ABA EXAM Questions and Correct Answers the Latest Update
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ABA
Institution
ABA
What is Autism?
A developmental disorder diagnosed before the age of 3 characterized by the
inability to from normal social relationships, repetitive behavior patters and the
inability to communicate with others
Diagnostic criteria for Autism according to the DSM-IV
Social Interactions (mu...
ABA EXAM Questions and Correct
Answers the Latest Update
What is Autism?
✓ A developmental disorder diagnosed before the age of 3 characterized by the
inability to from normal social relationships, repetitive behavior patters and the
inability to communicate with others
Diagnostic criteria for Autism according to the DSM-IV
✓ Social Interactions (must meet 2), Communication (must meet 1), Restrictive
repetitive and stereotypical behavior patterns (must meet 1)
What is ABA?
✓ The application of "Principles of Behavior" to issues that are socially important, in
order to produce practical change
What is the Core Principle of ABA?
✓ The consequences that follow a behavior control whether that behavior will increase
or decrease.
What is the behavioral (3-term) contingency?
✓ Antecedent-Prior to behavior
✓ Behavior-What child says or does
✓ Consequence-After behavior
✓ Consistency is crucial in order to see a significant change in behavior
What is a Discrete Trial?
✓ Has a definite beginning and end. Is not synonymous with ABA and has three
components Antecedent, Response, and Consequence.
✓ -Two types of the antecedent within DTT are the Establishing Operations(EO) and
Discriminative Stimulus(SD)
Why do we use DTT?
✓ -A high number of DTs can be presented in a therapy session
✓ -Lets the child know they're expected to response
✓ -Lets the child know if their response is correct
✓ -Assists the therapist in maintaining consistency
✓ -Easy to take data and assess progress
What are the appropriate techniques for presenting SDs?
✓ 1) Be sure to gain childs attention
✓ 2) Avoid presenting the childs name with the SD
✓ 3) Avoid presenting SDs without giving consequence
✓ 4) Change the target SD ONLY when instructed by, by supervisor
✓ 5) Initially should be clear and concise
✓ 6) The child should respond only after the SDs presented
What is the Response(R)?
✓ The specific instance of the particular behavior, which also consists of 3 categories,
correct, incorrect and no response
3 Categories of Responses
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