DRA (Alternative Behavior) — RBT Behavior Reduction Guide

What is DRA?

Differential Reinforcement of Alternative Behavior (DRA) reinforces a specific replacement behavior.

The alternative behavior does not have to be incompatible, just different.

Example: A child shouts the answer.
- Reinforce: Raising hand.
- Extinguish: Shouting.

Raising hand and shouting are alternatives. Can you do both? Yes (you can raise hand AND shout). But we only reward the raising hand.

RBT Practice Exam Scenario

Question: "The RBT ignores the child's whining and reinforces the child when they ask nicely. What is this?"
Answer: DRA.