BLEPP study plan

Build a one-page table mapping each behavior-change procedure (reinforcement schedules, extinction, shaping, chaining, prompting, stimulus control, antecedent interventions) to its defining features and one applied example you write yourself.

Explain in writing how a functional behavior assessment result (e.g., escape-maintained behavior) determines which procedure to select and which to avoid.

Distinguish reinforcement versus punishment and positive versus negative contingencies by correctly classifying 20 self-written scenario descriptions.

Draft a functional behavior assessment outline covering indirect methods, descriptive methods, and functional analysis conditions with the rationale for each.

Write treatment-integrity steps for three procedures (e.g., token economy, differential reinforcement of alternative behavior, extinction) precise enough that another person could implement them without asking questions.

Compare functional analysis, functional analysis variations, and contingency space analysis by listing what each can and cannot establish.

Identify ethical and practical risks in extinction (extinction bursts, response variation, aggression) and write a mitigation plan for each.

Practice writing operational definitions for three target behaviors and check each against the criteria of observable, measurable, and unambiguous.

Summarize the core ethical obligations relevant to behavior-analytic practice (informed consent, confidentiality, competence boundaries, multiple relationships, client dignity, least restrictive procedures) in your own words with a practice example for each.

Apply a decision-making sequence to four self-written ethical dilemmas and justify each resolution.

Describe the supervisor's responsibilities in delegating activities and in verifying trainee competence before independent practice.

Draft a supervision contract outline specifying objectives, meeting frequency, observation methods, feedback process, and evaluation criteria.

Design one reversal, one multiple-baseline, and one alternating-treatments design for self-chosen target behaviors, stating the logic of experimental control for each.

Select the correct graph type and data metric (rate, percentage, trials-to-criterion, interval measures) for six self-written data scenarios.

Compute and interpret interobserver agreement using total count, interval-by-interval, and trial-by-trial methods on self-generated data sets.

Identify threats to internal validity (maturation, instrumentation drift, observer bias, sequence effects) in four self-written study vignettes.

Define and give an original applied example for the core principles: reinforcement, punishment, extinction, stimulus control, motivating operations, generalization, and discrimination.

Write behavioral definitions that pass a dead-man test and a stranger test for five target behaviors across home, school, and clinic settings.

Distinguish respondent from operant conditioning and private events from observable behavior in 10 self-written items.

Describe how to train for generalization and maintenance and list the tactics you would build into a plan.

Outline a behavioral consultation cycle (problem identification, problem analysis, plan implementation, plan evaluation) and specify the consultant's tasks at each stage.

Explain how to build stakeholder buy-in, conduct a needs assessment, and adapt recommendations to organizational constraints.

Describe how to evaluate and improve the social validity of an intervention with consumers and caregivers.

Identify ethical issues specific to systems-level work, including consent at the organizational level and data ownership.

Re-work every missed item from weeks 1-6 by writing the correct answer and the reason the original answer was wrong.

Complete two timed mixed-domain practice sets of 50 items each and record accuracy by domain.

Re-derive the experimental logic of each single-case design from memory without notes.

Build a personal error log classifying mistakes as content gaps, misreading, or reasoning errors.

Review the ethics, supervision, and systems material using spaced-repetition cards you write for each weak item in the error log.

Complete one full-length timed mock exam under test conditions and score it by domain.

Write a one-page summary of the ethical decision-making sequence and supervision obligations from memory, then check it against your notes.

Plan a maintenance schedule for the two weeks before the exam date.