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ABA therapy training Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions Common systems of ASD - Answer️️ -· Insistence on sameness, inflexible adherence to routines or ritualized patterns of behavior · Difficulty expressing needs, using gestures or pointing instead of words, or not pointing or usi...

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ABA EXAMS 2024/2025
ABA EXAMS




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ABA therapy training Exam Study Guide
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Common systems of ASD - Answer✔️✔️-· Insistence on sameness, inflexible adherence

to routines or ritualized patterns of behavior

· Difficulty expressing needs, using gestures or pointing instead of words, or not pointing

or using gestures

· Repeating words or phrases (echolalia) in place of normal, responsive language

· Laughing and/or crying for no apparent reason or showing distress for reasons not

apparent to others

· Prefers being alone, aloof manner

· Intense tantrums

· Difficulty interacting with others even when interested, no interest in others, and/or

doesn't respond to others

· Not wanting to cuddle or avoids eye contact

· Difficulty understanding the feelings of others or communicating their own emotions

· Sustained, repetitive odd play, no imitative play, and/or does not engage in

pretend/interactive play

· Stereotyped or repetitive motor movements

· Obsessed attachment to objects or restrictive, fixated interested on one subject with

abnormal intensity and/or focus

· Hyper or hypo reactivity to sensory input or unusual interests in sensory aspects

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· No real fears or danger

· Noticeable physical over activity extreme under activity

· Uneven patterns of development

· Unresponsive to verbal cues or acts as if deaf, but responds to other sounds

Possible causes of ASD - Answer✔️✔️-· Abnormalities in brain structure or function

· Heredity, genetics, or medical problems

· Childhood vaccinations and food allergies

· Other biological and environmental factors

Prevalence of ASD - Answer✔️✔️-· Insistence on sameness, inflexible adherence to

routines or ritualized patterns of behavior

· The CDC reports 1 in 59 U.S. children have been identified with ASD

· Over 3.5 million U.S. children and adults are believed to have some form of ASD

· Rate is growing more than 10-17% per year

· 5 times more likely in boys than girls (1 in 42 boys, 1 in 189 girls)

· Occurs in all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups

· Parents who have a child with ASD have a 2-18% chance of having a second child

who is also affected

· Almost have (46%) of children identified with ASD have average to above average

intellectual disabilities

· The co-occurrence of one or more non-ASD developmental diagnoses (other

developmental, psychiatric, neurological, chromosomal, and genetic diagnoses) is 83%

· Research has shown that a diagnosis of ASD at age 2 can be reliable, valid, and

stable


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· On average, most individuals diagnosed with ASD were not diagnosed until after the

age of 4, although studies have shown that parents noticed developmental problems

before their child's first birthday

ABA - Answer✔️✔️-Considered a scientifically validated, evidence-based, best practice

treatment of applying the principles of behaviors (reinforcement and punishment) in the

real world while collecting data on specific behaviors. The environment is modified to

encourage appropriate behavior. The goal is to utilize several behavior techniques and

principles to improve the quality of life for the individuals and the family

Basic Principles of Behavior - Answer✔️✔️-· Behavior is a product of the immediate

environment

· Behavior is strengthened or weakened by its consequences

· Behavior ultimately responds better to reinforcing consequences than punitive

consequences

· Whether behavior has been strengthened or weakened is known only by future

behavior

Target Behaviors - Answer✔️✔️-Behaviors we want to increase, decrease, and/or change

described specifically in detail in order for others to understand it clearly

Three-Term Contingency (ABC) - Answer✔️✔️-The contingent relationship between an

Antecedent, a Behavior/Response, and the Consequence

Antecedent - Answer✔️✔️-A stimulus or event that comes just before a behavior and

triggers or cues the behavior to occur

Behavior - Answer✔️✔️-The response that comes after a stimulus or event



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