Who we are
We are just two parents trying to navigate resources and services to help our son. Through this journey we have discovered that ABA therapy gave our son the support he needed. While on this journey, we are committed to assisting other parents and children on their journey.
More about ABA
What is Applied Behavioral Analysis?
“The science in which tactics derived from the principles behavior are applied to improv socially significant behavior and experimentation is used to identify the variables responsible for the improvement in behavior.” – Cooper, Heward, Heron
In other …. A significant approach to understanding how the environment affects the behaviors for all humans
Principles of behaviors- the rules of how we all learn
Goal of ABA is to apply the rules of learning to make changes in socially significant behaviors
ABA goal is to make improve socially significant behavior
Positive impact for client
Asking questions
Increase language skills
Growth of independence
Reduce aggression
Data collection before and after to help determine if intervention was effective
Characteristics of ABA
- Objectives are observable and measurable
- Skills are broken down into small parts
- Reinforcers are identified to increase responding
- Data analysis occurs to document effectiveness
- Teaches strategies and implement interventions that use the principles of the learning theory.
Behavior change can occur by altering either the antecedent or the consequence of the action.
Behavioral Excesses vs Deficits
Behavioral Excesses (behaviors to decrease)
- Stereotypic or repetitive behaviors
- Aggression
- Tantrums
Behavioral Deficits (behaviors to increase)
- Language skills
- Communication skills
- Play skills
- Attention skills
- Cognitive skills
