Pre-Assessment All Questions

Published curriculum content for teaching compassionate care and other repertoires for establishing and maintaining successful therapeutic relationships is primarily available from the field of: (Taylor et al, 2019)

• Speech-Language Pathology

• Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)

• Occupational Therapy

• Medicine

According to Riess & Kraft-Todd (2014), which word is NOT part of the acronym E.M.P.A.T.H.Y?

• Posture

• Eye-contact

• Assertiveness

• Tone of Voice

Name one common type of communication and collaboration error according to literature reviewed in this course (e.g., Taylor et al., 2019; Critchfield et al., 2017). Answers could include: judging, interrupting, using jargon, and having an authoritarian demeanor.

• judging

• interrupting

• using jargon

• having an authoritarian demeanor

Name a strategy for repairing damaged relationships according to Taylor et al. (2019). Answers could include: having difficult conversations, apologizing, and defusing emotional interactions.

• having difficult conversations, apologizing, and defusing emotional interactions

• ignoring the problem

• blaming the other person

• avoiding communication

When deciding how to respond when another member of an individual’s treatment team suggests a new intervention, Newhouse-Oisten and colleagues (2017) suggest focusing on two aspects of the intervention. These are 1) whether or not the treatment is evidence-based and 2) whether or not the treatment could be ______ other interventions in the treatment plan.

• Complementary to

• Presented in the appropriate developmental order among

• Compatible with

• Prioritized with

Per Brodhead (2015), the first question that should be asked when assessing a proposal for a non-behavioral treatment is:

• Is the treatment evidence-based?

• What are the potential risks?

• Who will implement the treatment?

• What is the cost of the treatment?

Dillenburger and colleagues (2014) noted that training for allied health professionals (e.g., SLPs, OTs, PTs, school psychologists) generally includes what level of specific training in ASD and ABA?

• At least one undergraduate/graduate course

• Very little to none

• A minimum of 50 hours of supervised field experience

• Robust combination of coursework and fieldwork experience

Dillenburger et al. (2014) describe one key risk of utilizing a multidisciplinary approach to treatment without a common conceptual foundation. What is that risk?

• Not having an designated person to lead the team

• Regressing into an eclectic mix of interventions

• Basing treatment decisions on behavioral data only

• Inadvertently reducing the level of intensity of each intervention

As a possible strategy for improving parental adherence to their child’s treatment plan, Allen & Warzak (2000) suggest creating immediate reinforcers for parents that establish and maintain their behavior of working for positive behavior changes in their child when these do not occur immediately. Which of the following would NOT be an appropriate intermediate reinforcer to use in this situation:

• Praising past parenting efforts

• Sharing behavioral graphs depicting levels similar to baseline with the family

• Taking a circumstances view of behavior

• Making reflective comments when speaking with the parent

As noted in Koenig & Gerenser (2006), a considerable rift between many members of the ABA and SLP professions resulted from conflicting theories of language development in the late 1950s by _______ and _______.

• Noam Chomsky and B.F. Skinner

• Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky

• Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung

• Albert Bandura and John Watson