You are a BCBA working in a local school. You have been observing a student who immediately yells “I know, I know” every time the teacher asks the class a question. This has become incredibly disruptive in class, so the teacher would like to decrease this behavior to zero levels. You conduct an FBA and the function is most likely attention. You create an intervention that gives the student a token for each expression of the replacement behavior (i.e., raising hand with a completely quiet mouth). The student responds, but the behavior only decreases to 50% over the next month. You know that you need to implement a negative punishment procedure that includes taking away a token every time the child speaks in response to the teacher asking a question without raising his hand first. Are these punishment procedures ethical?

Rosa has educational goals to learn to speak English. Her therapist presents pictures of preferred items, states the label in English, and prompts Rosa to repeat them. Over time, the therapist stops labeling items and begins to present Rosa with a variety of pictures of the same items. The therapist is utilizing ___________ to teach Rosa.

When writing a thorough behavioral goal, 4 components need to be present in order to properly assess an individual’s behavioral progress. Are any of the 4 components missing or in need revision in the behavioral goal below? If so, how many components are missing or in need revision in the following behavioral goal?   Given a piece of paper with 5, 4-word vocabulary words written with dotted lines, Sally will trace for 50% of the time for 5 days.  

A teacher wants her students to come into class in the morning, and react to her verbal instruction, “It is time for breakfast” before going to the food table to start eating. The breakfast food is usually sitting out, but many students just walk over to the food immediately and start eating before the teacher has a chance to say “It is time for breakfast”. In order to do this, she pairs “It is time for breakfast” with the presence of the breakfast food on the table. In subsequent classes, she removes the food from the table, so students continue to respond to “It is time for breakfast” by sitting down at the breakfast table even without the presence of food. What learning process does this represent?

A child has acquired the 12-step skill of using the restroom and washing hands at the local ABA clinic. One day, the child’s mother took her to a department store when the child requested to go to the restroom. The child completed the 12-step process in  the department store bathroom. One week later, the child’s teacher told her mom that she completed the 12-step process in the school restrooms. What do these scenarios represent?

A client was recently assessed with a verbal behavior assessment, which indicated a lack of intraverbal skills were present in the child’s repertoire. When planning the procedures to teach the client new intraverbals, the therapist decides to utilize the child’s existing listener responding repertoire to teach the new intraverbals. What type of trial is the BCBA using?

According to Skinner’s analysis of verbal behavior (1957), the __________ is unique in that it is the only verbal repertoire where the behavior is followed by a characteristic consequence.

You are an RBT at an ABA clinic. Your session with a client ran a bit late and you had to rush out of the clinic to pick up your children from school. You had the client’s folder and will input the data at home that night because you didn’t have time at the office. What ethical violation is the most relevant in this scenario?

Match the correct terminology to the correct definition. 

A Nutritional therapy for which condition includes a reduction in protein?