ABAT Exam Questions and Answers With Verified Solutions Latest Updated 2024/2025 (Graded A+)

ABAT Exam Questions and Answers With Verified Solutions Latest Updated 2024/2025 (Graded A+) BCBA - D most advanced credential, w/ doctorate degree in related field, previously a BCBA BCBA masters in related field, specific coursework in ABA, completed supervision training hours, passed BCBA exam Who can practice ABA without supervision/act as supervisors? BCBA-D & BCBA BCaBA bachelors in related field, coursework in ABA, training & supervision hours, passed BCBA, CAN'T work alone, but may supervise RBT's RBT direct service providers that use ABA, should be ready to perform all tasks created by BCAB and have responsible certificant Supervisor assigns tasks & responsibilities to RBT ABAT Exam Questions and Answers With Verified Solutions Latest Updated 2024/2025 Graded A+ Certificant must be registered with BACB, diff from sup - ensures that RBT has BCBA or BCaBA and that supervision requirements are being met, required to have certificant for each place you work (one person can be both sup & cert) 6 categories of tasks measurement, assessment, skill aquisition, behavior reduction, documentation/reporting, professional conduct/scope of practice Maintaining RBT credential annual completion of the competency assessment, renewal app & fee, good standing with BACB board, ongoing supervision ABA Applied Behavior Analysis, principles of behavior - rules of how we all learn Goal of ABA to make changes to socially significant behavior via objective measurement & analysis 7 dimensions of ABA Applied, Behavioral, Analytic, Technological, Conceptually Systematic, Effective, Generality 7 Dimensions of ABA: applied change must be of social significance 7 Dimensions of ABA: behavioral focus on observable and measurable behavior 7 Dimensions of ABA: analytic functional relationship has been reliably shown between environmental event & change in behavior 7 Dimensions of ABA: Technological procedures are explained so that anyone can use them 7 Dimensions of ABA: Conceptually Systematic procedures/interventions are derived from strong theoretical place 7 Dimensions of ABA: Generalizable change in behavior is observed in different settings BF Skinner argued for analysis and examination of 3-term contingency Human Behavior is either: Operant or Respondant Human Behavior: Operant evoked, learned, voluntary, observable, measurable, the primary behavior observed in ABA, controlled by antecedent/stimulus, assessed/modified by controlling stimuli Human Behavior: Respondant elicited, reflexive, involuntary 3 term-contingency antecedent, behavior, consequence OR stimulus/response/stimulus 4 consequences that influence behavior positive & negative reinforcement/punishment Behavior change can only occur by: changing antecedent/consequence Interventions based on ABA shaping, task analysis, chaining, discrete trial training, incidental training, stimulus training, stimulus fading Person First Language Placing the individual ahead of the disability: person with autism Prevalence of Autism 1 in 68 children in US, x5 more common in boys (1/42) , NO BIOLOGICAL MARKER FOR AUTISM How is autism diagnosed? It is diagnosed via child's behavior and development history Risk Factors of Autism identical twins have increased chances of both having autism, parents with 1 child with autism have 2-8% chance 2nd kid will as well, children born to older parents at higher risk, usu assoc. w/ fragile X & tuberous sclerosis Characteristics of ASD qualitative impairment in social interaction & communication, repetitive & stereotyped patterns of interest Challenging Behaviors serves a purpose, often used as communication; children w autism at risk for developing challenging behaviors due to skill deficits Behavioral Excesses behaviors that occur too often, want to decrease (stereotypic/repetitive, aggression, tantrums) Behavioral Deficits skills that are lacking/not fully developed, want to increase (language, communication, play, attention, cognition) Diagnosis of Autism typically involves: obtaining developmental history of child & observing child/performing assessments Diagnostic Tools: ADOS semi structured assessment that analyzes communication, social interaction, play/imaginative use of materials; mainly used for people SUSPECTED of having autism/developmental disorder Diagnostic Tools: DSM 5 used to diagnose autism & other disorders Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Level 1: requires support, level 2: requires substantial support, level 3: requires very substantial support Symptoms of Autism may be present and detectable from infancy, child may seem to develop normally at first then show signs of autism later Autism Screening American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that doctors use general developmental screening tool and validated autism spectrum tool to screen for autism at 18 months, then re-screened at 24-30 months, or after any encounter when parents raise concern Autism Screening: Encounter when Parents Raise Concern most parents don't seek help until 21-25 months, regression occurs in 20-50% at mean age of 20 months, increases chance of detecting cases missed due to imperfect sensitivity of test, autism symptoms must be present before 3 years old Treatment for Autism interventions based on ABA w/ sound scientific support showing effectiveness in treating autism During Treatment for Autism intervention should begin as soon as possible, intervention should be intensive, individualized, comprehensive, and family should get involved Screening for Autism call child's name, ask child to point at common objects/body parts , point somewhere to see if child can follow, shine light to see if child points at it, play w/ toy & hand it to child to see if they imitate, wave to child & OBSERVE RESPONSE AFTER ALL Relationship Building deficits in social interaction & communication are 2 core features of ASD Importance of Relationship Building address deficits, model appropriate skills, make time spent together more enjoyable, increase productivity & learning, estab. teacher as reinforcer, use fewer contrived reinforcers How to Establish Yourself as a Reinforcer pairing yourself w/ preferred activities makes you a conditioned reinforcer, give access to preferred activities, make activities better when you are involved, be consistent, enthusiastic, caring, respectful Reinforcement process whereby behavior is followed by some consequence, resulting in behavior being strengthened Extinction process whereby reinforcer is no longer given based on a response Extinction Burst temporary increase in behavior that occurs when reinforcers are no longer provided for that behavior Effectiveness of Reinforcement is affected by immediacy, contingency, quality, magnitude, effort, history, motivating operations Effectiveness of Reinforcement: immediacy time between occurrence of behavior and presentation of reinforcing consequence Effectiveness of Reinforcement: Contingency rule about when a behavior will be reinforced; reinforcer always occurs following response, never in absence of response Effectiveness of Reinforcement: Quality relative preference for the reinforcing stimulus (favorites) Effectiveness of Reinforcement: Magnitude size/duration of reinforcer Effectiveness of Reinforcement: Effort response effort needed to obtain/access reinforcement Effectiveness of Reinforcement: History important to consider what has worked in past for each individual Effectiveness of Reinforcement: Motivating Operations refer to some environmental event that temporarily alters effectiveness of reinforcer - can cause reinforcer to be more/less effective 2 most common demonstrations of Motivation Operations Satiaion - item/event has been used too much/too recently & Deprivation - time prior to training session during which individual is not reinforced a.k.a. deprived Schedule of Reinforcement reinforcement is scheduled to occur along a continuum (extinction - intermittent - continuous)