RBT Exam Section B

What does a prefrerence assessment do?

A preference assessment is used to identify the items and activities that a learner enjoys.

What does a preference assessment NOT do?

They Don’t tell you what is reinforcing to the learner.

Preference assessments can be conducted…?

Can be conducted formally or informally on an ongoing basis.

What are the 6 main preference assessments?

Indirect assessments, Free operant assessment, Single stimulus, Paired stimulus/paired choice, Mutiple stimules with replacement, Mutiple Stimules without replacement.

What is a indirect preference assessment?

Through open-ended interviews or questionnaires with the client or a caregiver, you can ask questions about their interests.

What is a Free operant preference assessment?

Allow your learner free access to items in the environment while you observe and take data on what they independently choose to engage with.

What is a Single stimulus preference assessment?

Provide your learner with one item and monitor their response to it, taking data on whether they accept the item or push it away, how long they engage with it, etc. After they’re done engaging with this item, you give the client another item.

What is a Paired stimulus/paired preference assessment?

Provide your learner with two items and allow them to choose between the two. Record data on which item they chose. After they engage with the selected item for a short time, remove it and provide another two options.

What is a Mutiple stimules with replacement preference assessment?

Provide the learner with an array of various items, allowing them to choose one. After they engage with the item for a short time, you replace the array with new items. The item they selected gets put back in another spot in the array. This process is repeated.

What is a Mutiple Stimules without replacement preference assessment?

Provide the learner with an array of multiple items, instructing them to choose one. After they engage with the chosen item for a short time, you remove the item, rearrange the order of the array, and instruct them to select another item

What are the three assessments RBTs assist with?

erbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP)

Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills-Revised (ABLLS-R)

Assessment of Functional Living Skills (AFLS)

What is the Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP) assessment?

The VB-MAPP assesses manding, tacting, intraverbal skills, barriers to learning, and more. It is one of the most commonly used assessments for children under six in ABA.

What is the Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills-Revised (ABLLS-R) assessment?

A comprehensive assessment targeting a wide range of skills, including verbal behavior, learner readiness, pre-academics, social interactions, and more. It is most often used for children under six but can be used up to age 12

What is the Assessment of Functional Living Skills (AFLS) assessment?

An assessment of a wide range of functional skills, from basic household skills to community-based and vocational skills. This assessment can be conducted with individuals of all ages.

Functional Behavior Assessments (FBAs)

Include a number of tools that can be used to identify the possible function(s) of the client’s behavior.

The 3 main Functional Behavior Assessments (FBAs) tools are?

Indirect assessments, Descriptive/sirect assessments, & Functional analysis

What are Indirect assessments?

Tools used to gather information about an individual’s behavior without observing the behavior directly.

What are Descriptive/sirect assessments

When you Obtain information about an individual’s behavior through direct observation and recording data on the behaviors.

What is a Functional analysis?

A procedure behavior analysts use to determine the function of a client’s behavior by experimentally arranging and manipulating variables. An expert must conduct this assessment while that isn’t required the other assessments.

What is ABC data?

A-B-C data consists of recording the antecedent, behavior, and consequence of a specific instance of a target behavior.

What is an Antecedent?

what happens right before a target behavior occurs.

What is a consequence?

what happens right after the behavior occurs.

Is the most common type of descriptive assessment. It is also the type of behavior assessment that RBTs are most often responsible for.

ABC data