QASPS-S EXAM STUDY GUIDE USING COMPETENCY GUIDE LATEST UPDATE 2026/2027 CORRECTLY VERIFIED QUESTION AND ANSWERS (22pages)

Minimum supervision by a BCBA 1 hour/month QASP will demonstrate trustworthiness, honesty, fairness and sincerity Non-discrimination policy The QABA Credentialing Board will not discriminate against applicants, candidates or certificants on the basis of race, color, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), religion, age, marital status, registered domestic partner status, disability, socioeconomic or ethnic background, sexual orientation, genetic information, veteran status or national origin, or any other characteristic protected by law. Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) A disorder characterized by deficits in social relatedness and communication skills that are often accompanied by repetitive, ritualistic behavior. ASD characteristics Communication- Delay or lack of development of language, diffiulty holding conversations, unusual or repetitive language, play that is not appropriate for developmental level. Social interaction- Difficutly using nonverbal behaviors to regulate social interaction, failure to develop age appropriate peer relationships, little sharing of pleasure, achievements or interests with others, lack of social or emotional reciprocity. Restrictied/Repetitive activities- Interests are narrow in focus, overly intense and/or unusual, unreasonalbe insistence on sameness and folowing familiar routines, repetitive motor mannerisms, preoccupation with parts of objects. ASD deficits Social interaction, communication, repetitive/restricitive beahviors Triad of Impairments Deficits in reciprocal social interaction Deficits in communication Restricted, repetitive behaviors, interests or activities. joint attention Joint Attention and Social Referencing. Joint attention occurs when two people share interest in an object or event and there is understanding between the two people that they are both interested in the same object or event. Hyper/hyposensitive sensory input Sometimes the senses of autistic children are in 'hypo', so that they do not really see, hear or feel anything. To stimulate their senses they might wave their hands around or rock forth and back or make strange noises. Hypersensitive is the exact opposite, some may get too much sensory input from any of the senses. Historical definitions of autism 1908- word autism is used to describe schizophrenic patients who were also withdrawn and selfabsorbed. Kanner (1943) described children who were highly intelligent but "displayed a powerful desire for aloneness" and rigidity/insistence on sameness Hans Asperger (1944) difficulty with social interaction 1967- refrigerator mothers were the cause of autism 1980-infantile autism listed in the DSM 1987-autism disorder in DSM 1991-federal government makes autism a sped category 1994-Asperger's syndrome added to DSM 2013- DSM-5 folds all subcategories of autism ASD with two categories 1) impaired social communication and/or interaction. 2) restricted and/or repetitive beahviors