ABA Strategies & Techniques - Special Learning

Teaching Social Skills to Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a condition that majorly impacts communication, social interaction, behavior, interests, learning abilities and perception of things in children. It varies in symptoms and abilities among different individuals which may affect social skills development and positive peer relationships. When teaching social skills to children with autism,…

ABCs of ABA Preference Assessments

A preference assessment is a structured method to identify highly preferred items or actions that can be used as reinforcers to keep motivation levels high

15 Critical Elements of an ABA Program

ABA principles are relatively simple. In fact, even the process of developing a treatment plan is relatively simple as well - at least it looks that way. At a macro level

What is Video Modeling? How Do You Use It?

Video modeling is an evidence-based prompting strategy that can be used to increase positive behaviors and aid in skill acquisition in individuals with autism

Increasing Student Participation by Managing Problem Behaviors

Problem behaviors can be highly disruptive to the classroom, community, and home environments. These behaviors also hinder the student’s ability to properly learn new skills

What is Prompting?

Prompting is when a parent or therapist engages in encouraging the desired response from a learner. Depending on the learner and the skills being taught one may use

How can I “pair” and why is it important?

When working with a student with autism or special needs, the first component to good teaching is that the individual must associate the teacher (you)

What is Reinforcement?

A definition of reinforcement is something that occurs when a stimulus is presented or removed following response and in the future, increases the frequency of that behavior

Choosing Target Skills

One of the most critical aspects when creating an ABA program is choosing the correct targets. As it may take a person on the autism spectrum hundreds of trials to

Extinction in ABA

Extinction refers to a procedure used in Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) in which reinforcement that is provided for problem behavior (often unintentionally) is discontinued

Teaching Social Skills to Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

ABCs of ABA Preference Assessments

15 Critical Elements of an ABA Program

What is Video Modeling? How Do You Use It?

Increasing Student Participation by Managing Problem Behaviors

What is Prompting?

How can I “pair” and why is it important?

What is Reinforcement?

Choosing Target Skills

Extinction in ABA

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