The belief that individuals with disabilities should be physically and socially integrated into mainstream society, environments, and procedures to the maximum extent possible. The expectations should be more aligned with… Read more
A stimulus preference assessment in which the client is asked to choose between sets of two stimuli that are presented simultaneously. The client’s choices and how often each item is
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Trained behaviors that, when acquired, can result in or lead to the acquisition of new, untrained behaviors.
A variation of the functional analysis that analyzes the precursors to challenging behavior (i.e., responses that reliably occur close in time before the challenging behavior). Each trial is terminated as
The necessary components skills of any behavior needed to perform a specific behavior.
A reinforcer assessment that identifies the relative effectiveness of a potential reinforcer when response requirements are progressively increased until a breaking point is reached (i.e., responding decreases or stops).
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An indirect assessment method in which individuals knowledgeable about the occurrence of the behavior of interest and the relevant environmental variables, answer questions by making selections from a closed set
A collection of assessment activities that test preferred stimuli to determine their effectiveness as reinforcers for specific target behaviors by measuring increases in target behaviors contingent on the immediate presentation
A rule that the behavior change prioritized for treatment must be meaningful for the client and relevant individuals in the client’s life.
A direct and descriptive measurement and assessment method that uses interval data to display behavior patterns during specific periods and used to assess the times and/or activities during which challenging
A stimulus preference assessment in which the client is presented with one stimulus at a time; and the client’s response to each individual stimulus is recorded.
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An assessment instrument with empirically established validity and reliability that compares a client’s results to the normative levels of the population for whom the specific test was designed.