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Discrimination, escape, function of behavior, even reinforcement. All such unfamiliar (in the context in which they are used) and even harsh-sounding words. Why don't practitioners of ABA use more user-friendly…

When done correctly, an inspiring aspect of ABA is that the personality of a child can be gradually be revealed. We take great delight when one of the children we're…

Within the field of ABA, there is really nothing more satisfying than the bittersweet end to an ABA program when a child has met all their goals and they are…

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…