QASP-S Exam Study Guide using Competency Guide Certified Exam Q&R / 2025.
Quiz____?Positive Behavior Support - Answer✓✓ an approach used to support behavior change. The method is not
designed to "fix" the person & never uses punishment. Main idea:
teaching someone a more effective/ acceptable bx will decrease problem bx.Quiz____?Who is a bx support plan for? - Answer✓✓ indv who display challenging bx to the extent that it severely impacts their life.-can be developed and used at any age.Quiz____?PBS in a School Setting - Answer✓✓ Proact, Safety Care, Be aware of antecedant strategies, ensure safety of kiddo and others around.Quiz____?What is a good bx support plan look like? - Answer✓✓ Page 1 of 25 1 / 3
- more proactive strategies than reactive ones
- helps to ensure that the focus of the plan is on providing ways to support
the person to have a good life, enabling the person to learn better and more effective ways of getting what they need.Quiz____?Proactive Strategies - Answer✓✓ Intended to make sure the person gets what they need & includes ways to teach the person appropriate communication & life skills.Quiz____?Reactive Strategies - Answer✓✓ Designed to keep the person & those around them safe from harm. They provide a way to react quickly when person is distressed & more likely to display challenging behavior.Quiz____?Functions of Behaviors & Alternatives - Answer✓✓
Sensory:teach them to ask for desired object/ activity, use preferred
sensory items to create new activities, have sensory time & structured activity so stimming doesn't take over
Escape:Teach them to say yes/ no, ask for break/ all done, introduce them
to a less preferred activity gradually, change the way you ask them to do something
Attention: Teach them to tap/ vocalize sign for desired item; give frequent
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Tangibles:teach them to ask for object/ activity, Give what they asked for
as soon as appropriate, teach them to get something themselves, Make sure they are not left too long w/o food/drink/ something meaningful to do.Quiz____?What is Discrete Trial Training? - Answer✓✓ a Method of teaching in simplified & structured steps. A skill is broken down into steps & built up one step at a time. Each attempt is a "trial".Quiz____?
- steps of DTT -
- Consequence for Correct Response/ Incorrect response
- Inter-trial interval
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Answer✓✓ 1.Antecedent-sets up the response (SD, environment) 2.Prompt 3.Response
Quiz____?Pros of DTT - Answer✓✓ Scripted to ensure all trials are consistent, can increase motivation & learning, numerous learning opportunities, can be easily individualized, clear beginning & end to each trial, can minimize failures Quiz____?Cons of DTT - Answer✓✓ Difficult to generalize, boring, lacks naturalistic reinforcement, difficulty fading reinforcement Page 3 of 25