Makes the desired behavior more likely. Think of prompts as hints. Whenever you use a prompt, you should be thinking about how to fade it out. This will allow the student to respond to cues in the environment on their own. In instruction, the prompt occurs as part of the antecedent condition (before the behavior…

Data that is collected for a student’s first unprompted response. It is a brief assessment of learning for a specific teaching target.

A reinforcer that is effective without any prior learning (i.e. is in-born). Also known as unlearned reinforcer or unconditioned reinforcer.

A method of instruction in which precise teaching behaviors and instructional methodologies are applied, continuously monitored, and adjusted based on student performance. The data in precision teaching programs are recorded and displayed on the standard celeration chart developed by Ogden Lindsley. The outcome of precision teaching is fluency.

A stimulus is presented following a given target behavior, this leads to an increase in the future probability of that target behavior. As with other consequences, it is important to remember that a stimulus is only a positive reinforcer if, when presented, leads to an increase in the future probability of the behavior.