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Consequences occur after a behavior, and based on the consequence, that behavior may be more or less likely to occur again in the future.

Observable: we are able to see it 👀

🟢 Examples: ripping up paper

🔴 Non example: anger Your provider will define behavior in very observable ways (It’s not wrong to attach emotions to behaviors)

Measurable: we are able to measure it 📈

Behavior that can be quantified or counted in a standardiz...

Antecedents can also be called "triggers." This is anything that happens right before the behavior, that seems to trigger it. Antecedents are a piece of the puzzle to help us understand "why" a behavior is occurring.

Everyone typically has some form of a personal goal. In order to set yourself up to succeed with these goals, you first must learn to manage your behavior. In ABA there are some strategies that can help with managing your behavior, and they are called self-management. These strategies are used to he...

A task analysis is when the steps of a complicated behavior such as washing hands are broken down into smaller more manageable steps for the learner.

An example of a task analysis for washing hands is this: turn on water, wet hands, get soap, scrub hands together, rinse bubbles, turn off water, ge...

A visual schedule is a series of pictures and/or words that communicate to the individual a general idea about their day. Visual schedules include a small icon (picture) for each activity during that day. These icons can be moved to provide an accurate depiction of the learner’s schedule! Using vert...

Pivotal Response Training, or PRT, is a child initiated, play-based therapy used for autism. PRT is used to help with the development of communication, language skills, and to increase positive social behaviors. This treatment targets pivotal areas of a child’s development, such as motivation, respo...

Joint attention is vital to language development and early word learning. It refers to the shared attention between two people and a third object or event. The attention shifts between the object and the other person, and both persons are aware that attention to the third object is shared. Joint att...

Functional communication training (FCT) is an effective, evidence-based method to teach individuals how to replace inappropriate problem behavior with appropriate, recognizable, functional forms of communication. The method of functional communication depends on the ability of the individual and typ...

Chaining is a helpful technique that you can use to teach your child many complex behaviors.

With chaining, you take a multi-step task and break it down into a sequence of smaller tasks. The learner is taught only one step at a time, and is not taught any future steps until the current step has bee...

Shaping is a helpful technique that you can use to teach your child many complex behaviors.

With shaping, the learner learns by first approximately performing the goal behavior. As the teacher, you reinforce the approximation of the goal, and you help the learner take “baby steps” to the final goal...

Modeling is a teaching technique in which the teacher demonstrates a desired behavior or response to a learner. In ABA, modeling is often used to teach communication and social skills (such as pronunciation, intonation, gestures, facial expressions, phrasing), play skills (such as sharing, handing o...