PLSC Assessment: Behavioral Intervention, PBIS, and ABA Concepts

Vocabulary flashcards covering key definitions, principles of positive behavioral interventions and support (PBIS), behavioral measurement methods, and behavioral disorder characteristics from the PLSC assessment.

Emotional or Behavior Disorder (IDEA Definition)

A condition exhibiting an inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health factors.

Anxiety Disorder

A disorder indicated by irrational fear, nervousness, and perfectionism that causes excessive stress or time spent on tasks.

Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)

A disorder characterized by recurrent patterns of uncooperative, defiant, and hostile behavior, including extreme and persistent vindictiveness.

Conduct Disorder

A repetitive pattern of antisocial behavior violating the rights of others, illustrated by bullying classmates, stealing, lying, or threatening to run away.

Emotional Regulation

One of the three major aspects of neurodiversity that directly impacts classroom behavior.

Internalizing Behavior

A behavioral pattern that is directed inward toward oneself, exemplified by being withdrawn.

Externalizing Behavior

A behavioral pattern that is directed outward toward the external environment, exemplified by destroying property.

Tier 1 Support (PBIS)

Universal, class-wide interventions provided to all students, such as having all students practice daily peer compliments or establishing whole-class discussion guidelines.

Tier 2 Support (PBIS)

Targeted interventions designed for students at risk of behavioral challenges, such as small-group meetings to practice conversation or self-regulating strategies.

Tier 3 Support (PBIS)

Intensive, individualized interventions for students with significant needs, such as collaborating with specialists to create a personalized behavior plan.

Consequence

A stimulus or event that occurs directly after an individual's action.

Baseline

A description or measurement of an individual's actions before an attempt is made to change them.

Auditory Stimulus

A sound-based environmental cue presented to prompt a response, such as a teacher playing a cleanup song during a lesson.

Classroom Response

An observable student action performed in reaction to a stimulus, such as raising a hand.

Positive Punishment

A behavioral principle in which an aversive consequence or chore is added after a behavior to decrease its occurrence, such as requiring a student to stay after class or complete a chore.

Negative Punishment

The behavioral principle that involves removing a pleasant stimulus following an undesirable behavior.

Objective Behavioral Definition

The practice of avoiding subjectivity when describing an individual's actions in order to define behavior accurately.

Magnitude

A data collection method used to record the intensity or severity of a behavior, typically using a numerical rating scale.

Rate

A data collection method that records the frequency of an observed behavior per specific unit of time, such as instances per hour.

Duration

A data collection method that measures the total length of time a particular behavior lasts.

Latency

A data recording method that measures the elapsed time between the delivery of an instruction or stimulus and the initiation of the student's response.

Planning (ABA Process)

The stage of the Applied Behavior Analysis process where an educator develops an intervention strategy with clear and measurable goals.

Behavior (ABC Charting)

The observable and measurable action performed by an individual, situated between an antecedent stimulus and a consequence.