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FCT
Functional Communication Training
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does FCT stand for? | Functional Communication Training |
| Define Functional Communication Training. | Is a practice that came from the research on functional behavioral assessment (FBA. |
| What does FCT typically involve? | Teaching a new behavior by not providing reinforcement for the interfering behavior. |
| What is an interfering behavior? | A behavior that prevents the learner from learning key social, communication, and academic skills. |
| What is another name for "interfering behavior"? | Target behavior |
| Why do we use FCT? | To teach a new, communicative behavior that replaces the interfering behavior. |
| What does FBA stand for? | Functional Behavioral Assessment |
| What is a Functional Behavioral Assessment? | A tool used to determine the purpose of the behavior that is interfering with a learners' growth and development. |
| Prior to implementing FCT it is_____ to have completed a functional behavioral assessment. | imperative |
| FCT is always used to target interfering behaviors, such as screaming or hitting. | False |
| Which baseline FCT data are collected: | Prior to teaching and during the FBA process. |
| To encourage generalization, teachers should: | Encourage the learner to practice with multiple communicative partners |
| Teachers should punish the learner for engaging in the interfering behavior? | False |
| During the beginning stages of FCT, how should reinforcement be provided when the learner uses the replacement communicative act? | Quickly and consistently |
| With the goals of errorless teaching, tea:chers should use | The prompt that guarantees that the learner will use the replacement communicative act. |
| If a learner is being taught to say, "I want a break," and it is difficult to understand what he is saying, it is not always appropriate to attempt to shape the response until it is recognizable. | False |
| It is important to gradually________ the time between the communicative act and the de.livery of the reinforcement | Increase |