BCAT Test

BCAT Test -Koegel and Koegel: PRT, natural enviro train Numbers to remember: - -recommend: 25-40 hours a week -"comprehensive" spcifically is usually 30-40 hours a week -ages most effective: 1-9 years (low as 18 months) Diff b/w evid based and non evid based - -reputable sources like peer reviewed journals (JABA and JEAB) or confercence (ABA) put on by good sources: ABA international, CAL-ABA -Not all these reputable and need to be checked before considered in cirriculum..... NON evid based: non-peer reviewed articles Reinforcement - -increases behavior in future Pos Reinf - -Adding something to inc future behav ex: child says excuse me and you give high five...in future shes says excuse me again cuz you gave a high five child curses and dad pays atten to child. As result dad gave atten....cursing inc in future even when not intentions Negative Reinforcement - -Take away something to inc future behavior -ex: child says "all done" and you end aversive task. in future says "all done" to end aversive task Child cries when hes asked to eat cilantro. Dad takes away cilantro. As a result dad taking away cilantro, crying inc in future ***wahtever stops/takes away something aversive kid crys cuz supposed to go to school, mom says okay, kids crys everyday so doesnt have to go to school Punishment - -ALWAYS dec future behav -teaches what NOT to do BCAT Test -needs to be paired w/ a replacement behav -must reinf replacement behav Positive Punishment - -Adding something to decrease future behav -Parent scolds child for hitting sibiling. Future freq of hitting dec as result of scolding. -during tantrum, child throws box of crayons. As result, mom makes him pick up crayons and two other toys (OVERCORRECTION, doing extra) Negative Punishment - -Take away something to decrease future behavior -child hits sibiiling and dad puts him on timeout. hitting dec as a result of timeout in future -Child loses tokens every time he bites his classmate. biting dec as result of losing tokens in future Conditioned Reinforcer - -Reinf that need to be TAUGHT/CONDITIONED money tokens, prase, stars, A+ these have been assoc/condit w/ other rinf like acceptance into a social group Also know condit punisher you had to be taught these to be punishers Unconditioned Reinforcer - -Reinf that didnt need to be taught/ condit -sleep, food, drink, desired temperature, sexual stimulation are things we need to survive so they were never tuaght/ condit -DO NOT need to be paired w/ any addit reinf to show that we want it -if need it to surve, they are condit Extinction - -Once you know the reinf thats maintaining the behav (functional reinf) you eliminate the reinf attention extinction - -no giving atten to behav (planned ignoring) if childs behav is to gain atten Escape extinction - -dont allow escape -functional reinf is removal of a non preferred demand extinction here would mean follow through so you would not allow them to escape until they have completed the task BCAT Test Access extinction - -DONT allow access even after lots of excess behaviors Self-Stimulating Behavior Extinction - -wehre behav like hand flapping or rocking is what produces the reinf. -tricky if visual stimli is what they like -if after pain stim... can extiguish by glove preventing them from feeling the pain Deprivation - -also known as "ESTABLISHING OPERATION" (EO) -two types: STATE DEPRIVATION: ppl are motivated by a state of deprivation STATE OF AVERSIVE STIMULATI