RBT Practice Exam - Domain B (Behavior Assessment)

Preference Assessments

Assessments that identify what stimuli are preferred and may function as reinforcers for a particular client.

Free Operant Preference Assessment

Client has unrestricted access to items or activities; technician observes and records duration of time the client engages with each item

Single Stimulus Preference Assessment

Client is presented one item at a time; technician records duration of time with each item, may include approach or avoid

Paired Stimulus Preference Assessment

Client is presented with two items at a time and asked to select one, repeated across different pairs until every item has been compared with every other item; technician records data on frequency of chosen items

Multiple Stimulus with Replacement Preference Assessment

Client is presented several items at once and asked to select one, chosen item goes back into array among repeated trials; technician records data on frequency of chosen items

Multiple Stimulus Without Replacement Preference Assessment

Client is presented several items at once and asked to select one, chosen item is removed from array among repeated trials; technician records data on item ranking

Social Significance

A skill that matters for independence and quality of life.

Probe

Brief, structured opportunity to see if a skill can be performed without prompts or reinforcement, provide efficient snapshots of performance across multiple skills.

Protocol

Detailed set of instructions that specify how an assessment should be carried out; includes skills to be tested, order of tasks, how instructions are to be delivered, and how responses are to be recorded.

Skill Based Assessment

a structured evaluation of the client’s current abilities. Skill-based assessments identify strengths and deficits, establish baseline across domains, and ensure goals are meaningful and achievable. They are repeated as the client makes progress, and reassessment ensures that goals remain current.

Functional Assessment

a process to understand the purpose of behavior - what the behavior is trying to accomplish.

Indirect Assessments

Gathers information about a behavior without observing it directly (interviews, checklists, rating scales, and/or questionnaires), based on memory and opinion, useful for patterns but not always accurate, identify possible function, guides direct tests for function

Descriptive Assessments

Direct observation of the behavior under naturally occurring conditions

ABC Recording

Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence

Functional Analysis

Controlled assessment, determines cause-and-effect environment-behavior relationship via direct manipulation of conditions, “gold standard” in identifying behavioral function

Experimental Control

Change in behavior due to planned adjustments and not influenced by outside factors