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Make no mistake: we ABA clinicians understand that children won’t have anyone to hand them a reinforcer for every correct behavior throughout their childhood and certainly not going into adulthood.…

In a previous post, I talked about the knowledge of what is supporting or maintaining a behavior as a prerequisite to designing an effective behavior plan. Although the precise causes…

Although extinction may be a harsh-sounding word, for those that are familiar with it, it refers to a well-established ABA procedure that is logical and straight-forward.

When I was a behavior consultant and people asked me what I did for a living, I would tell them something like “I work with parents and develop behavior plans…

There are few things I enjoy more in my job than reviewing a child’s VB-MAPP* progress. The reasons I love it so much are that (1) not being able to…

VB-MAPP is an apt name (and probably no accident) because it really is a map – of where a child started, where they are now, and what the route is…

We think we’re great. Having said that, what sets apart a great ABA program from an okay ABA program?

Most people who have come into contact with the ABA way of doing things perceive it (correctly) as systematic, methodical, objective, and disciplined. ABA does often involve taking the emotion…

“I don’t think he understands what I’m reinforcing him for!” is a not uncommon objection to the use of reinforcement for appropriate behavior, especially with our non-vocal or early learners. Some…

Frequently, we get requests from family members of our clients to work on extremely worthy goals such as: Engaging with other children at the parkComing immediately to mom or dad…