Component behaviors
The building block skills needed for the development of a more complex skill.
F. Behavior Assessment
Concurrent schedule reinforcer assessment
A reinforcer assessment that identifies the contingency that is most effective as a reinforcer (i.e., which produces the most responding) when two or more contingencies operate on two or more
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Conditional probability
A formula that generates information from ABC recording to assess the statistical possibility that a target behavior will occur under specific antecedent and/or consequence conditions.
Constructional approach
An approach to behavioral treatment that includes building replacement behaviors when the behavior intervention aims to eliminate challenging behavior.
Contrived free operant stimulus preference assessment
A stimulus preference assessment in which a client’s environment is filled with a variety of potentially preferred stimuli. The client is then given noncontingent access to all of the stimuli
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Criterion-referenced assessment (CRA)
An assessment that measures performance against a set of predetermined developmental tasks and commonly accepted criteria for specific developmental levels, measuring the presence, absence, or emergence of developmentally appropriate tasks.
Cultural identity
The occurrence of specific stimuli and response classes, related to things like race, socioeconomic class, age, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, disability, nationality, and geographic context, that a person identifies with
Curriculum-based assessment (CBA)
An assessment of performance levels on specific tasks or lessons (e.g., motor, language, cognition, self-help or academic skills) often used by teachers in educational settings.
Dana Do’s: All the Validities in ABA, Explained
PTB founder Dana Meller helps connect each of the validities to the validity of this explanation.
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Dana Do’s: Exploring the Four Types of Reinforcer Assessments
PTB founder Dana Meller discusses reinforcer assessments, which should not be confused with stimulus preference assessments.
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Dana Do’s: Nine Considerations for Prioritizing Target Behaviors
PTB founder breaks down each of the nine considerations for prioritizing target behaviors.
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Dana Do’s: Six Direct Assessment Methods
Looking to review direct assessment methods? PTB founder Dana Meller gets right to it with this quick explainer.
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