V I O R A NAL H Y B E S T Fourth Edition CERTI B O …

1 2012 Behavior Analyst Certification Board, Inc. (BACB ), all rights reserved. Stefanie Koehler Designs_BACB_113011 BACB LOGO VECTOR MASTER FILECONTACT :: Stefanie Koehler 604-563-9412 Vancouver, BC, CanadaBEHAVIORANALYSTCERTIFICATIONBOARD BEHAVIORANALYSTCERTIFICATIONBOARD Introduction1 The BACB Fourth Edition Task List is organized in three major sections: The first section, Basic Behavior-Analytic Skills, covers tasks that a practicing behavior analyst will perform with some, but probably not all, clients. These tasks represent basic, commonly used skills and procedures. The second section, Client-Centered Responsibilities, includes tasks related to working with all clients and they should apply in most applied situations. The third section, Foundational Knowledge, covers concepts that should have been mastered prior to entering practice as a behavior analyst. The topics listed in this section are not tasks that a practitioner would perform; instead, they are basic concepts that must be understood in order to perform the tasks included in the first two sections.

2 This list is provided mainly as a resource for instructors and a study tool for candidates. Candidates for the BCBA and BCaBA credentials should have a thorough understanding of these of the questions on the BCBA and BCaBA examinations are linked to the tasks listed under Basic Behavior-Analytic Skills and Client-Centered Responsibilities. Each examination form will contain one or two questions evaluating candidate knowledge of every task from these two sections. The topics listed in the Foundational Knowledge section will not be directly assessed with a specific number of questions; however, they may be indirectly assessed through questions about related tasks. For example, a test question about the Client-Centered Responsibility task J-11 Program for stimulus and response generalization might cover Foundational Knowledge item 36 Define and provide examples of response generalization or item 37 Define and provide examples of stimulus generalization. IIIIIIBEHAVIOR ANALYST CERTIFICATION BOARDF ourth EditionTask List2 Ethics and Professional Conduct are subsumed within each section of the task list.

3 The BACB Professional and Ethical Compliance Code for Behavior Analysts (Compliance Code) is an essential companion document to the task list. BACB certificants must practice in compliance with, and should structure their practices in accordance with, the Compliance Code. Candidates are expected to have a complete understanding of this document, including, but not limited to, the importance of ethical conduct as it relates to professional practice of the tasks identified in the Fourth Edition Task List. As a result, questions addressing ethical issues related to specific tasks will appear on the Koehler Designs_BACB_113011 BACB LOGO VECTOR MASTER FILECONTACT :: Stefanie Koehler 604-563-9412 Vancouver, BC, CanadaBEHAVIORANALYSTCERTIFICATIONBOARD BEHAVIOR ANALYSTCERTIFICATIONBOARD 2A. MeasurementA-01 Measure frequency ( , count).A-02 Measure rate ( , count per unit time).A-03 Measure interresponse time (IRT).A-06 Measure percent of trials to and interpret interobserver the accuracy and reliability of measurement , plot, and interpret data using equal-interval , plot, and interpret data using a cumulative record to display and implement continuous measurement procedures ( , event recording).

4 A-13 Design and implement discontinuous measurement procedures ( , partial & whole interval, momentary time sampling).A-14 Design and implement choice Experimental DesignB-01 Use the dimensions of applied behavior analysis (Baer, Wolf, & Risley, 1968) to evaluate whether interventions are behavior analytic in and interpret articles from the behavior-analytic arrange independent variables to demonstrate their effects on dependent withdrawal/reversal alternating treatments ( , multielement) changing criterion multiple baseline multiple probe combinations of design I: Basic Behavior-Analytic SkillsStefanie Koehler Designs_BACB_113011 BACB LOGO VECTOR MASTER FILE CONTACT :: Stefanie Koehler 604-563-9412 Vancouver, BC, CanadaBEHAVIOR ANALYSTCERTIFICATION BOARD BEHAVIOR ANALYSTCERTIFICATION BOARD 3B-10 Conduct a component analysis to determine the effective components of an intervention a parametric analysis to determine the effective values of an independent Behavior-Change ConsiderationsC-01 State and plan for the possible unwanted effects of and plan for the possible unwanted effects of and plan for the possible unwanted effects of Fundamental Elements of Behavior ChangeD-01 Use positive and negative appropriate parameters and schedules of prompts and prompt modeling and imitation task discrete-trial and free-operant the verbal operants as a basis for language echoic mand tact intraverbal listener positive and negative appropriate parameters and schedules of combinations of reinforcement with punishment and Koehler Designs_BACB_113011 BACB LOGO VECTOR MASTER FILECONTACT.

