Practice question
Selecting and Implementing Interventions

Select least intrusive effective interventions.

Original BCBA scenario practice question with answer explanation and wrong-choice notes.

Question

Difficulty: medium. Skill: apply. Type: applied scenario.

Assessment suggests attention maintains disruption. Which intervention plan best aligns with least intrusive effective practice?

A
Start with contingent electric stimulation
B
Teach an appropriate attention request and reinforce it

Correct answer

C
Ignore all behavior from the learner for the full day
D
Use punishment first because disruption is inconvenient

Explanation

Answer B

Function-based reinforcement and teaching an appropriate alternative response is less intrusive and directly addresses the maintaining variable.

Why the other choices are weaker

A
Choice A

Highly intrusive procedures are not first-line here.

C
Choice C

This is broad, impractical, and not a complete function-based plan.

D
Choice D

Convenience is not a justification for punishment-first intervention.

Study tags

InterventionLeast RestrictiveEthics

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