RBT exam prep

Measure behavior accurately, summarize the numbers, keep graphs current, and know why bad data is risky.

• A.1Collect continuous data: frequency, rate, duration, latency, and IRT
• A.2Collect discontinuous data: partial-interval, whole-interval, and momentary time sampling
• A.3Measure behavior through permanent products
• A.4Record session data and keep graphs up to date
• A.5Write observable, measurable descriptions of behavior and its setting

Find out what a learner prefers, what skills they have, and help your supervisor figure out why behavior happens.

• B.1Run preference assessments: paired-stimulus, multiple-stimulus, and free-operant
• B.2Help with skill assessments: curriculum-based, developmental, and social
• B.3Support functional assessment: descriptive assessment and functional analysis

Teach new skills with reinforcement, DTT, natural-environment teaching, chaining, prompting, shaping, and token systems.

• C.1Deliver positive and negative reinforcement well: timing, contingency, schedules, and magnitude
• C.2Build and use conditioned reinforcers
• C.3Run discrete-trial teaching (DTT)
• C.4Teach in the natural environment: incidental teaching and NET
• C.5Teach chains from a task analysis: forward, backward, and total-task

Understand why behavior happens and reduce it with antecedent strategies, differential reinforcement, and extinction, safely.

• D.1Recognize the common functions of behavior
• D.2Use antecedent strategies: NCR, high-probability request sequences, and demand fading
• D.3Apply differential reinforcement: DRA, DRO, DRI, DRL, and FCT
• D.4Carry out extinction procedures
• D.5Carry out positive and negative punishment procedures, such as time-out

Keep your supervisor in the loop, report what could affect progress, and write objective session notes.

• E.1Pass concerns and suggestions from caregivers and the team to your supervisor promptly
• E.2Seek clinical direction from your supervisor promptly and through the chain of command
• E.3Report factors that may affect progress, such as illness, medication, or schedule changes
• E.4Describe sessions objectively in notes that meet legal and workplace rules

Apply the RBT ethics code: competence, supervision, confidentiality, boundaries, gifts, and cultural humility.

• F.1Apply the core principles of the RBT ethics code
• F.2Practice only within the skills you have shown competence in
• F.3Work only under ongoing supervision from a qualified supervisor
• F.4Recognize what effective supervision looks like
• F.5Protect confidential information: collecting, storing, sharing, and disclosing