Questions and ANSWERs Study Guide
Programming - ANSWER>>Selection, Sequencing, Generalization
Behavior-Modification - ANSWER>>systematic use of specific stimulus-response
consequence procedures
Key Teaching Strategies - ANSWER>>Use of basic training techniques to facilitate
learning
Session Design - ANSWER>>Organization and implementation of therapy sessions
including interpersonal dynamics. The client should experience success at each
stage.
Data Collection - ANSWER>>The systematic measurement of client performance
and treatment efficacy
Fundamental Principles - ANSWER>>Programming, Behavior Modification, Key
Teaching Strategies, Session Design, Data Collection
The Ultimate Goal of intervention - ANSWER>>To teach strategies for facilitating
communication; speech and language skills
Process of intervention - ANSWER>>Identification, review existing knowledge of
the problem, hypotheses for how to solve, manipulation of variables, collection
and analysis of data, conclusions
, Dynamic Process - ANSWER>>clinician continuously assesses the patient's
progress toward goals and modifies as necessary.
Skills - ANSWER>>required to achieve specific outcomes in given situations
Strategies - ANSWER>>enable the individual to know when and how to use their
skills in new and varied learning contexts
Selection of Therapy Targets - ANSWER>>Establish goals: Pretreatment
guidelines, developmental/normative strategy, client specific strategy
Sequencing Therapy Targets - ANSWER>>Stimulus type, task mode, response level
Stimulus type - ANSWER>>Direct, Concrete (objects, photographs, drawings),
abstract (oral and written language)
Task mode - ANSWER>>The type of clinician support to obtain desired response.
Imitation, Cue/Prompt, Spontaneous
Response Level - ANSWER>>degree of difficulty of target response. increase
length and complexity. decrease latency between stimulus presentation and
client response
Branching - ANSWER>>technique used by clinician when client does not perform
as predicted. They must recognize when a task is too easy or too difficult. change
one step up or down based on therapy hierarchy
Generalization/carry over - ANSWER>>client's ability to transfer newly masted
behaviors to everyday environment. variety of stimuli, physical environment, and
audience.