QASP-S EXAM 2026-2027 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ( ANSWERS)

QASP-S EXAM 2026-2027 100

QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS

( ANSWERS)

What is Discrete Trial Training? - ANSWER- a Method of teaching in

simplified & structured steps. A skill is broken down into steps & built

up one step at a time. Each attempt is a "trial".

5 steps of DTT - ANSWER- 1.Antecedent-sets up the response (SD,

environment)

2.Prompt

3.Response

4. Consequence for Correct Response/ Incorrect response

5. Inter-trial interval

Pros of DTT - ANSWER- Scripted to ensure all trials are consistent, can

increase motivation & learning, numerous learning opportunities, can be

easily individualized, clear beginning & end to each trial, can minimize

failures

Cons of DTT - ANSWER- Difficult to generalize, boring, lacks

naturalistic reinforcement, difficulty fading reinforcement

Purpose of Person Centered Planning - ANSWER- ongoing problem

solving process used to help ppl w disabilities plan for the future:

-To look at the ind a different way

-To assist the focus person in gaining control of their own life

-To increase opportunities for participation in the community

-To recognize individual desires, interests & dreams

-Through team effort, develop a plan to turn dreams into reality.

Who is involved in Person Centered Planning? - ANSWER- The focus

person & whoever they would like. Works best when there is an

unbiased facilitator & a person to record what is shared. Family

members, professionals, friends, etc may be invited.

Steps of Person Centered Planning: Profiling - ANSWER- 1. Develop a

history for focus person. (Background, critical events, medical issues,

major developments, important relationships)

2. Description of quality of life for FP. (Comm participation, comm

presence, choices/rights, respect & competence)

3. Personal preferences of FP. (Preferred activities, things they do not

like)

Person Centered Planning Meeting - ANSWER- 1. Review the profile.

Make comments & observations

2. Review trends/ongoing events in the environment.

3. Share visions for the future to increase opportunities.

4. ID obstacles & opportunities, things that could make vision a reality

5. ID strategies: action steps for implementation

6. Getting started: ID action steps that can be done in a short time.

7. ID the need for service delivery to be more responsive to ind needs.

Who was Hans Asperger? - ANSWER- 20th century, Austrian

Pediatrician who published a profile in 1944 of four boys with a specific

pattern of bx: "autisitic psychopathy".

Characteristics of Aspergers (1944) - ANSWER- "lack of empathy, little

ability to form friendships, one-sided conversations, intense absorption

in a special interest & clumsy movements."

The term "Asperger Syndrome" was coined by: - ANSWER- Lorna

Wing, a British Researcher in 1981 in her research to counter Kanner's

findings on Autism.

Basic principles of Bx by Skinner (& others) - ANSWERReinforcement

-Prompting

-Fading

-Shaping

-Schedules of Rx

(Principles are the pure science, not the applied science.)

-Principles used to describe how bx is lawful, observable, measurable &

has an impact on the environment.