FCT Word Scramble

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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

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