ABAT EXAM – QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP) Correct Ans - -
Observation tool for teachers to record individual progress toward the
achievement of four desired results...
*Socially & personally competent
*Effective Learners
*show physical & motor Competence
*safe & healthy
Desired results for Families (DRDP) Correct Ans - *families support
their child's learning and development
*families achieve their own goals
Skills streaming Correct Ans - -A social skills training method
introduced by Dr. Arnold P. Goldstein in 1973
-4 part training approach
*modeling
*role-playing
*performance feedback
*Generalization
Errorless learning Correct Ans - -Therapy strategy that ensures
children always respond correctly
-As each skill is taught, children are provided with a prompt or cue
immediately following an instruction
Serial Thinking Correct Ans - -Theory that individuals with autism
cannot process more than one piece of information at a time.
-Give clients one instruction at a time to help support the client
Transitions in TEACCH Correct Ans - -Students are typically provided
with transition objects when moving from one center to another
-place object or card in a receiving box or envelope
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) as part of IDEA Correct Ans - -
students must spend as much time as possible mainstreaming in general
education
, Founding figures in ABA Correct Ans - -Pavlov: respondent
conditioning
-thorndike: Law of Effect
-Watson: Father of Behaviorism
-Skinner: Most associated with Behaviorism
Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT) Correct Ans - -derives some
principles from ABA
*reinforcement or operant conditioning
*more naturalistic than DTT
Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) Correct Ans - -Typically have
NORMAL hearing but STRUGGLE to PROCESS and make MEANING of sound
*ASD= problems w/ understanding the sounds of language
*APD= problems w/ the meaning of whats being said
Person-centered planning Correct Ans - -AKA "personal futures
planning"
*dream/goal driven
*informal environment
*voluntary involvement of individuals
*client is central figure in exploring their own dream
Episodic Severity Correct Ans - -Help us track progress or changes in
problem behaviors
*intense behavior can impact others even if it happens once a month
Interobserver Agreement (IOA) Correct Ans - -procedure for
enhancing the believability of data
-Compares independent observations from two or more people of the same
event
Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) Correct Ans - -Systematic
process of gathering information about the functions a problem behavior
serves for an individual.
-Helps determine relationship between goals and objectives with the behavior
intervention plan
Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP) Correct Ans - -
Observation tool for teachers to record individual progress toward the
achievement of four desired results...
*Socially & personally competent
*Effective Learners
*show physical & motor Competence
*safe & healthy
Desired results for Families (DRDP) Correct Ans - *families support
their child's learning and development
*families achieve their own goals
Skills streaming Correct Ans - -A social skills training method
introduced by Dr. Arnold P. Goldstein in 1973
-4 part training approach
*modeling
*role-playing
*performance feedback
*Generalization
Errorless learning Correct Ans - -Therapy strategy that ensures
children always respond correctly
-As each skill is taught, children are provided with a prompt or cue
immediately following an instruction
Serial Thinking Correct Ans - -Theory that individuals with autism
cannot process more than one piece of information at a time.
-Give clients one instruction at a time to help support the client
Transitions in TEACCH Correct Ans - -Students are typically provided
with transition objects when moving from one center to another
-place object or card in a receiving box or envelope
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) as part of IDEA Correct Ans - -
students must spend as much time as possible mainstreaming in general
education
, Founding figures in ABA Correct Ans - -Pavlov: respondent
conditioning
-thorndike: Law of Effect
-Watson: Father of Behaviorism
-Skinner: Most associated with Behaviorism
Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT) Correct Ans - -derives some
principles from ABA
*reinforcement or operant conditioning
*more naturalistic than DTT
Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) Correct Ans - -Typically have
NORMAL hearing but STRUGGLE to PROCESS and make MEANING of sound
*ASD= problems w/ understanding the sounds of language
*APD= problems w/ the meaning of whats being said
Person-centered planning Correct Ans - -AKA "personal futures
planning"
*dream/goal driven
*informal environment
*voluntary involvement of individuals
*client is central figure in exploring their own dream
Episodic Severity Correct Ans - -Help us track progress or changes in
problem behaviors
*intense behavior can impact others even if it happens once a month
Interobserver Agreement (IOA) Correct Ans - -procedure for
enhancing the believability of data
-Compares independent observations from two or more people of the same
event
Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) Correct Ans - -Systematic
process of gathering information about the functions a problem behavior
serves for an individual.
-Helps determine relationship between goals and objectives with the behavior
intervention plan
