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#1. A BCBA is designing an acquisition program for a young client that involves teaching complex self-care skills. Due to the client’s initial skill deficits, the plan includes intensive prompting methods to ensure successful task completion. Given the critical importance of effective and ethical intervention, why is it absolutely essential for the BCBA to include a detailed plan for fading these prompts within the treatment design?

A. Fading prompts ensures that the client’s progress can be accurately measured against baseline data.

B. Prompt fading is necessary to prevent prompt dependence and promote the client’s independence.

C. Removing prompts early prevents the client from becoming frustrated or resistant to the intervention.

D. Prompt fading is primarily a measure to reduce the workload on RBTs as the client becomes more skilled.

The most crucial reason to include a prompt fading plan is to prevent prompt dependence Prompt dependence occurs when a client becomes overly reliant on prompts to perform a behavior making it difficult for them to emit the behavior independently when prompts are absent If prompts are not systematically faded the client may never learn to perform the skill without assistance hindering their longterm independence and generalization of skills This directly addresses the goal of ABA which is to create socially significant behavior change that is meaningful and sustainable While measuring progress A managing client frustration C and RBT workload D are all considerations in intervention design preventing prompt dependence and fostering independence is the primary and most significant rationale for prompt fading

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