Which term describes a time-out procedure in which, contingent on the occurrence of an inappropriate behavior, the student is removed from the classroom to a hallway location near the room for a specified period of time?

• A. HABITUATION
• B. HABILITATION
• C. FBA
• D. HALLWAY TIME OUT

Answer: (D)

This describes a location-based, exclusionary time-out. After an inappropriate behavior occurs, the student is moved from the classroom to a hallway area near the room for a defined period. The goal is to briefly remove access to the reinforcing classroom activities, making the environment less reinforcing and encouraging a break from the behavior so it is less likely to occur again.

This term is distinct from other concepts in behavior analysis. Habituation refers to a decrease in response to a repeated stimulus, not a disciplinary procedure. Habilitation means helping someone acquire or improve skills, not managing behavior with a timeout. FBA stands for functional behavior assessment, which is the process of determining why a behavior occurs, not the timeout procedure itself.

So, hallway time-out is the specific procedure of removing the student to a nearby hallway location for a set time after a misbehavior, as a way to reduce future occurrences.