Discrimination and stimulus-control teaching procedures

Use discrimination-training arrangements and trial-based or free-operant procedures to build accurate stimulus control.

Choose simple versus conditional discrimination procedures.

If this concept is weak, practice Behavior-Change Procedures scenarios and write one correction rule after each miss.

If not, pause and rewrite the definition in plain language before answering more scenarios.

Look for the data, timing, function, stakeholder, or ethical constraint that makes this concept relevant.

A concept is not stable until you can explain why a plausible wrong answer is weaker.

A client contacts two different consequences for the same response across settings, and responding shifts toward the setting with more reliable access. Across 4 sessions in service week 1, 3 observers recorded 17 minutes of observation in the telehealth caregiver meeting. The BCBA's interpretation should:

During early intervention clinic sessions, a 5-year-old learner completes asking for a break when one cue is present but not when a similar cue is used by another adult. Across 5 sessions in service week 1, one observer recorded 18 minutes of observation in the early intervention clinic. The data pattern suggests the BCBA should first:

During community outing sessions, an adolescent completes waiting for access when one cue is present but not when a similar cue is used by another adult. Across 5 sessions in service week 2, 2 observers recorded 28 minutes of observation in the community outing. The data pattern suggests the BCBA should first:

A client contacts two different consequences for the same response across settings, and responding shifts toward the setting with more reliable access. Across 6 sessions in service week 2, 3 observers recorded 29 minutes of observation in the telehealth caregiver meeting. The BCBA's interpretation should:

During early intervention clinic sessions, a 5-year-old learner completes asking for a break when one cue is present but not when a similar cue is used by another adult. Across 7 sessions in service week 2, one observer recorded 30 minutes of observation in the early intervention clinic. The data pattern suggests the BCBA should first: