Independent variable (IV) confounds
Uncontrolled environmental variables that may interfere with the outcomes and/or the effectiveness of an intervention and therefore the internal validity of the experiment.
Indirect FBA
Functional behavior assessment activities that aim to identify the events in the natural setting that correlate with the behavior of interest by collecting information from individuals who know the individual
Indirect measures of behavior
A measurement of behavior that is not based on an actual observation of the behavior itself, but a secondhand account of the behavior’s occurrence (e.g., rating scales, permanent product, descriptive
Indiscriminable contingencies
A method to program for generalization during instruction that includes the use of intermittent and delayed reinforcement contingencies that parallel natural contingencies.
Individuals With Disabilities Act (IDEA)
A federal law that gives students with disabilities the right to a free, appropriate public education and an individualized education plan, and gives specific rights to parents.
Informal feedback
Feedback that is casually delivered by simply communicating what a supervisee did correctly.
Informal performance monitoring
An unplanned and unstructured supervisory observation, during which feedback should be provided.
Instructions and rules
A specific methodology for teaching that includes best practice for setting specific rules, and methods for providing instructions for expected behavior.
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6th Edition TCO
Inter-trial interval
In discrete-trial teaching, this is the period (approximately 5 seconds) that comes between the consequence and the next SD, indicating the end of one trial and the forthcoming trial.
Interdependent group contingencies
A procedure in which a pre-determined criterion for responding is established for all of the members within a group. For everyone to contact reinforcement, each individual in the group must
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