RBT 2023/2024

RBT 2023/2024 Describe how to Prepare for Data Assessment -CORRECT ANSWER- Get a pencil and appropriate data sheets [ABC Data, Manding, & NET] ready. Have all learning material ready and make sure the table is paired with reinforcers Continuous Measurement Procedures -CORRECT ANSWER- Frequency and Duration Frequency Data -CORRECT ANSWER- Continuous Data. Collecting Manding data because we collect it on every opportunity. Duration Data -CORRECT ANSWER- Continuous data. Recording how long a tantrum occurred. Discontinuous Measurement Procedures -CORRECT ANSWER- Skill Acquisition data because it's only collected on the first response of the session; this is also called Cold Probe Data. Other types include partial interval recording, whole interval recording, and momentary time sampling. Partial Interval Recording -CORRECT ANSWER- Discontinuous Data. This is used if a behavior occurred at least once in a specified time interval. Whole Interval Recording -CORRECT ANSWER- Discontinuous Data. This is used if a behavior occurred during the entire duration of the timed interval. Momentary Time Sampling -CORRECT ANSWER- Discontinuous Data. This would be when you record data only every X amount of minutes. Permanent Product Recording Procedures -CORRECT ANSWER- A 'card system' is often used. These are permanent products because they're tangible things that can be counted and measured to record progress, or to get the percentage of correct responding with target and maintenance responses. Behavior and the environment in observable and measurable terms -CORRECT ANSWER- Ask, what does it look like? Hitting is a behavior. Things you can see are behaviors. Frustration would not be a behavior because you cannot see frustration. Behavior should be described in __________ and __________ terms. -CORRECT ANSWER- Observable and Measurable Preference Assessments -CORRECT ANSWER- Formal ways to determine potential reinforcers. In some ABA programs, clients fill out a potential reinforcer survey. Otherwise, the therapist observes the child's motivation and takes note in what they are engaging with to determine reinforcers. Assist with individuals assessment procedures -CORRECT ANSWER- RBT's role is to assist the BCBA by paring, collecting ABC data if necessary and collecting assessment data based on the learner's profile (manding, listener skills, motor imitation, etc). Assist with functional assessment procedures -CORRECT ANSWER- RBT's role is to asst BCBA; while the BCBA is doing a Functional Assessment Interview with the caregiver, the RBT collects ABC data and implement antecedent manipulations (pairing). RBT will share data with the BCBA to be analyzed and a treatment plan developed. Essential components of a written Skill Acquisition Plan -CORRECT ANSWERBaseline; Where the child is at so skills aren't retaught Observable/Measureable goals; for example: Emma will spell her name with 100% accuracy Criterion for Mastery; The task will be performed a certain number of times. This is determined on the client. Some children may master the skill in 3 days others in 5 days. How to prepare for a session as required by the skill acquisition plan -CORRECT ANSWER- Have all data sheets ready. Have the table paired with preferred items. Have all learning materials ready and available. Have all teach, target, and maintenance cards ready on the table in piles. Different contingencies of reinforcement -CORRECT ANSWER- Continuous Reinforcement. Intermittent Reinforcement. Continuous Reinforcement -CORRECT ANSWER- Used for teaching new skills. It is when reinforcement is provided after every correct response. Intermittent/Variable Reinforcement -CORRECT ANSWER- Recommended once you can fade out prompts effectively. For example, you would provide reinforcement, on average, every 5-7 times. Discrete Trial Training (DTT) Procedures -CORRECT ANSWER- A method of teaching simplified and structured steps. Instead of teaching an entire skill all at once, the skill is broken down into teachable units and built up using discrete trials that teach each step one at a time. Naturalistic Teaching Procedures (NET) -CORRECT ANSWER- When the activity itself is reinforcing to the learner. The therapist then sets up manding opportunities while teaching across the operants related to the item/activity. Incidental Teaching is also a naturalistic teaching procedure and is often recorded on the same data sheet as NET. Incidental Teaching -CORRECT ANSWER- Similar to NET because you're not running trials at a table. May not be motivational based however, you teach in the moment. For example, you're at the grocery store and you say "Go find a yellow fruit", they find a banana, you ask "What's it called" and they tact "Banana". Task analyzed chaining procedures [Task Analysis] -CORRECT ANSWER- Commonly used to teach daily living skills like hand washing, tooth brushing, etc. Each step in the task analysis is a 'chain' to teach the entire skill. Discrimination training -CORRECT ANSWER- Conditional discriminations are when you teach two concepts at the same time so the learner knows how to discriminate. For example teaching hot and cold at the same time. Stimulus control transfer procedures -CORRECT ANSWER- A process in which prompts are removed once the target behavior is occurring int he presence of the discriminative stimulus (SD). Prompt fading and prompt delay are procedures used to transfer stimulus control from the prompt to the SD. Stimulus Fading procedures -CORRECT ANSWER- Gradually fading a stimulus (prompt) to obtain independent responses Prompt and prompt fading procedures -CORRECT ANSWER- This is Errorless teaching procedures along with Error Correct Procedure How to implement generalization procedures -CORRECT ANSWER- Varying the SD or changing therapists so that the student responds to more than one instructor. Teaching at the table and in Natural Environment. For example saying "Do what I do" instead of always saying "Do this" or teaching a student how to answer "What is your age" after they've mastered "How old are you?" How to implement maintenance procedures -CORRECT ANSWER- Have they retained the skill? Mastery criteria is generally 3 consecutive 'yes's'. It's important to mix in maintenance tasks with teach tasks to ensure that all learned skills continue to be maintained. Assisting with the training of Stakeholders -CORRECT ANSWER- You need to be able to model the procedures and then explain why. It's important to maintain a professional relationship and pair yourself with others so that they will want to learn from you. An example would be to say "We need to do this in order for ______ behavior to decrease". Stakeholders -CORRECT ANSWER- Family, Caregivers, Babysitters and other professionals that have a personal stake in the child's life Essential components of a written behavior reduction Plan -CORRECT ANSWER- Must have target behavior definitions.