5 Stefanie Koehler 604-563-9412 Vancouver, BC, CanadaBEHAVIORANALYSTCERTIFICATIONBOARD BEHAVIOR ANALYSTCERTIFICATIONBOARD 4D-20 Use response-independent (time-based) schedules of reinforcement ( , noncontingent reinforcement).D-21 Use differential reinforcement ( , DRO, DRA, DRI, DRL, DRH).E. Specific Behavior-Change ProceduresE-01 Use interventions based on manipulation of antecedents, such as motivating operations and discriminative discrimination training instructions and contingency contracting ( , behavioral contracts).E-05 Use independent, interdependent, and dependent group stimulus equivalence for behavioral contrast the matching law and recognize factors influencing high-probability request the Premack pairing procedures to establish new conditioned reinforcers and errorless learning matching-to-sample Behavior-Change SystemsF-01 Use self-management token economies and other conditioned reinforcement Direct precision personalized systems of instruction (PSI).

6 F-06 Use incidental functional communication augmentative communication Koehler Designs_BACB_113011 BACB LOGO VECTOR MASTER FILECONTACT :: Stefanie Koehler 604-563-9412 Vancouver, BC, CanadaBEHAVIORANALYSTCERTIFICATIONBOARD BEHAVIOR ANALYSTCERTIFICATIONBOARD 5 Section II: Client-Centered ResponsibilitiesG. Identification of the ProblemG-01 Review records and available data at the outset of the biological/medical variables that may be affecting the a preliminary assessment of the client in order to identify the referral behavioral concepts using nontechnical and explain behavior, including private events, in behavior-analytic (non-mentalistic) behavior-analytic services in collaboration with others who support and/or provide services to one s within one s limits of professional competence in applied behavior analysis, and obtain consultation, supervision, and training, or make referrals as and make environmental changes that reduce the need for behavior analysis MeasurementH-01 Select a measurement system to obtain representative data given the dimensions of the behavior and the logistics of observing and a schedule of observation and recording a data display that effectively communicates relevant quantitative changes in level, trend, and temporal relations between observed variables (within & between sessions, time series).

7 I. AssessmentI-01 Define behavior in observable and measurable environmental variables in observable and measurable and implement individualized behavioral assessment and implement the full range of functional assessment , analyze, and interpret observed Koehler Designs_BACB_113011 BACB LOGO VECTOR MASTER FILE CONTACT :: Stefanie Koehler 604-563-9412 Vancouver, BC, CanadaBEHAVIOR ANALYSTCERTIFICATION BOARD BEHAVIOR ANALYSTCERTIFICATION BOARD 6I-06 Make recommendations regarding behaviors that must be established, maintained, increased, or and conduct preference assessments to identify putative InterventionJ-01 State intervention goals in observable and measurable potential interventions based on assessment results and the best available scientific intervention strategies based on task intervention strategies based on client intervention strategies based on the client s current intervention strategies based on supporting intervention strategies based on environmental and resource intervention strategies based on the social validity of the and address practical and ethical considerations when using experimental designs to demonstrate treatment effectiveness.

