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Journey to Independence: ABA for Parents
Learn ways to help your child at home while you wait for ABA services
This course has 27 video lessons in six modules. Explore why behaviors happen, how to teach new skills step by step, and ways to respond to problem behavior.
What you'll learn
- Understanding behavior: what triggers it, what keeps it going, and why your child might do it.
- Teaching new skills: prompting, breaking a skill into steps, and helping your child move toward a new skill in small steps.
- Decreasing unwanted behavior: ways to get ahead of it and teach what to do instead.
- Communication and social skills: pointing, imitation, language and eye contact.
- Tracking progress: ways to see whether something is working, including options for busy families.
How it works
Try the lessons free for seven days. If you choose to buy, the price shown above gives you 12 months of access; each session has a downloadable slide deck. If you have tried these lessons before, the free trial may not be offered again.
For parents and caregivers who want to start at home, especially families on an ABA waitlist. These lessons do not replace your child's therapy or a qualified behavior analyst.
Course overview
1.) Introduction
- Inform: Introduction to Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
- Educate: Making the Most Out of This Course
2.) Understanding Behaviors
- Educate: Introduction to Behavior
- Antecedents: What Triggers Good and Problem Behaviors
- Consequences_What Maintains the Good or Problem Behavior
- Selecting Targets: What Do I Want My Child to Learn
- Functions: Why Does My Child Do That
- Reinforcement: A Positive Way to Successful Learning
- Empower: Using Your Workbook to Support Your Child to Independence
3.) Teaching New Skills
- Supporting Our Kids Through Prompting and Guidance
- Chaining: Teaching Complex Skills to Independence
- Shaping: Helping our Kids Learn a New Skill
- Discrete Trial Teaching: Teaching My Child the Way They Learn
- Behavioral Skills Teaching: Making Learning Fun
4.) Decreasing Unwanted Behaviors
- Educate: Introduction to Decreasing Behaviors
- Antecedent: Proactive Approaches
- Differential Reinforcement: Teaching Appropriate Behaviors
- Extinction: How to Prepare
5.) Communication and Social Skills
- Educate 5.1: Introduction to Communication
- Nonverbal Communication and Pointing
- Building Imitation and Language Skills
- Eye Contact and Social Attending
6.) Data Collection- How Do We Know if it is Working for My Child
- Introduction to Data Collection and Why Do We Take It
- Frequency: How Often Does My Child Do That
- Sampling Data: Alternative Data Collection For the Busy Family
- ABC and Task Analysis Data: Using Data Collection to Understand Behaviors and Teach Skills
- DTT Data: My Child’s Progress with DTT
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