MODULE 4 - BEHAVIOR REDUCTION ABA QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

MODULE 4 - BEHAVIOR REDUCTION
ABA QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Behavior Treatment Plan - ANSWERWant to include
- target behavior: definition of behavior(s)
- antecedent and setting events
- reinforcement maintaining behavior
- function of behaviors: hypothesis statement
- treatment goals
- emergency crisis procedures
- history of previously tried interventions and outcome
- interventions: setting events and antecedent, replacement behaviors,
consequences/reinforcement
- data collection methods

Hypothesis Statement - ANSWERantecedent (triggers) of the challenging behavior,
description of the challenging behavior, consequences (responses that maintain the
challenging behavior), function (purpose) of the challenging behavior

Functions of behavior - ANSWERaccess (Positive R+)
- attention
- tangibles
Escape (or) Avoid (Negative R+)
- get out of a task
- get away from a person
Automatic (Automatic R+)
- looking for sensory input

changing behavior - ANSWERwhen making a behavior change, choose the least
restrictive and least intrusive procedures, select positive approaches first

Hierarchy of Behavior intervention - ANSWERslide 433, page 145

modifying behavior - ANSWERmain methods
- time based/non-contingent access to reinforces
- teach socially acceptable means to access reinforces
- reduce situational aversiveness
- interrupt behavior chains

prevention strategies - ANSWERneed to consider
- how can the environment change
- what procedures can i select to fit the natural routines
- what can help the child not respond to the trigger
- what can be done to make the challenging behavior irrelevant