Glossary
ABC data : Antecedent–Behavior–Consequence notes recorded during a session. Behaviors recorded this way wait for a BCBA to review them under New behaviors for review in the To Dos on the Home tab.
Active : A target phase. The target is being taught and appears in direct care sessions. See Target phases.
Assignment (care team assignment) : Your organization’s record of which service you provide to a learner, for how many hours, and for which dates. You can only schedule a service you have a current assignment for. Note shows how much of your assignment is used when you pick a service for a session.
Authorization : The payer’s approval for a number of hours or units of a service over a period. A session can be declined for going over it even when your assignment has hours left. See Why a session was declined.
Baseline : A target phase. The learner’s current level is being measured before teaching starts. Baseline targets appear in direct care sessions.
BCBA : Board Certified Behavior Analyst. In Note, a BCBA can build and change care plans, configure targets and change phases.
Behavior : Something the care plan aims to reduce. Each behavior has one or more objectives that say how it is measured (count, duration or rate).
Behavior Technician (BT) : The team member who runs direct care sessions and collects data. Also called an RBT.
Care plan : Everything the learner is working on: goals and targets for skill acquisition, and behaviors and objectives for behavior reduction.
Care team participant : The record that puts a provider on a learner’s care team. A learner appears on your Learners list only while you’re an active, current participant. See A provider can’t see a learner or session.
Condition change : A line on a graph marking a change in teaching conditions, such as a new setting or reinforcer.
Direct care session : A session where the Behavior Technician works with the learner and collects data on targets and behaviors.
Declined : A session status. Your organization’s checks found a problem with the session, and the reason is on its General tab. See Why a session was declined.
Episode of care : The record that groups a learner’s care, authorizations and care plans for one course of treatment. If it’s inactive, the learner’s sessions don’t show in Note.
Goal : A skill area the learner is working on, such as “Requesting”. A goal contains one or more targets.
Learner : The person receiving services. Your learner list is maintained by your organization.
Mastery criteria : The rule a BCBA sets for when a target is considered mastered, for example 80% correct across 3 consecutive sessions.
Minimum trials : The fewest trials that must be collected for a score to count. Scores below the minimum are marked with an orange asterisk and are not plotted.
MUE (Medically Unlikely Edit) : The most units of a service a learner can receive in one day, across all providers.
Objective : How a behavior is measured and what change is expected, such as “Reduce frequency”.
PIN : The 4-digit code that unlocks Note on your device. It protects learner data if the device is lost.
Practitioner role : Your role in Chorus. Its role code, BCBA or Behavior Technician, decides whether you can edit care plans in Note.
Prompt level : The amount of help given before the learner responds, such as Full physical, Partial physical, Gestural or Independent.
Prompt fading : Reducing help over time. Note supports fading within trials and across sessions. See Forms of measure.
Session note : The written summary of a session. Note helps you build it from your session data, and generates a narrative you can edit.
Sync : The exchange of data between your device and your organization. Note works offline and syncs when it can. See Sync and working offline.
Target : One specific, measurable skill within a goal, such as “Requests snack using 2-word phrase”.
Task analysis : A form of measure where a skill is broken into steps and each step is scored.
Trial : One opportunity for the learner to respond. Percent-correct scores are based on trials.