Tag: science
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Babies Keep You Busy!
Hey, it’s been a while So, after a 2 year break, I want to start adding to the blog again and share some ABA love. Turns out the arrival of my own little guy has been pretty time consuming! I started writing the blog for people who are new to ABA (parents or other non…
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How to Sort Yourself Out – Self Management
Hopefully by now (if you’ve read any previous posts), you should have a little baseline knowledge about some of the principles of ABA. In this post, I’ll discuss a slightly different application of the principles – using them on yourself for your own behaviour. I recently saw Aubrey Daniels in London, king of OBM (organisational…
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Make the Most of Behaviour Analysis
Behaviour analysis is so much more than the amazing work we do with individuals with autism. It’s reach is far and wide. We are all, everyone of us, governed by the principles of behaviour, and this is utilised in many fields. There is so much to learn, and I still am, and constantly will, learn…
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7 Teaching Procedures to Smash ITT
Table work, ITT (intensive table teaching), DTT (discrete trial training), are all ways of talking about working at the table. The following teaching procedures are taken from the excellent Carbone et al (2010) paper. These teaching procedures will make table sessions, and pretty much all teaching, more effective. Most importantly, they get your learner…
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Challenging Behaviour – Part 2
When working on reducing problem behaviour you need to be sure to deny any reinforcement related to the antecedent when problem behaviour occurs. Here are some common reasons challenging behaviour may occur, with typical consequences we should deliver in brackets; Lack of effective communication (requests) (the ‘count and mand’ procedure could be used for…
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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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