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Reinforcement didn’t work…
To say ‘reinforcement didn’t work’ doesn’t make sense, if it didn’t increase the future likelihood of a behaviour it wasn’t reinforcement in the first place. Reinforcement: anything that increases the future frequency of a behaviour. For consultants and therapists, reinforcement is one of the biggest tools in our box. It will make sessions much more…
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What is VB?
So, another abbreviation – VB, what is that? Is it still ABA? How is it different? VB (also known as VBA, AVB, ABA/VB) stands for verbal behaviour, and it refers to B.F. Skinners analysis of verbal behaviour. It’s all I’ve ever done, so I’m a big fan. Like my previous post, this is a big…
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What is autism?
So, I know this will be a predominantly ABA blog, but I wanted the first few posts to cover the stages parents encounter from diagnosis to starting an ABA programme, as it is rarely straight forward! I have recruited the help of parents I work with, and the general consensus is that the first question…
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