RBT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT · COURSE 13

Am I Helping Too Much?

Prompts, Fading, and Learner Independence
¿Estoy ayudando demasiado?
Ayudas, desvanecimiento y autonomía del participante

A written cue, a timer, and progressively lighter support markers lead toward a response card, symbolizing individualized prompt fading rather than a fixed hierarchy.

About this course

Prompts can help learners respond successfully, but the timing, type, and fading procedure must follow the individualized program. This course helps RBTs recognize common prompts, allow appropriate response opportunities, record the level of assistance, and seek feedback when a learner may be relying on prompts.

Learn through bilingual explanations, illustrations, fictional cases, and multiple-choice activities. These selected-response activities assess knowledge and case judgment; they do not demonstrate observed clinical implementation, authored-document skill, or crisis-response competence.

What you will learn

  • Identify stimulus and response prompts in practical teaching cases.
  • Select explanations connecting prescribed prompt fading to independent responding.
  • Given a written prompt procedure, select the correct instruction, waiting interval, prompt, and next action.
  • Classify independent, prompted, and incorrect responses using a fictional recording system.
  • Identify at least four prompting errors, including premature help and deviation from the prescribed fading procedure.
  • Recognize unintended cues from repeated instructions and select a factual report to the supervisor.
  • Select the RBT action that implements prescribed generalization across people, materials, and settings.
  • Select a request for supervisory feedback and the plan-consistent action after that feedback without independently changing the hierarchy.

Objetivos de aprendizaje

  • Identificar ayudas al estímulo y ayudas a la respuesta en casos prácticos de enseñanza.
  • Seleccionar explicaciones que relacionan el desvanecimiento indicado de ayudas con las respuestas independientes.
  • Dado un procedimiento escrito de ayudas, seleccionar la instrucción, el intervalo de espera, la ayuda y la siguiente acción correctos.
  • Clasificar respuestas independientes, con ayuda e incorrectas mediante un sistema ficticio de registro.
  • Identificar al menos cuatro errores de uso de ayudas, entre ellos ayudar demasiado pronto y apartarse del procedimiento indicado de desvanecimiento.
  • Reconocer señales no previstas creadas al repetir instrucciones y seleccionar un informe objetivo para el supervisor.
  • Seleccionar la acción del RBT que implementa la generalización indicada entre personas, materiales y entornos.
  • Seleccionar una solicitud de retroalimentación del supervisor y la acción posterior coherente con el plan, sin cambiar la jerarquía de manera independiente.

Course outline

  1. Prompts, assistance, and independent responding: 15 planned minutes
  2. Stimulus and response prompt discrimination: 15 planned minutes
  3. Instruction, wait time, and unintended cues: 15 planned minutes
  4. Fading, generalization, and supervisor feedback: 15 planned minutes
  5. Accurate recording of response independence: 15 planned minutes
  6. Written-program fidelity case decisions: 15 planned minutes
  7. Worked error corrections and synthesis: 10 planned minutes

Assessment and completion: Complete all seven modules and their multiple-choice activities, pass the 20-question final assessment with at least 16 correct answers (80%), and confirm your learner information. Submit the course evaluation as directed. Final assessment time is separate from the 100 planned instructional minutes.

Completion documentation: After all course requirements are met and your learner information is confirmed, Bhavioral Academy automatically generates your completed official BACB PDU form (constancia) with the coordinator’s authorized signature, ready for immediate download. Taking both language versions does not provide duplicate credit.

Professional scope: Designed for RBTs with foundational behavior-analytic training who work under supervision. Follow the individualized plan and your supervisor’s instructions. This course does not replace required supervision, safety training, or direct observation of implementation.

$15.00

Credit: 2 PDUs
Instruction and application: 100 planned minutes
Final assessment: 20 multiple-choice questions; additional time outside the instructional budget
Fee: $15.00 USD, one-time payment
Format: Asynchronous online
Languages: English and Spanish
Audience: RBTs working under supervision
Scored activities: Multiple choice

Instructor and coordinator

Dalgis
Bhavioral Corporation

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English and Spanish versions are included within the same course. The official PDU form is generated automatically for download after the course requirements and learner information are confirmed.

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