| Question |
Answer |
| Acting out behavior |
inappropriate behavior, more damaging and serious than others |
| Applied behavior analysis – ABA |
behavior scrutiny determines how-why child responds to certain events,situations, environment and allows for training component of rewards and reinforcemts to help learn target behavior |
| Alternative school ed |
unable to function in traditional public school bc uncontrolled behaviors |
| Antecedent |
stimulus used in behavior management and modification occurs before behavior and established reason for behavior |
| Behavior intervention |
strategies or actions used to extinguish, change, or redirect inappropriate behavior –3 types are positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, and aversive intervention. |
| Behavior rating scales |
eval tool lists specific observable behaviors to assess severity, frequency, and type of seem behaviors completed by staff, parents, or student |
| Consequences |
stimulus used to increase or decrease behavior |
| Contingency contract |
written agreement with student and teacher outlines expected performance and consequences or reinforcers used. |
| Discrete trial training |
strategy function/task broken down in steps and rewards right away trial by trial basis |
| Manifestation determination |
team review of relationship between student’s inappropriate behavior and disability, required under IDEIA when student violates code of conduct |
| Modeling |
imitation of desired behavior |
| Negative reinforcement |
used in behavior mod where student motivated to use desired behavior to avoid negative consequence |
| Preservation |
behavior continues repeatedly beyond typical endpoint and student unable to switch tasks |
| Positive reinforcement |
student motivated to use desired behavior to be rewarded |
| Response generalization |
application of learned behavior or skill to another setting |
| Target behavior |
behavior selected for intervention, most often to be extinguished or changed, although it may be positive it should be used in other school situations. |
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