A-B-C Descriptive Analysis System

Question 1 In an A-B-C descriptive analysis system, direct line personnel observe the client. There are usually three columns for the data collection: The first column is reserved for a description of the _________. The client's ________is delineated in the middle column. The final column provides a description of the ___________ of the behavior. antecedent conditions, behavior, consequence(s) Question 2 According to the text, all behaviors that are maintained as a result of negative reinforcement are called ___________. escape behaviors Question 3 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 4 Behaviors that produce the desired positive reinforcer through the efforts of someone else are labeled ______________. socially mediated access Question 5 An understanding of negative reinforcement operations is _________ the design of effective treatments. critical to Question 6 An individual is hungry and therefore goes to the refrigerator, opens the door, selects an apple, and eats it. This chain of behaviors involved in getting the apple directly produced the reinforcer—the ingestion of the apple. We would not say that the individual exhibits those behaviors because of the attention someone gives to him, regardless of whether such attention is positive, negative, or neutral. Attention is a tangential consequent event. Getting the apple is the desired reinforcer. This is an example of a _________behavior. direct access Question 7 Impulsivity constitutes a measurable and pinpointed behavior False Question 8 (1) Define a 'trigger analysis;' (2) identify which component of an FBA you might eliminate and instead substitute a trigger analysis; (3) explain how you would determine if this substitution would be appropriate for a given client. Question 9 Define positive and negative reinforcement. Provide an example of each that does not match an example in your book. You must include every critical component requirement to meet the criteria for both positive and negative reinforcement to receive full credit. If your answer is only partially correct it demonstrates insufficient mastery, and no credit will be given. Question 10 Sam is a two 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. Choose two of the five common methods of data collection for functional behavioral assessments, identify two methods, provide a 1-2 sentence summary of each method of data collection, and identify how you would use each method to collect data to identify the function of Sam's behavior. Question 11 Match the feature of SWPBS to its description Team driven approach - LEADERSHIP Analyzing school data - OFFICE Schoolwide expectations and rules - THREE Incentive program to increase appropriate behavior – SCHOOLWIDE Implementing a curriculum to teach the SWPBS procedures to school body – CONDUCTED Monitoring school data to evaluate results – ENSURE Question 12 Kara, a BCBA is consulting with a teacher and family of a six year old named Bryce. Bryce has been having difficulty at both home and school. He has tantrums at both home and school. Kara is going to meet with the parents and teacher (separately) and ask them questions about the strengths of Bryce, what goals they have for consultation, identify the target behaviors, and identify potential data collection procedures. Which of the three types of interviews of conjoint behavioral consultation is Kara going to conduct? Conjoint Needs (problem) Identification Question 13 Identify and describe the three tiers in School Wide Positive Behavior Support. For each level, provide an example of an intervention that could be implemented at that level. Question 14 When altering behavior at the antecedent level it is important to be aware....... the greater the value of the EO, the greater the strength of the behavior. Question 15 Callie is conducting a research study on the effectiveness of behavior contracts in improving on task behavior (dependent variable) in 3rd grade students. She implements the intervention and collects data everyday on the 3 students in the study. Terrance comes in twice a week and collects data on the 3 students on task behavior. Callie still takes data on these days. Later the data Terrance collected on the dependent variable is compared to the data Callie collected. What kind of data is Terrance collecting? Interobserver agreement (IOA) data Question 16 Allison is a BCABA working under a BCBA in a charter school for children with autism. Allison has been working with E.J. a four year old on manding for snacks and toys rather than having tantrums to get what he wants. Allison previously consulted with the therapist working with EJ and the parents on identifying the target behavior, identifying the environmental factors in the problem behavior, collecting data, examinging the data, and hypothesizing on the function of the behavior. For the past four weeks, they have been implementating an intervention plan that included functional communication traning, extinction, and a sticker token system. Now they are going to meet tomorrow and have an interview where they look at the data and see if the plan is effective. They will determine any changes to make and decide if consultation goals have been met. Which interview in the conjoint behavioral consutlation process are they going to have tomorrow? conjoint plan evaluation interview Question 17 Sarah Smith is a fourth grade teacher who works in an urban school. The level of parental involvement has decreased significantly in the last several years. The school still operates a traditional PTA that meets in the evenings and does not allow children to attend. The role parents are asked to play in the school is to attend these PTA meetings and donate school supplies. Sarah has been learning about school and family partnerships and sees a key purpose of family partnerships missing. Which of the goals/purposes of family-school partnerships that Sheridan identified is missing? creating meaningful roles Question 18 Parental involvement is very important in the CBC model. Identify one of the variables that predict parental involvement according to Sheridan? Provide a definition of the variable and give an example of how that variable could be addressed in a family school partnership plan. Question 19 The core assumptions of conjoint behavioral consultation are (check all that apply) CBC is concerned with content and process CBC promotes development of competencies for all involved Question 20 Thomas is a special education teacher consulting with the general education teacher and the family of Samantha, an 8 year old with autism. Samantha has been having problems in her second grade inclusion classroom. She has an interest in art and gets upset when anyone moves any of the materials in the art center out of the spot they are supposed to be in. She has grabbed the materials from students and has screamed until they are put back if she cannot grab them from the student. She had progressed to physically blocking others from entering the art center during center time. Samantha does the same thing with her 2 brothers at the art table in their playroom. Thomas, the general education teacher, and the parents have been collecting data. They did ABC observations and scatterplot data. They collected baseline data and will meet next week for one of the interviews of the conjoint behavioral consultation process. They will identify the function of the behavior based on the data collected and discuss potential intervention plans. Which interview of the Conjoint Behavior Consultation process are they going to have? Conjoint Needs Identification Interview Question 21 What is typical data that is examined in implementation of SWPBS? office referrals Question 22 Which of the following were discussed as being detrimental to data collection? Observer Drift Reactivity