ACCURATE ANSWERS
6 most common functions of behavior correct answer 1. To obtain a preferred
item or activity
2. Escape or avoidance. The behavior helps the child to escape from a setting or
activity that he or she dosent want
3. To get attention. either from significant adults or peers
4. To communicate. This is especially true with children with disabilities that limit
their ability to communicate.
5. Self-stimulation. when the behavior itself provides reinforcement
6. Control or power. Some students feel particularly powerless and a problematic
behavior may give them a sense of power or control.
Accommodation/modification correct answer Behavioral accommodations /
strategies are specific interventions implemented by the classroom staff to
support the student in the school setting. Behavioral accommodations / strategies
are typically used for behaviors that are low in frequency and intensity and do not
impede learning. These accommodations / strategies are put in place so structure
and manipulate the environment in order to promote both the behavioral and
academic success of the student. Identifying the academic sensory and
environmental conditions that contribute to the occurrence of the behavior will
assist in determining what accommodations and strategies are necessary to
support the student.
Accommodations can ben environmental academic instructional and or sensory
and should specifically address a need or a setting event for the student
, Accountability correct answer The assessment of student progress on a regular
basis and the publication of this assessment as well as goals, objectives and
procedures to parents school administrators and other parties with a right to the
information.
Antecedent correct answer The action or incident that precedes an inappropriate
behavior
Anxiety Disorder correct answer Characterized by excessive and persistent
irrational fear and anxiety and by related disturbances in behavior.
Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) correct answer use of strategies to engage a
meaningful and positive change in behavior
Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) process correct answer 1. Behavioral Objectives
2. Collecting Data
3. Function of behavior
4. Consequences
5. Graphing data
Attention correct answer desire for attention from peers adults can include
"power" behaviors usually occur when specific individuals are present may be all
the time if the desire is for attention from peers it is person specific
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) correct answer a childhood
disorder characterized by inattentiveness and hyperactivity and Impulsive
behavior