RBT Exam Section D

What is the purpose of a behavior reduction plan?

to thoroughly outline the strategies and interventions that all team members must follow to prevent and respond to interfering behaviors

Wat does a behavior reduction plan will include?

• The behaviors targeted for reduction.

• Who will implement the behavior reduction plan.

• The behavior’s function.

• Preventative strategies (also known as antecedent strategies or antecedent manipulations).

• Consequent strategies.

• Crisis interventions

Why is it important to understand the funtion of a behavior?

Understanding the function helps us identify what we can change in the learner’s environment to help them meet their needs without engaging in the target behavior. For example, if we know a child hits people to get their attention, we can create interventions that teach them other ways of gaining people’s attention.

Name all 4 functions of behavior.

The functions of behavior are:

1. Automatic reinforcement

2. Escape or avoidance

3. Attention

4. Access to tangibles

Engaging in a behavior because it feels good. What function of behavior is this?

Automatic reinforcement

Engaging in a behavior to escape or avoid an unpleasant situation. What function of behavior is this?

Escape or avoidance

Engaging in a behavior to get someone’s attention. What function of behavior is this?

Attention

Engaging in a behavior to obtain access to some tangible item or activity. What function of behavior is this?

Access to tangibles

what is An antecedent

anything that occurs directly before a behavior of interest

We can intervene on behaviors by changing the way the environment is set up. What is this also known as?

modifing the antecedents.

What are the 6 main antecedent modifications?

• Visual supports/schedules

• High-probability request sequence (providing easy tasks before more challenging ones)

• Priming (Talking about an upcoming event, laying out expectations, providing them with any important information they should know)

• Offering choices

• Non-contingent reinforcement

• Timers

What temporarily increase or decrease the value of something?

Motivating operations (MOs)

What are the 2 different type of Motivating operations?

establishing operations (EOs) and abolishing operations (AOs).

What do Establishing operations do?

increase the effectiveness of a reinforce

What do abolishing operations do?

decrease the effectiveness of a reinforcer.

When you overindulged on something to the point that you no longer want anything to do with it

satiation

What is the process of adding (positive) or removing (negative) something following a target behavior, resulting in the behavior occurring more often moving forward?

Reinforcement

What are the two most common differential reinforcement procedures?

1. Differential reinforcement of other behaviors (DRO)

2. Differential reinforcement of alternative behaviors (DRA)

Reinforcement is provided for all behaviors other than the target behavior (Remember, the target behavior is the one you’re aiming to reduce). What is this?

Differential reinforcement of other behaviors (DRO)

What is the process of withholding (not providing) reinforcement when a particular behavior occurs, when that behavior was reinforced in the past?

Extinction

Reinforcement is provided for a specified alternative behavior while withholding reinforcement for the target behavior. What is this?

Differential reinforcement of alternative behaviors (DRA)

When extinction is first implemented, oftentimes, the individual begins engaging in the target behavior more often, longer, or at a higher intensity. What is this known as?

an extinction burst.