A behavior analyst is working with Sophia, an individual with dementia, at a day clinic. Sophia’s verbal behavior has deteriorated to the point where she mostly repeats back words and phrases she hears. Although she still labels items with one-word utterances, she does not ask for what she wants or needs and has begun to exhibit moderate problem behaviors at home with her family. Which of the following response forms would be most appropriate to teach FIRST?

Wallace is working at his office and often sits at his desk for hours at a time without getting up or drinking water. He plans to stand up and drink water every thirty minutes. He sets up an app that provides a digital reminder “drink water”. What is this an example of?

Jasmine is learning to identify different farm animals. Her therapist points to a horse and says, “Horse.” Jasmine repeats “Horse” and the therapist says, “Yay! That is a horse!” The behavior analyst is using which stimulus control transfer procedure?

Broden is working at home and often sits at this desk for hours at a time. He plans to stand up and stretch at the top of every hour. He recently installed a new program into his computer that enlarges the clock on his screen when it is the top of the hour. This is an example of which of the following?

Initially, every time Johan asked to go outside, the behavior analyst would take him outside to play for 5 minutes. Now, whenever Johan asks, sometimes the behavior analyst takes him outside and other times they tell him, “Not right now.” They also vary the length of time Johan is outside. Which of the following strategies is the behavior analyst using to program for generalization?

Dan is in math class where they are learning that ½ is equal to 0.5. They are also taught that 0.5 is equal to 50%. Later, when Dan sees ½ he says, “That’s 50%!” Which of the following did Dan demonstrate?

Alison regularly requests her tablet. However, when her request is denied, because the battery isn’t charged or the iPad was left at home, she engages in highly disruptive problem behavior. These behaviors only occur in situations where Alison is denied access to her tablet. Which of the following would be most appropriate to teach FIRST?

During a table activity, the teacher places three novel picture cards in front of Liam: a dog, a cat, and a bird. She holds up another picture of a cat that looks exactly like the one on the table and says, “Match.” Liam selects the cat from the array. Which of the following did Liam demonstrate?

Jasmine is learning to identify different farm animals. Her therapist points to a horse and says, “Horse.” Jasmine repeats “Horse” and the therapist says, “Yay! That is a horse!” The behavior analyst is using which stimulus control transfer procedure?

Sasha is learning to label family members. Her therapist points to her mom and says, “Mommy.” Sasha repeats “Mommy” and the therapist says, “Yay! That’s Mommy!” The behavior analyst is using which stimulus control transfer procedure?