Symptoms of autism found in a 15 month old - Answers-Does not look where you point
Does not speak
Does not respond when being called by name
Can autism be detected before the child reaches 2? - Answers-Yes
How is autism diagnosed? - Answers-A child's behavior
Learning the history of their ...
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Symptoms of autism found in a 15 month old - Answers-Does not look where you point
Does not speak
Does not respond when being called by name
Can autism be detected before the child reaches 2? - Answers-Yes
How is autism diagnosed? - Answers-A child's behavior
Learning the history of their development
What is true about the presentation of autism? - Answers-Every child with autism
displays at least 4 symptoms of impairment i social interaction
The severity of symptoms can be mild to severe
Symptoms vary
T/F: All toddlers with autism do not have language skills - Answers-False
The following can co-occur with autism - Answers-ADHD symptoms
Intellectual Developmental Disorder
Anxiety
T/F: Studies how that the earlier a child receives intensive ABA-based treatment, the
more substantial the progress and the better the prognosis - Answers-True
What should you do after the student responds correctly to your instruction? - Answers-
Reinforce the response
When should you introduce distractor trials? - Answers-When the target response can
be completed without any assistance
An appropriate instruction should: - Answers-Be brief and clear
T/F: Prompt fading means giving your student a little less assistance each time over
several trials - Answers-True
What is a way to prompt the student's attention? - Answers-Hold preferred item up to
your eye
Call their name
What is a prompt? - Answers-Any assistance you give the student to help him respond
correctly
, First step of DTT - Answers-Establish the student's attention
Which response should get the best reward? - Answers-A correct response completed
independently
When beginning to teach a response using errorless teaching: - Answers-Start by giving
the most assistance necessary
If only physical prompts are used to help a student complete a puzzle, you can fade
prompts by going: - Answers-Manually guiding their hands > guiding only wrists >
guiding only elbow > no guidance
If the student makes an error after you've started to fade your prompt, you should: -
Answers-Go back to the original prompt and fade more slowly
What are examples of prompts? - Answers-Pointing toward the target item
Positioning the object closer to the student
Modeling the response
If a verbal model is used, you can fade prompts by: - Answers-Saying the response
fully, then only the first part of the response, then not providing a model
When fading prompts, you should provide better rewards when: - Answers-The student
responds with less assistance
For modeling to serve as an effective prompt, the student must be able to - Answers-
Imitate
T/F: If you used a prompt and the student continues to respond incorrectly, you may
have to use a different kind of prompt - Answers-True
T/F: You can identify potential reinforcers by observing what your student likes to play
with during his free time. - Answers-True
Once the student is able to give the correct response consistently... - Answers-Provide
the reinforcer after a few correct responses have been given, instead of after every
correct response
Varying the reinforcers you use during teaching can: - Answers-Help keep the student
motivated
You should provide the reinforcer: - Answers-Immediately after a correct response
T/F: A reinforcer should always be something the student enjoys - Answers-True
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