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Selecting and Implementing Interventions

Mitigating relapse of target behavior: Relapse and side-effect mitigation.

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

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Question

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

A plan for using a clarification request works in sessions but is difficult for caregiver to use. Which decision best fits mitigating relapse of target behavior? The case file includes 12 recent sessions, 3 implementers, and 4 settings.

A
Treat the most recent data point as proof of the final conclusion
B
Plan for relapse or side effects by monitoring context, thinning carefully, and adding safeguards in relation to client's repeating questions after instructions

Correct answer

C
Base the decision on the descriptive label for repeating questions after instructions and bypass mitigating relapse of target behavior
D
Use a familiar protocol even though it does not address relapse and side-effect mitigation

Explanation

Answer B

The clue is the combination of parent report that conflicts with recent session data, repeating questions after instructions, and the required task: Mitigating relapse of target behavior. The case file includes 12 recent sessions, 3 implementers, and 4 settings. Plan for relapse or side effects by monitoring context, thinning carefully, and adding safeguards in relation to client's repeating questions after instructions is best because it answers that clue through relapse and side-effect mitigation instead of treating the scenario as a generic behavior problem. On exam items like this, name the decision point first, then eliminate options that rely on one report, a label, a familiar protocol, or an action that skips the relevant data check.

Why this question is hard

Clue
Key scenario clue

The clue is the combination of parent report that conflicts with recent session data, repeating questions after instructions, and the required task: Mitigating relapse of target behavior. The case file includes 12 recent sessions, 3 implementers, and 4 settings.

Trap
Common trap

A single point rarely supports a strong conclusion without considering trend, variability, and context.

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Why the other choices are weaker

A
Choice A

A single point rarely supports a strong conclusion without considering trend, variability, and context.

C
Choice C

This is weaker because the label does not answer the Mitigating relapse of target behavior decision point or test Relapse and side-effect mitigation.

D
Choice D

A familiar protocol is not enough unless it matches the assessed variables and the current decision question.

Study tags

Relapse and side-effect mitigationMitigating relapse of target behaviorrelapseresurgence

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This practice question is tagged to Selecting and Implementing Interventions. It also includes study tags for Relapse and side-effect mitigation, Mitigating relapse of target behavior, relapse, resurgence.

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