QASP STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What is Discriminated stimulus? - ✔✔a stimulus in the prescene of which a
response has a higher probability of occurence as it is lkely to be reinforced
✔✔What is TEACCH developed on? - ✔✔understanding the learning characteristics of
individuals w/ autism and the use of visual supports to promote meaning and
independence
✔✔What are the principles of TEACCH? - ✔✔- understanding the culture of Autism
- developing an individualized person- family- centered plan for each clien rather than
using a standard curriculum
- structuring the physical enviornment
- using visual supports to make the sequence of daily activities predictable and
understandable
- using visual supports to make indv tasks understandable
✔✔ Positive Behavior Support - ✔✔an approach used to support behavior change. The
method is not designed to "fix" the person & never uses punishment. Main idea:
teaching someone a more effective/ acceptable bx will decrease problem bx.
✔✔Who is a bx support plan for? - ✔✔indv who display challenging bx to the extent that
it severely impacts their life.
-can be developed and used at any age.
✔✔PBS in a School Setting - ✔✔Proact, Safety Care, Be aware of antecedant
strategies, ensure safety of kiddo and others around.
✔✔What is a good bx support plan look like? - ✔✔- more proactive strategies than
reactive ones
- helps to ensure that the focus of the plan is on providing ways to support the person to
have a good life, enabling the person to learn better and more effective ways of getting
what they need.
✔✔Proactive Strategies - ✔✔Intended to make sure the person gets what they need &
includes ways to teach the person appropriate communication & life skills.
✔✔Reactive Strategies - ✔✔Designed to keep the person & those around them safe
from harm. They provide a way to react quickly when person is distressed & more likely
to display challenging behavior.
✔✔PBS & DRA - ✔✔For new skills to be learned & used, they must be more effective
than the old skills.
, ✔✔Bx Support Plan - ✔✔Document created to help understand & manage bx in
children & adults w learning disabilities & who display challenging bx. Provides step by
step guide to make sure carers know when to intervene & maximize quality of life.
✔✔Good Bx Support plans contain: - ✔✔based on results of fx assessment, uses PBS
approaches, Contains a range of strategies that include ways to ensure the person has
access to effective reinforcers.
✔✔Functions of Behaviors & Alternatives - ✔✔Sensory:teach them to ask for desired
object/ activity, use preferred sensory items to create new activities, have sensory time
& structured activity so stimming doesn't take over
Escape:Teach them to say yes/ no, ask for break/ all done, introduce them to a less
preferred activity gradually, change the way you ask them to do something
Attention: Teach them to tap/ vocalize sign for desired item; give frequent positive social
attn
Tangibles:teach them to ask for object/ activity, Give what they asked for as soon as
appropriate, teach them to get something themselves, Make sure they are not left too
long w/o food/drink/ something meaningful to do.
✔✔Green Amber Red Blue Proactive Strategies - ✔✔Green: supporting person to stay
calm (environments, communication & body language, predictable routine.)
Amber: Responding to early warning signs (take away trigger, ignoring bx when safe,
humor, give in, redirecting/ distracting, ask what is wrong).
Red: responding to challenging bx as quickly & safely as possible. (reduce escalation/
putting people at risk. Steps informed by Fx assessment. Physical interventions & meds
should be last resort. [Appear calm, talk in calm/low voice, don't make prolonged EC, no
demands, minimize talking, distraction & redirection])
Blue: After incident (give person more space, engage in activity, physical checks/
counseling for physical & emotional safety[make no demands, help person recover,
move to different environment])
✔✔What is Discrete Trial Training? - ✔✔a Method of teaching in simplified & structured
steps. A skill is broken down into steps & built up one step at a time. Each attempt is a
"trial".
