Session 9: POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORT, PART 1

What is the antecedent in the scenario?

A) Richard turns the radio off

B) Carlos yells and waves his fists

C) Richard likes country music

D) Richard turns the radio on

D) Richard turns the radio on

What is the target behavior in the scenario?

A) Richard likes country music

B) Richard turns the radio off

C) Carlos yells and waves his fists

D) Richard turns the radio on

C) Carlos yells and waves his fists

What is the consequence in the scenario?

A) Richard turns the radio off

B) Carlos yells and waves his fists

C) Richard turns the radio on

D) Richard likes country music

A) Richard turns the radio off

What is one role of the DSP in developing and implementing a behavior support plan?

A) Collecting information about an individual's daily activities

B) Keeping the behavior support plan safe

C) Punishing an individual who has challenging behavior

D) Writing the entire behavior support plan

A) Collecting information about an individual's daily activities

What “quality of life” areas may promote support of the individual’s positive behavior?

A) The individual does the same routine and has no variety of activities

B) The individual has no choice about how the spend their time

C) The DSP chooses what the individual does each day

D) The individual has opportunities to choose from a variety of meaningful activities

D) The individual has opportunities to choose from a variety of meaningful activities

When defining a challenging behavior, it is important to:

A) Describe what happens after the behavior occurs

B) Describe what happens while the behavior occurs

C) Describe what happens before the behavior occurs

D) Describe what other people do after the behavior occurs

B) Describe what happens while the behavior occurs

Why is it important to know how DSPs and other people react to an individual’s challenging behavior?

A) Because DSPs should tell individuals what they should be doing instead of the challenging behavior

B) Because other people know how to stop that behavior

C) Because challenging behavior is usually reinforced by other people's behavior

D) Because DSPs should ignore the individual when the challenging behavior occurs

C) Because challenging behavior is usually reinforced by other people's behavior

Describing what happens before challenging behavior occurs helps the DSP:

A) Identify other events that may influence the behavior

B) Identify specific consequences of the behavior

C) Learn about the people who are present

D) Learn how to communicate with the individual

A) Identify other events that may influence the behavior

When using a scatter plot, the DSP should:

A) Record what happens after the challenging behavior occurs

B) Describe what the behavior looks like

C) Record what happens before the challenging behavior occurs

D) Record how often and at what time the challenging behavior occurs

D) Record how often and at what time the challenging behavior occurs

The A-B-C Data Sheet includes information about:

A) Quality of life areas that may contribute to the challenging behavior

B) The number of times the challenging behavior occurs each day

C) What the individual does when punished for the challenging behavior

D) What happened before, during, and after the challenging behavior occurred

D) What happened before, during, and after the challenging behavior occurred