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Selecting and Implementing Interventions

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

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Question

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

A plan for following a visual schedule works in sessions but is difficult for teacher to use. Which decision best fits mitigating relapse of target behavior? The case file includes 6 recent sessions, 3 implementers, and 2 settings.

A
Continue unchanged and ignore the new contextual information
B
Plan for relapse or side effects by monitoring context, thinning carefully, and adding safeguards in relation to student's calling out during independent work

Correct answer

C
Add a punishment procedure before clarifying function, risk, or feasibility
D
Use the descriptive label as the explanation and treatment target

Explanation

Answer B

The clue is the combination of frequency data that vary from 3 to 11 responses per session, calling out during independent work, and the required task: Mitigating relapse of target behavior. The case file includes 6 recent sessions, 3 implementers, and 2 settings. Plan for relapse or side effects by monitoring context, thinning carefully, and adding safeguards in relation to student's calling out during independent work 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 frequency data that vary from 3 to 11 responses per session, calling out during independent work, and the required task: Mitigating relapse of target behavior. The case file includes 6 recent sessions, 3 implementers, and 2 settings.

Trap
Common trap

Ignoring relevant data or context prevents a defensible behavior-analytic decision.

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Why the other choices are weaker

A
Choice A

Ignoring relevant data or context prevents a defensible behavior-analytic decision.

C
Choice C

A punishment-first response is weaker when less intrusive, function-based, or assessment steps have not been addressed.

D
Choice D

A label is not enough; the decision should be based on observable behavior and relevant variables.

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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