✔✔5 steps of DTT - ✔✔1.Antecedent-sets up the response (SD, environment)
2.Prompt
3.Response
4. Consequence for Correct Response/ Incorrect response
5. Inter-trial interval
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What is Discriminated stimulus? - ✔✔a stimulus in the prescene of which a
response has a higher probability of occurence as it is lkely to be reinforced
✔✔What is TEACCH developed on? - ✔✔understanding the learning characteristics of
individuals w/ autism and the use of visual supports to promote meaning and
independence
✔✔What are the principles of TEACCH? - ✔✔- understanding the culture of Autism
- developing an individualized person- family- centered plan for each clien rather than
using a standard curriculum
- structuring the physical enviornment
- using visual supports to make the sequence of daily activities predictable and
understandable
- using visual supports to make indv tasks understandable
✔✔ Positive Behavior Support - ✔✔an approach used to support behavior change. The
method is not designed to "fix" the person & never uses punishment. Main idea:
teaching someone a more effective/ acceptable bx will decrease problem bx.
✔✔Who is a bx support plan for? - ✔✔indv who display challenging bx to the extent that
it severely impacts their life.
-can be developed and used at any age.
✔✔PBS in a School Setting - ✔✔Proact, Safety Care, Be aware of antecedant
strategies, ensure safety of kiddo and others around.
✔✔What is a good bx support plan look like? - ✔✔- more proactive strategies than
reactive ones
- helps to ensure that the focus of the plan is on providing ways to support the person to
have a good life, enabling the person to learn better and more effective ways of getting
what they need.
✔✔Proactive Strategies - ✔✔Intended to make sure the person gets what they need &
includes ways to teach the person appropriate communication & life skills.
✔✔Reactive Strategies - ✔✔Designed to keep the person & those around them safe
from harm. They provide a way to react quickly when person is distressed & more likely
to display challenging behavior.
✔✔PBS & DRA - ✔✔For new skills to be learned & used, they must be more effective
than the old skills.
, ✔✔Bx Support Plan - ✔✔Document created to help understand & manage bx in
children & adults w learning disabilities & who display challenging bx. Provides step by
step guide to make sure carers know when to intervene & maximize quality of life.
✔✔Good Bx Support plans contain: - ✔✔based on results of fx assessment, uses PBS
approaches, Contains a range of strategies that include ways to ensure the person has
access to effective reinforcers.
✔✔Functions of Behaviors & Alternatives - ✔✔Sensory:teach them to ask for desired
object/ activity, use preferred sensory items to create new activities, have sensory time
& structured activity so stimming doesn't take over
Escape:Teach them to say yes/ no, ask for break/ all done, introduce them to a less
preferred activity gradually, change the way you ask them to do something
Attention: Teach them to tap/ vocalize sign for desired item; give frequent positive social
attn
Tangibles:teach them to ask for object/ activity, Give what they asked for as soon as
appropriate, teach them to get something themselves, Make sure they are not left too
long w/o food/drink/ something meaningful to do.
✔✔Green Amber Red Blue Proactive Strategies - ✔✔Green: supporting person to stay
calm (environments, communication & body language, predictable routine.)
Amber: Responding to early warning signs (take away trigger, ignoring bx when safe,
humor, give in, redirecting/ distracting, ask what is wrong).
Red: responding to challenging bx as quickly & safely as possible. (reduce escalation/
putting people at risk. Steps informed by Fx assessment. Physical interventions & meds
should be last resort. [Appear calm, talk in calm/low voice, don't make prolonged EC, no
demands, minimize talking, distraction & redirection])
Blue: After incident (give person more space, engage in activity, physical checks/
counseling for physical & emotional safety[make no demands, help person recover,
move to different environment])
✔✔What is Discrete Trial Training? - ✔✔a Method of teaching in simplified & structured
steps. A skill is broken down into steps & built up one step at a time. Each attempt is a
"trial".
✔✔5 steps of DTT - ✔✔1.Antecedent-sets up the response (SD, environment)
2.Prompt
3.Response
4. Consequence for Correct Response/ Incorrect response
5. Inter-trial interval
