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A beginner-friendly overview of Applied Behavior Analysis and how it helps children thrive.
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Everyday strategies to reinforce your child’s progress beyond sessions.
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Using ABA best practices to increase quality of life for both individuals and families
While it’s a disciplined and well-researched system, ABA is not one-size-fits-all. Treatment is tailored to the individuals and family, agreed-upon goals.
ABA looks for functional relationships between an individual’s behaviors and his or her environment. The goal is to increase desirable behaviors that lead to quality of life, and reduce behaviors that interfere with individual’s ability to communicate and learn.
Treatment is organized around positive reinforcement. We all repeat behavior that allows us to have the things we want.
The BCBA will help identify target goals to optimize treatment. Behaviors will be identified and evaluated based on the basic principles of reinforcement. I will help identify was preceded challenging behaviors:
We call them “antecedents.” They’re things that happen immediately before the behavior we’re trying to change. An antecedent can be a request, like “clean up your room”; a feeling or reaction; a specific object; bright lights or a noisy crowd.
ABA therapy looks for these antecedents and finds alternatives that influence individuals’ reactions.
The BCBA will also identify consequences which help promote positive behavioral change. A consequence is what comes directly after a specific behavior and it can be as simple as a lack of a reward, or no reaction if the behavior is inappropriate.
Facilitates learning in delays across all levels of the spectrum
Promotes independence and self-esteem, increases social emotional well being and in some cases access to the world around them- as some individuals are home bound because of behavior concerns
Helps family better support their loved ones on the spectrum
Change is supported at home by listening to concerns from caregivers
Promoting involvement with behavior plan and treatment goals to promote consistency and generalization of skills
Sessions are led by the treatment plan but fun and engaging as identifying motivators to promote the learner’s engagement and eagerness to learn as applicable. Learning is based on the individuals needs natural environment, discrete trial training both in home and the community with focus on generalization of learned skills
Providers in addition to focusing on promoting learning with the use of motivation also promote assent withdrawal
Change is supported at home by listening to concerns from caregivers.
Promoting involvement with behavior plan and treatment goals to promote consistency and generalization of skills.
Sessions are led by the treatment plan but fun and engaging as identifying motivators to promote the learner’s engagement and eagerness to learn as application. Learning is based on the individuals needs natural environment, discrete trail training both in home and the community with focus on generalization of learned skills.
Providers in addition to focusing on promoting learning with the use of motivation also promote assent withdrawal.
