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PYSC 1202 TEST 1
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PYSC 1202 TEST 1
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1
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What is Intake?
Answer
Information gathering from someone seeking services
2
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Why do we do Intakes?
Answer
To determine specific needs, strengths, and services to provide
3
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What are the 8 steps for Intake?
Answer
1. Application 2. Meeting 3. Contract Meeting 4. Begin Services 5. Assessment 6. Determination of Needs 7. Begin Services 8. Waitlist
4
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What Does Assessment include?
Answer
Direct and indirect procedures ex; interviews, checklists, tests to identity and define specific problem behaviours, etc.
5
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What are Assessments used for?
Answer
To pinpoint behaviours you want to develop (increase) or behaviours you want to replace (decrease)
6
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What are the 5 phases of instruction (Assessment)?
Answer
1. Screening and intake 2. Defining Problems/Achievement Criteria 3. Pinpointing Target Behaviour 4. Monitoring Progress 5. Following Up
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Assessment: What is Screening and Intake?
Answer
Collect general information about who the client is and their personality and recieve consent to provide services
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Assessment: What is Defining Problems/Achievement Criteria?
Answer
Finding out what problems the client is having or what they want to make improvements on
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Assessment: What is Pinpointing Target Behaviour?
Answer
Determining the undesirable behaviour that needs to be decreased or the desirable behaviour that needs to be increased
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Assessment: What is Monitoring Progress?
Answer
Behaviour during intervention is watched to see changes
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Assessment: What is Following Up?
Answer
Making modifications using the data that has been collected during the intervention
12
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What are the Assessment methods?
Answer
Indirect (Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scale or Functional Assessment Screening tools) and Direct (VB MAPP, ABLLS-R, AFLS, PEAK)
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What is Norm-referenced?
Answer
A standardized test that is administered produces the same questions. Tasks are presented using specific procedures and scoring criteria.
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What is Criterion Referenced?
Answer
Each persons achievements are compared directly to the standard without reference to the achievement of others
15
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What is Curriculum Referenced?
Answer
Data From the assessment leads directly to skills to teach
16
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What are limitations/Issues that can occur with Assessment?
Answer
More likely to have an impact when the observation is obtrusive (aware of their presence and purpose), and can have a positive or negative effect.
17
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What is the purpose for Preference Assessments?
Answer
To allow you to identify and rate potential reinforcers
18
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What are the types and characteristics of Preference Assessments?
Answer
Free Operant, Single, Paired and Multiple Stimulus
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Preference Assessments: Free Operant
Answer
Allowing the client to freely interact with a many items
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Preference Assessments: Single Stimulus
Answer
Placing one item at a time and observing the reaction to each item
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Preference Assessments: Paired Stimulus
Answer
Placing two items together and allowing the client to choose between them
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Preference Assessments: Multiple Stimulus
Answer
Placing a line up of items together, with each item placed once in a randomized order
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What are the key features of ABLLS-R
Answer
Motivation, Generalization, and Joint Attention
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ABLLS-R: Motivation
Answer
Ask yourself "what motivational conditions affect the students ability to demonstrate", can the student attend to a variety of combined stimuli?
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ABLLS-R: Generalization
Answer
Ask yourself "does the student demonstrate these skills across various environments?", can the student USE the skills quickly when necessary?
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ABLLS-R: Joint Attention
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Ask yourself "does the/student share attention to actions, objects or situations with others?", Is the student willing to be taught?
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ABLLS-R: Strengths
Answer
Comprehensive Assessment, Individual Goals, Structural Format, Visual Supports and Progress Monitoring
28
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ABLLS-R: Limitations
Answer
Focus on Behaviour, Limited Normative Data, Time-Consuming, Limited Sensitivity, Language and Cultural Bias
29
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What are the procedures for administering?
Answer
1. Review the assessment and identify areas that the student meets the criteria for 2. Identify areas where the level of the students skills are in question 3. Gather information from other professionals, team members, parents 4. Observe the student demonstrating the skills in a variety of situations 5. Formal Presentation of tasks by the assessor
30
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ABLLS-R: How to score?
Answer
Scores of based on what skills the student consistently demonstrates at present