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Q1Domain Verified
A BCBA is designing a program to reduce severe self-injurious behavior (SIB) in a client with a developmental disability. The client exhibits SIB that results in significant tissue damage. Which of the following is the MOST ethically sound and behaviorally sound initial step in developing an intervention plan?
Mandate that the client be restrained at all times to prevent any possibility of SIB.
Rely solely on the client's parents' anecdotal reports about when the SIB occurs and what seems to make it stop.
Immediately implement a punishment-based procedure like contingent electric shock to suppress the behavior quickly.
Conduct a comprehensive functional assessment, including functional analysis, to identify the maintaining variables of the SIB.
Q2Domain Verified
During a training session for parents on implementing a discrete trial teaching (DTT) program for their child's language development, a parent expresses frustration that their child is not responding consistently to prompts. They are asking if they should start "telling the child what to do more loudly." What is the MOST appropriate BCBA response, reflecting an understanding of stimulus control and prompting hierarchies?
"Loudness isn't the issue; you're probably not using the right words. Try saying 'Say the word 'ball' now!'"
"Let's review the prompt fading procedures. If your child isn't responding, we might need to reinforce approximations or consider a more intrusive prompt, rather than just increasing volume."
"It's common for children to be resistant. Just keep repeating the instruction louder and louder until they comply."
"Yes, increasing the volume of your instructions will likely make them more salient and effective."
Q3Domain Verified
probes the understanding of stimulus control and prompt hierarchies in DTT. Option B correctly identifies that increasing volume is not a standard prompt fading strategy and that the issue might lie in prompt effectiveness or reinforcement. It guides the parent towards evidence-based strategies like reinforcing approximations or using more intrusive prompts, which are systematic approaches to establishing stimulus control. Option A incorrectly suggests that increased volume is a valid strategy for improving stimulus control, which is generally not the case; salience is achieved through clear, consistent delivery and reinforcement, not just loudness. Option C makes an unsubstantiated claim about word choice and doesn't address the underlying prompting issue. Option D promotes an ineffective and potentially aversive strategy of simply repeating instructions louder, which is not a part of systematic DTT. Question: A BCBA is analyzing data for a client's manding program and notices a significant increase in spontaneous mands following the introduction of a high-probability request sequence (HPRT). However, the client's tacting (labeling) of the same items has not increased commensurately. What is the MOST likely explanation for this discrepancy, from an ABA perspective?
The HPRT is not an effective strategy for increasing expressive language in general.
The data collection for tacting is flawed, and the client is actually tacting more than reported.
The HPRT has inadvertently created a situation where the client is only motivated to request items (mands) and not to label them (tacts).
The client has a generalized deficit in expressive language that is not being addressed by the HPRT.
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