Natural settings FA
A variation of the functional analysis conducted in natural settings to explore the relevant stimuli present in natural settings that can impact challenging behavior.
F. Behavior Assessment
Naturalistic free operant stimulus preference assessment
A stimulus preference assessment conducted in a client’s everyday environment, during which the client is given noncontingent access to all of the stimuli in their natural environment while an assessor
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Normalization/Mainstreaming
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
Paired stimuli preference assessment
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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Pivotal behavior
Trained behaviors that, when acquired, can result in or lead to the acquisition of new, untrained behaviors.
Precursor FA
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
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Prerequisite behavior
The necessary components skills of any behavior needed to perform a specific behavior.
Progressive-ratio schedule reinforcer assessment
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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Rating scales
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
Reinforcer assessment
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
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Relevance of behavior rule
A rule that the behavior change prioritized for treatment must be meaningful for the client and relevant individuals in the client’s life.
Scatterplot recording
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
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