front 1 session note | back 1 a written description that is open-ended for the interventionist to discuss any interesting, challenging, or noteworthy events to communicate to other stakeholders |
front 2 session | back 2 a period of time in which ABA treatment is delivered to a client |
front 3 objective | back 3 a manner of writing that is specific, and not interpretable in multiple ways. Transcription of what occured |
front 4 observable | back 4 describes the event in a way that a person would see what was occurring had they been there |
front 5 subjective | back 5 interpretable in various ways and not specific, guess at a person's motive for doing things |
front 6 indirect observation | back 6 recording data on a response or outcome of a response, but not directly watching a person engage in a behavior |
front 7 whole interval recording | back 7 dividing an observation period into equal intervals of time; only recorded if it occurred during the entire interval |
front 8 partial interval recording | back 8 dividing an observation period into equal intervals of time; record if occurs at any time during the interval |
front 9 momentary time sampling | back 9 dividing an observation period into equal intervals of time; records only if it occurs last second of interval |
front 10 permanent product recording | back 10 indirect data collection; tangible outcome of engaging in behavior |
front 11 inter-response time | back 11 the amount of time that occurs between responses, stopwatch |
front 12 latency recording | back 12 measuring the duration of time that elapses between the SD being delivered and the individual engaging in a response; stopwatch or clock |
front 13 discrete trial | back 13 systemic presentation of a planned antecedent, planned criteria for a correct/incorrect response, and planned consequences for correct/incorrect response |
front 14 mass trial presentation | back 14 a method of discrete trial presentation that involves repeated and consecutive presentation of the same learning trial within a given period of time |
front 15 naturalistic trial presentation | back 15 a method of discrete trial presentation that involves inserting the trial into a natural routine and may occur only one time or a few times only if contextually appropriate |
front 16 peer-mediated instruction | back 16 DTT that involves peers presenting all or a combination of the following (antecedents, prompts, consequences or error correction). |
front 17 chart | back 17 a general label to describe visual representation of data that may include graphs, tables, and other types of figures |
front 18 data table | back 18 a form of data presentation that involves organizing it into rows and columns |
front 19 percentage | back 19 number of target behavior observed divided by total number of opportunities to respond and multiplied by 100 |
front 20 row | back 20 the horizontal organization of data within a table or spreadsheet |
front 21 column | back 21 the vertical organization of data within a table or spreadsheet |
front 22 skill acquisition plan | back 22 a detailed document that contains specific protocol on how a goal is going to be taught to a participant |
front 23 goal | back 23 a generalized statement about what a participant will learn |
front 24 objectives | back 24 the operationally defined and measurable steps that lead to a goal |
front 25 criteria | back 25 a specific parameter that defines when an objective is met |
front 26 response specifications | back 26 information that tells an interventionist what the response should look like and have specific criteria when a response is correct and incorrect |
front 27 reinforcement schedule | back 27 the timing when a therapist delivers reinforcement |
front 28 maintenance | back 28 a period of time in which the skill is no longer specifically targeted, but probed periodically to check whether the participant is still able to perform the response |
front 29 Dolch Sight Words | back 29 lists of words that occur frequently in text and which Dr. Dolch thought children should be able to recognize on sight. Learning to recognize Dolch Sight Words is an important step in learning how to read. |