Behavioral Consultation - Exam 2 Questions

EXAM 2 Question 1 Identify a length of time that you want the individual not to perform the behavior. The nonoccurrence of the target behavior for a set time period provides escape/ or avoidance of the aversive event (either by request or by direction of staf. Tolerance Training option Question 2 Identify one of the relational objectives of conjoint behavioral consultation and its importance to the conjoint behavioral consultation process. In __________, the client is taught to forgo engaging in the target behavior that is producing reinforcement for a designated amount of time. Fulfilling this requirement is the contingency for authorized access to the sensory or tangible reinforcer. omission training (DRO) Question 4 Janice is a BCBA who is consulting with a family. The parents are having difficulty managing their 10-yearold son’s behavior. Specifically, he comes home everyday and gets on his video game. He gets angry when it is time for homework, dinner, or bedtime and screams obscenities at his mom or dad or throws things at them to get them to leave him alone. Janice recommends that they implement a contingency contract with their son. Identify the steps that Janice should take to develop the contingency contract. Question 5 MC According to the text, all behaviors that are maintained as a result of negative reinforcement are called ___________ escape behaviors Question 6 One of the characteristics of a function-based diagnostic classification system is ___________ Assessment phase concludes with diagnosis phase, in which a function-based category is selected Question 7 Terry is a three year old who is attending preschool. He has had increasing incidents of biting other children in preschool. When he started preschool three months ago, he had one to two incidents of biting per week. Now the problem behavior has increased to 3-10 incidents per day. After completing a functional behavior assessment, the diagnostic code has been termined to be 2.2 SMA peer attention. Identify an appropriate replacement behavior option and how you would implement the strategy. Question 9 The ____________ requires some low probability behavior (e.g., completion of a task) to occur prior to the client being allowed to request access to the high probability behavior, that is, the desired sensory reinforcer. Premack contingency Question 10 The most common formula for conditional probabilities is: the number of target behaviors that are followed by a specific consequence total number of target behaviors occuring during an observation. True Question 11 Developing and/or strengthening a chain of behaviors that produce the desired tangible reinforcer directly. Direct Access to tangible reinforcer Question 12 Tara is a BCBA working in a school implementing Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support. The treatment plan for the school included adding established procedures for walking in the hallway, which was where most problem behavior occurred. Hallway monitors provide reinforcement tickets to classes that walk correctly in the hallway. The class with the most tickets each week earns a prize ribbon posted on their door. Any class that earns a minimum of four tickets per week is also entered in a drawing for 15 minutes extra recess or gym time each week. However, One hallway monitor has started varying the procedures for treatment and is now giving out tickets for behaviors other than walking correctly and is taking away tickets from classes that make her mad or in one case, the kindergarten teacher made her mad and the next time she saw that class in the lunchroom she said you are too loud and took a ticket from them. As a result, the number of reinforcement tickets for some classes has increased, teachers are complaining that tickets are not supposed to be taken away from their class, and a class of kindergartners is still crying over their ticket being taken away when they walked the right way in the hall. Which of the following has been compromised in the treatment procedures established for the hallway by the hallway monitor varying the established procedures? Treatment fidelity Question 13 Coach Smith is a middle school coach who also teaches history to sixth graders. He has been having difficulty with a sixth grade male named aaron who has a learning disability and ADHD who is included in his sixth grade history class. Aaron screams and throws his books when asked to read aloud in class in order to escape reading aloud in class. Coach Smith implements a behavior plan where Aaron can ask for free time on the computer if he reads aloud without screaming or throwing a book after he has completed the reading. What is the problem with the replacement behavior of asking for free time after reading aloud? The replacement behavior of asking for free time after reading does not match the function of escaping reading aloud in class