Abat shotgun - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What is autism? A developmental disorder of variable severity that is characterized by difficulty in social interaction and communication and by restricted or repetitive patterns of thought and behavior -autism as a spectrum disorder with a triad of primary impairments What are the triad of impairments? 1. Social 2. Communication 3. Restrictive/Repetitive Behavior What are common characteristics of social/communication? -intrusive touching -all "businesss talk" (taking things seri...

Certificant must be registered with BACB, diff from sup - ensures that RBT has BCBA or BCaBA and that supervision requirements are being met, required to have certificant for each place you work (one person can be both sup & cert) 6 categories of tasks measurement, assessment, skill aquisition, behavior reduction, documentation/reporting, professional conduct/scope of practice Maintaining RBT credential annual completion of the competency assessment, renewal app & fee, good standing wi...

Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) connected with IDEA - students spend as much time as possible mainstreamed in general education courses IEP Goals and objectives one annual goal: 3 objectives // smaller benchmarks that the client will meet throughout the year Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) federal law passed in 1975 // required schools to provide education to eligible individuals // Purpose: FAPE - free and public education 3 term contingency Antecedent, Behavior, ...

Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP) -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) *families support their child's learning and development *families achieve their own goals Skills streaming -A social skills training method introduced by Dr. Arnold P. Goldstein in 1973 -4...

Operational Definitions must be? Clear, concise, completely, measurable, observable, onset, offset Direct Assessments Gathering information by observing the client in the field/environment Indirect Assessments Gathering information on client through surveys and interviews of parents, teachers etc Frequency taking the count for a behavior and relating it back to the observation window