Antecedent intervention
Interventions that are implemented prior to and are not contingent on behavior.
G. Behavior-Change Procedures
Antecedent-based self-management procedures
A variety of procedures used in self-management that manipulate antecedents to increase or decrease one’s own target behaviors.
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Backup reinforcer
Specific preferred items or activities that can be exchanged for the earned tokens delivered in a token economy system.
Backward chaining
A chaining method in which an instructor initially completes the chain in its naturally occurring order, and then the individual is taught one step at a time, starting from the
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Backward chaining with leap aheads
A variation of the backward chain in which any step in the task analysis that is already in the individual’s repertoire is not formally trained.
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Behavior chain
A specific sequence of discrete responses/behaviors that, when linked together, form a terminal behavior. Each discrete response/behavior is associated with a particular stimulus condition (SD), and each response and the
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Behavior chain with a limited hold
Any behavior chain with the requirement of not only being performed correctly and in order, but also within a specified period of time.
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Behavior trap
A method to program for generalization and maintenance during instruction that involves bringing a target behavior under the control of natural reinforcers by exposing the behavior to those reinforcers.
Block trial
A procedure in discrete-trial teaching during which different learning trials (SDs) are presented in blocks, which are gradually reduced in size contingent upon correct responding until the stimuli are presented
Bonus response cost
A type of response cost procedure in which additional non-contingent reinforcers are made available and are removed if the challenging behavior occurs.
Breaking Down a BCBA® Mock Exam Question: Response-Independent & Dependent Reinforcement Schedules in ABA
Sharpen your behavior-change skills with PTB founder Dana Meller as she reviews a BCBA® mock exam question that examines an intervention aimed at reducing attention-seeking outbursts.
Breaking Down a Mock BCBA® Exam Question: Using Behavior Reduction Procedures
PTB co-founder Dana Meller reviews a BCBA® mock exam question about the utilization of behavior reduction procedures to decrease challenging behavior. Included is a description of extinction, positive punishment, as well as non-contingent reinforcement.
Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Sections G-14 Use reinforcement procedures to weaken behavior (e.g., DRA, FCT, DRO, DRL, NCR); G-15: Use extinction and G-16: Use positive and negative punishment (e.g., time-out, response cost, overcorrection).
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