Question
Difficulty: hard. Skill: analyze. Type: data interpretation.
The team is choosing an intervention for leaving the instructional area. Assessment and stakeholder feedback must be considered under data-based procedural-integrity decisions. What should the BCBA prioritize? The case file includes 2 recent sessions, 4 implementers, and 4 settings.
ABase the decision on the descriptive label for leaving the instructional area and bypass data-based procedural-integrity decisions
BUse a familiar protocol even though it does not address treatment integrity and performance feedback
CProvide timely specific feedback, model correct implementation, and recheck treatment integrity in relation to learner's leaving the instructional areaCorrect answer
DRely on caregiver's report alone and stop collecting direct evidence
Explanation
Answer CThe clue is the combination of four sessions of stable baseline data followed by two overlapping intervention points, leaving the instructional area, and the required task: Data-based procedural-integrity decisions. The case file includes 2 recent sessions, 4 implementers, and 4 settings. Provide timely specific feedback, model correct implementation, and recheck treatment integrity in relation to learner's leaving the instructional area is best because it answers that clue through treatment integrity and performance feedback 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
ClueKey scenario clueThe clue is the combination of four sessions of stable baseline data followed by two overlapping intervention points, leaving the instructional area, and the required task: Data-based procedural-integrity decisions. The case file includes 2 recent sessions, 4 implementers, and 4 settings.
TrapCommon trapThis is weaker because the label does not answer the Data-based procedural-integrity decisions decision point or test Treatment integrity and performance feedback.
NextIf you missed it, review Scope of competenceThen answer a few related scenarios before moving back to broad practice.
Why the other choices are weaker
AChoice AThis is weaker because the label does not answer the Data-based procedural-integrity decisions decision point or test Treatment integrity and performance feedback.
BChoice BA familiar protocol is not enough unless it matches the assessed variables and the current decision question.
DChoice DStakeholder input matters, but direct data, context, and integrity checks are still needed for a defensible answer.
Study tags
Treatment integrity and performance feedbackData-based procedural-integrity decisionsintegrity checkssupervision
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