8 J-10 When a behavior is to be decreased, select an acceptable alternative behavior to be established or for stimulus and response for behavioral cusps as goals for intervention when instructional procedures to promote generative learning ( , derived relations).J-15 Base decision-making on data displayed in various Implementation, Management, and SupervisionK-01 Provide for ongoing documentation of behavioral the contingencies governing the behavior of those responsible for carrying out behavior-change procedures and design interventions and use competency-based training for persons who are responsible for carrying out behavioral assessment and behavior-change Koehler Designs_BACB_113011 BACB LOGO VECTOR MASTER FILECONTACT :: Stefanie Koehler 604-563-9412 Vancouver, BC, CanadaBEHAVIORANALYSTCERTIFICATIONBOARD BEHAVIOR ANALYSTCERTIFICATIONBOARD 7K-04 Design and use effective performance monitoring and reinforcement and use systems for monitoring procedural supervision for behavior-change the effectiveness of the behavioral support for behavior-analytic services from direct and indirect the support of others to maintain the client s behavioral repertoires in their natural for the orderly termination of services when they are no longer Koehler Designs_BACB_113011 BACB LOGO VECTOR MASTER FILECONTACT :: Stefanie Koehler 604-563-9412 Vancouver, BC, CanadaBEHAVIORANALYSTCERTIFICATIONBOARD BEHAVIOR ANALYSTCERTIFICATIONBOARD 8 Stefanie Koehler Designs_BACB_113011 BACB LOGO VECTOR MASTER FILE CONTACT.

9 Stefanie Koehler 604-563-9412 Vancouver, BC, CanadaBEHAVIOR ANALYSTCERTIFICATION BOARD BEHAVIOR ANALYSTCERTIFICATION BOARD 9 Section III: Foundational Knowledge Accompanying the BACB Fourth Edition Task ListExplain and Behave in Accordance with the Philosophical Assumptions of Behavior AnalysisFK-01 Lawfulness of behaviorFK-02 Selectionism (phylogenic, ontogenic, cultural)FK-03 DeterminismFK-04 EmpiricismFK-05 ParsimonyFK-06 PragmatismFK-07 Environmental (as opposed to mentalistic) explanations of behaviorFK-08 Distinguish between radical and methodological between the conceptual analysis of behavior, experimental analysis of behavior, applied behavior analysis, and behavioral service and Provide Examples of:FK-10behavior, response, response classFK-11environment, stimulus, stimulus classFK-12stimulus equivalenceFK-13reflexive relations (US-UR)FK-14respondent conditioning (CS-CR) FK-15operant conditioningFK-16respondent-operant interactionsFK-17unconditioned reinforcementFK-18conditioned reinforcementFK-19unconditioned punishmentFK-20conditioned punishmentFK-21schedules of reinforcement and punishmentFK-22extinctionFK-23automatic reinforcement and punishmentFK-24stimulus controlFK-25multiple functions of a single stimulusFK-26unconditioned motivating operationsFK-27conditioned motivating operationsFK-28transitive, reflexive.

10 Surrogate motivating operationsFK-29distinguish between the discriminative stimulus and the motivating operationFK-30distinguish between motivating operation and reinforcement effectsFK-31behavioral contingenciesFK-32contiguityFK-33functio nal relationsFK-34conditional discriminationsFK-35stimulus discriminationFK-36response generalizationFK-37stimulus generalizationFK-38behavioral contrastFK-39behavioral momentumFK-40matching lawFK-41contingency-shaped behaviorFK-42rule-governed behavior Distinguish between the Verbal OperantsFK-43 EchoicsFK-44 MandsFK-45 TactsFK-46 IntraverbalsStefanie Koehler Designs_BACB_113011 BACB LOGO VECTOR MASTER FILECONTACT :: Stefanie Koehler 604-563-9412 Vancouver, BC, CanadaBEHAVIORANALYSTCERTIFICATIONBOARD BEHAVIOR ANALYSTCERTIFICATIONBOARD 10 Copyright 2012 by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board, Inc. ( BACB ), all rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction, copying, or transmission in any medium is strictly prohibited. The trademarks Behavior Analyst Certification Board, Inc.