ABA EXAMS 2024/2025
ABA EXAMS
©SOPHIABENNETT 9/2/24 2024/2025
, ©SOPHIABENNETT_2024/2025 EXAM SERIES Monday, September 2, 2024 9:52 AM
ABA therapy training Exam Study Guide
with Complete Solutions
Common systems of ASD - Answer✔️✔️-· Insistence on sameness, inflexible adherence
to routines or ritualized patterns of behavior
· Difficulty expressing needs, using gestures or pointing instead of words, or not pointing
or using gestures
· Repeating words or phrases (echolalia) in place of normal, responsive language
· Laughing and/or crying for no apparent reason or showing distress for reasons not
apparent to others
· Prefers being alone, aloof manner
· Intense tantrums
· Difficulty interacting with others even when interested, no interest in others, and/or
doesn't respond to others
· Not wanting to cuddle or avoids eye contact
· Difficulty understanding the feelings of others or communicating their own emotions
· Sustained, repetitive odd play, no imitative play, and/or does not engage in
pretend/interactive play
· Stereotyped or repetitive motor movements
· Obsessed attachment to objects or restrictive, fixated interested on one subject with
abnormal intensity and/or focus
· Hyper or hypo reactivity to sensory input or unusual interests in sensory aspects
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· No real fears or danger
· Noticeable physical over activity extreme under activity
· Uneven patterns of development
· Unresponsive to verbal cues or acts as if deaf, but responds to other sounds
Possible causes of ASD - Answer✔️✔️-· Abnormalities in brain structure or function
· Heredity, genetics, or medical problems
· Childhood vaccinations and food allergies
· Other biological and environmental factors
Prevalence of ASD - Answer✔️✔️-· Insistence on sameness, inflexible adherence to
routines or ritualized patterns of behavior
· The CDC reports 1 in 59 U.S. children have been identified with ASD
· Over 3.5 million U.S. children and adults are believed to have some form of ASD
· Rate is growing more than 10-17% per year
· 5 times more likely in boys than girls (1 in 42 boys, 1 in 189 girls)
· Occurs in all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups
· Parents who have a child with ASD have a 2-18% chance of having a second child
who is also affected
· Almost have (46%) of children identified with ASD have average to above average
intellectual disabilities
· The co-occurrence of one or more non-ASD developmental diagnoses (other
developmental, psychiatric, neurological, chromosomal, and genetic diagnoses) is 83%
· Research has shown that a diagnosis of ASD at age 2 can be reliable, valid, and
stable
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· On average, most individuals diagnosed with ASD were not diagnosed until after the
age of 4, although studies have shown that parents noticed developmental problems
before their child's first birthday
ABA - Answer✔️✔️-Considered a scientifically validated, evidence-based, best practice
treatment of applying the principles of behaviors (reinforcement and punishment) in the
real world while collecting data on specific behaviors. The environment is modified to
encourage appropriate behavior. The goal is to utilize several behavior techniques and
principles to improve the quality of life for the individuals and the family
Basic Principles of Behavior - Answer✔️✔️-· Behavior is a product of the immediate
environment
· Behavior is strengthened or weakened by its consequences
· Behavior ultimately responds better to reinforcing consequences than punitive
consequences
· Whether behavior has been strengthened or weakened is known only by future
behavior
Target Behaviors - Answer✔️✔️-Behaviors we want to increase, decrease, and/or change
described specifically in detail in order for others to understand it clearly
Three-Term Contingency (ABC) - Answer✔️✔️-The contingent relationship between an
Antecedent, a Behavior/Response, and the Consequence
Antecedent - Answer✔️✔️-A stimulus or event that comes just before a behavior and
triggers or cues the behavior to occur
Behavior - Answer✔️✔️-The response that comes after a stimulus or event
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ABA EXAMS
©SOPHIABENNETT 9/2/24 2024/2025
, ©SOPHIABENNETT_2024/2025 EXAM SERIES Monday, September 2, 2024 9:52 AM
ABA therapy training Exam Study Guide
with Complete Solutions
Common systems of ASD - Answer✔️✔️-· Insistence on sameness, inflexible adherence
to routines or ritualized patterns of behavior
· Difficulty expressing needs, using gestures or pointing instead of words, or not pointing
or using gestures
· Repeating words or phrases (echolalia) in place of normal, responsive language
· Laughing and/or crying for no apparent reason or showing distress for reasons not
apparent to others
· Prefers being alone, aloof manner
· Intense tantrums
· Difficulty interacting with others even when interested, no interest in others, and/or
doesn't respond to others
· Not wanting to cuddle or avoids eye contact
· Difficulty understanding the feelings of others or communicating their own emotions
· Sustained, repetitive odd play, no imitative play, and/or does not engage in
pretend/interactive play
· Stereotyped or repetitive motor movements
· Obsessed attachment to objects or restrictive, fixated interested on one subject with
abnormal intensity and/or focus
· Hyper or hypo reactivity to sensory input or unusual interests in sensory aspects
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· No real fears or danger
· Noticeable physical over activity extreme under activity
· Uneven patterns of development
· Unresponsive to verbal cues or acts as if deaf, but responds to other sounds
Possible causes of ASD - Answer✔️✔️-· Abnormalities in brain structure or function
· Heredity, genetics, or medical problems
· Childhood vaccinations and food allergies
· Other biological and environmental factors
Prevalence of ASD - Answer✔️✔️-· Insistence on sameness, inflexible adherence to
routines or ritualized patterns of behavior
· The CDC reports 1 in 59 U.S. children have been identified with ASD
· Over 3.5 million U.S. children and adults are believed to have some form of ASD
· Rate is growing more than 10-17% per year
· 5 times more likely in boys than girls (1 in 42 boys, 1 in 189 girls)
· Occurs in all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups
· Parents who have a child with ASD have a 2-18% chance of having a second child
who is also affected
· Almost have (46%) of children identified with ASD have average to above average
intellectual disabilities
· The co-occurrence of one or more non-ASD developmental diagnoses (other
developmental, psychiatric, neurological, chromosomal, and genetic diagnoses) is 83%
· Research has shown that a diagnosis of ASD at age 2 can be reliable, valid, and
stable
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, ©SOPHIABENNETT_2024/2025 EXAM SERIES Monday, September 2, 2024 9:52 AM
· On average, most individuals diagnosed with ASD were not diagnosed until after the
age of 4, although studies have shown that parents noticed developmental problems
before their child's first birthday
ABA - Answer✔️✔️-Considered a scientifically validated, evidence-based, best practice
treatment of applying the principles of behaviors (reinforcement and punishment) in the
real world while collecting data on specific behaviors. The environment is modified to
encourage appropriate behavior. The goal is to utilize several behavior techniques and
principles to improve the quality of life for the individuals and the family
Basic Principles of Behavior - Answer✔️✔️-· Behavior is a product of the immediate
environment
· Behavior is strengthened or weakened by its consequences
· Behavior ultimately responds better to reinforcing consequences than punitive
consequences
· Whether behavior has been strengthened or weakened is known only by future
behavior
Target Behaviors - Answer✔️✔️-Behaviors we want to increase, decrease, and/or change
described specifically in detail in order for others to understand it clearly
Three-Term Contingency (ABC) - Answer✔️✔️-The contingent relationship between an
Antecedent, a Behavior/Response, and the Consequence
Antecedent - Answer✔️✔️-A stimulus or event that comes just before a behavior and
triggers or cues the behavior to occur
Behavior - Answer✔️✔️-The response that comes after a stimulus or event
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