ABAT EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP) CORRECT ANSWERS: -Observation tool for teachers to record individual progress toward the achievement of four desired results...
*Socially & personally competent *Effective Learners
*show physical & motor Competence
*safe & healthy
Desired results for Families (DRDP) CORRECT ANSWERS: *families support their child's learning and development
*families achieve their own goals
Skills streaming CORRECT ANSWERS: -A social skills training method introduced by Dr. Arnold P. Goldstein in 1973
-4 part training approach
*modeling
*role-playing
*performance feedback
*Generalization
Errorless learning CORRECT ANSWERS: -Therapy strategy that ensures children always respond correctly
-As each skill is taught, children are provided with a prompt or cue immediately following an instruction
Serial Thinking CORRECT ANSWERS: -Theory that individuals with autism cannot process more than one piece of information at a time. -Give clients one instruction at a time to help support the client
Transitions in TEACCH CORRECT ANSWERS: -Students are typically provided with transition objects when moving from one center to another
-place object or card in a receiving box or envelope
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) as part of IDEA CORRECT ANSWERS: -students must spend as much time as possible mainstreaming in general education
Founding figures in ABA CORRECT ANSWERS: -Pavlov: respondent conditioning
-thorndike: Law of Effect
-Watson: Father of Behaviorism
-Skinner: Most associated with Behaviorism
Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT) CORRECT ANSWERS: -derives some principles from ABA
*reinforcement or operant conditioning
*more naturalistic than DTT Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) CORRECT ANSWERS: -Typically have NORMAL hearing but STRUGGLE to PROCESS and make MEANING of sound
*ASD= problems w/ understanding the sounds of language
*APD= problems w/ the meaning of whats being said
Person-centered planning CORRECT ANSWERS: -AKA "personal futures planning"
*dream/goal driven
*informal environment
*voluntary involvement of individuals *client is central figure in exploring their own dream
Episodic Severity CORRECT ANSWERS: -Help us track progress or changes in problem behaviors
*intense behavior can impact others even if it happens once a month
Interobserver Agreement (IOA) CORRECT ANSWERS: -procedure for enhancing the believability of data
-Compares independent observations from two or more people of the same event
Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) CORRECT ANSWERS: -Systematic process of gathering information about the functions a problem behavior serves for an individual.
-Helps determine relationship between goals and objectives with the behavior intervention plan
IEP Goals and Objectives CORRECT ANSWERS: -one annual goal
*3 objectives **objectives are smaller benchmarks that the client will meet throughout the year
(2-3 typically but the standard is 3)
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and DTT CORRECT ANSWERS: -break skills down into smaller steps
-teach single, discrete, specific behaviors
*once specific behaviors are mastered, we chain or shape to get more complex behaviors
Joint attention CORRECT ANSWERS: -sharing attention between another person and an object
IDEA CORRECT ANSWERS: ASD was added in 1990
Rate of Autism CORRECT ANSWERS: -Old rate= 1 in 68
-New rate= 1 in 59
Perseveration CORRECT ANSWERS: Behavior that is repetitive in nature
Replacement Behavior CORRECT ANSWERS: -the behavior adults teach a child to use instead of the challenging behavior
-REPLACE the targeted problem behavior.
Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP) CORRECT ANSWERS: -Observation tool for teachers to record individual progress toward the achievement of four desired results...
*Socially & personally competent *Effective Learners
*show physical & motor Competence
*safe & healthy
Desired results for Families (DRDP) CORRECT ANSWERS: *families support their child's learning and development
*families achieve their own goals
Skills streaming CORRECT ANSWERS: -A social skills training method introduced by Dr. Arnold P. Goldstein in 1973
-4 part training approach
*modeling
*role-playing
*performance feedback
*Generalization
Errorless learning CORRECT ANSWERS: -Therapy strategy that ensures children always respond correctly
-As each skill is taught, children are provided with a prompt or cue immediately following an instruction
Serial Thinking CORRECT ANSWERS: -Theory that individuals with autism cannot process more than one piece of information at a time. -Give clients one instruction at a time to help support the client
Transitions in TEACCH CORRECT ANSWERS: -Students are typically provided with transition objects when moving from one center to another
-place object or card in a receiving box or envelope
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) as part of IDEA CORRECT ANSWERS: -students must spend as much time as possible mainstreaming in general education
Founding figures in ABA CORRECT ANSWERS: -Pavlov: respondent conditioning
-thorndike: Law of Effect
-Watson: Father of Behaviorism
-Skinner: Most associated with Behaviorism
Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT) CORRECT ANSWERS: -derives some principles from ABA
*reinforcement or operant conditioning
*more naturalistic than DTT Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) CORRECT ANSWERS: -Typically have NORMAL hearing but STRUGGLE to PROCESS and make MEANING of sound
*ASD= problems w/ understanding the sounds of language
*APD= problems w/ the meaning of whats being said
Person-centered planning CORRECT ANSWERS: -AKA "personal futures planning"
*dream/goal driven
*informal environment
*voluntary involvement of individuals *client is central figure in exploring their own dream
Episodic Severity CORRECT ANSWERS: -Help us track progress or changes in problem behaviors
*intense behavior can impact others even if it happens once a month
Interobserver Agreement (IOA) CORRECT ANSWERS: -procedure for enhancing the believability of data
-Compares independent observations from two or more people of the same event
Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) CORRECT ANSWERS: -Systematic process of gathering information about the functions a problem behavior serves for an individual.
-Helps determine relationship between goals and objectives with the behavior intervention plan
IEP Goals and Objectives CORRECT ANSWERS: -one annual goal
*3 objectives **objectives are smaller benchmarks that the client will meet throughout the year
(2-3 typically but the standard is 3)
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and DTT CORRECT ANSWERS: -break skills down into smaller steps
-teach single, discrete, specific behaviors
*once specific behaviors are mastered, we chain or shape to get more complex behaviors
Joint attention CORRECT ANSWERS: -sharing attention between another person and an object
IDEA CORRECT ANSWERS: ASD was added in 1990
Rate of Autism CORRECT ANSWERS: -Old rate= 1 in 68
-New rate= 1 in 59
Perseveration CORRECT ANSWERS: Behavior that is repetitive in nature
Replacement Behavior CORRECT ANSWERS: -the behavior adults teach a child to use instead of the challenging behavior
-REPLACE the targeted problem behavior.
