services under IDEA Part C. Children and youth ages 3 through 21 receive special education and related services under IDEA Part B. Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) - ANSWER when the Individualized Education Program (IEP) is written, a determination is made regarding the amount of time each student with disabilities will spend with nondisabled peers both in classroom and all other school activities. IEP - ANSWER individualized education plan, a written statement for each child with a disability, must include: statement of child's present levels of functional performance measurable annual goals IEP development - ANSWER Parental Rights- participate in meetings, outside and independent evaluation, ggive or deny consent, contest a school's decision, private eduxation paid by the public school ( when they acant provie an adequate education for your child;s specigtic needs. Deadlines for Assessment- Identification of potential needs- 15 days for proposed assessment plan- parent has 15 days to consent to the plan- 60 days (not counting holidays) to hold an IEP meeting Frequency of Meetings- annual review Antecedent - ANSWER An environmental condition or stimulus change existing or occurring prior to a behavior of interest. Behavior - ANSWER The way an organism reacts to changes in its internal condition or external environment. Consequence - ANSWER A stimulus change that follows a behavior of interest. ABA- Defined - ANSWER The science in which tactics derived from the principles of behavior are applied to improve socially significant behavior and experimentation is used to identify the variables responsible for the improvement in behavior. Pairing - ANSWER when the child has associated you with reinforcement, or good things.