ABAT EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% PASS
Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP) ✔✔-Observation tool for teachers to record
individual progress toward the achievement of four desired results...
*Socially & pers
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ABAT EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% PASS
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 part training approach
*modeling
*role-playing
*performance feedback
*Generalization
Errorless learning ✔✔-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 ✔✔-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 ✔✔-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 ✔✔-students must spend as much time as
possible mainstreaming in general education
Founding figures in ABA ✔✔-Pavlov: respondent conditioning
-thorndike: Law of Effect
-Watson: Father of Behaviorism
-Skinner: Most associated with Behaviorism
Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT) ✔✔-derives some principles from ABA
*reinforcement or operant conditioning
*more naturalistic than DTT
Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) ✔✔-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 ✔✔-AKA "personal futures planning"
*dream/goal driven
*informal environment
*voluntary involvement of individuals
*client is central figure in exploring their own dream
Episodic Severity ✔✔-Help us track progress or changes in problem behaviors
*intense behavior can impact others even if it happens once a month
Interobserver Agreement (IOA) ✔✔-procedure for enhancing the believability of data
-Compares independent observations from two or more people of the same event
Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) ✔✔-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
IEP Goals and Objectives ✔✔-one annual goal
*3 objectives
**objectives are smaller benchmarks that the client will meet throughout the year
(2-3 typically but the standard is 3)
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and DTT ✔✔-break skills down into smaller steps
-teach single, discrete, specific behaviors
*once specific behaviors are mastered, we chain or shape to get more complex behaviors
Joint attention ✔✔-sharing attention between another person and an object
IDEA ✔✔ASD was added in 1990
Rate of Autism ✔✔-Old rate= 1 in 68
-New rate= 1 in 59
Perseveration ✔✔Behavior that is repetitive in nature
Replacement Behavior ✔✔-the behavior adults teach a child to use instead of the challenging
behavior
-REPLACE the targeted problem behavior.
-This Behavior MATCHES the function of the problem behavior
Alternate behavior ✔✔-an appropriate behavior that can be used INSTEAD of the targeted
problem Behavior, BUT it does NOT serve the same function
Two Main types of Behavior ✔✔-respondent and Operant
Five disorders that previously made up what is now ASD in the DSM ✔✔-Autistic disorder
-Asperger's syndrome
-Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS)
-Childhood Dis-integrative Disorder
-Rett Syndrome
four pivotal behaviors ✔✔-motivation
-response to multiple cues
-self management
-social initiation
Date the DSM-V was effective ✔✔1/1/2014
Groups of people who should be developed as resources and groups that should not ✔✔-family,
family friends, community, relatives
-NOT= individuals from public agencies (cops, teachers, firefighters)
Previous diagnosis's that were given to ASD before ✔✔-schizophrenia, mentally retarded (now
intellectually disabled), and emotionally disturbed.
Main difference between Autism and Asperger's ✔✔-Asperger's= an avg IQ
-ASD= below AVG IQ
ASD was added to IDEA when ✔✔-1990
Duty to warn/protect ✔✔-WARN= client makes threats towards another person and client has
both the means and intent to carry out threat; must warn intended victim
-PROTECT= client presents a serious danger to himself or others; steps must be taken to protect
intended victim. (involves informing local police dept)
Possible causes of ASD ✔✔-no KNOWN, SINGLE cause of ASD
-Genetics & environment
*causes include= genetic disorder that results in hormonal imbalances, metabolic disorders, etc.
Abnormalities in brain structure. Exposure to high levels of testosterone, viral infections,
chemicals, etc.
*risk factors include=
-older father, history of ASD in family, mother had viral infection or diabetes during gestation,
exposure to teratogens.
two types of reinforcers ✔✔-Primary= innate, unconditioned, or unlearned. Born knowing that
these things are good. (water, sleep, temperature) [Pavlov]
-Secondary= conditioned or learned. learn through pairing. (toys, tokens, money) [Skinner]
3 term contingency ✔✔-ABC: antecedent, behavior, consequence
*A->B<-C
classical conditioning ✔✔-Pavlovian
*CS-no response-US- Reflex
*CS+US -> reflex/respondent Bx
*Antecedent/trigger --> Conditioned response
Functions of behavior ✔✔-Attention/Social: engages in the behavior to get attention from others
-Access/tangible/targeting: engages in behavior to gain access to preferred items and activities
-escape/avoidance: engages in behavior to escape an activity or avoid its future occurrence
-automatic/play/control: engages in a behavior because of the sensory consequences are
reinforcing (it just feels good)
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