As ABA professionals, it’s important to understand baseline data and how to use it effectively. Here, we cover both as well as what kind of baseline data to collect. We also discuss when to take frequency or duration data, touch on ABC data collection, and the difference between pre-testing and baseline data.
In behavioral analysis, we love our acronyms and ABC is one of them. ABC data collection can get overwhelming, especially when there’s so much information to sort through. Here, we simplify the process and offer helpful tips to get the best data and how to collaborate with teachers and other professionals.
Collecting data around a problematic behavior is one of the key duties of a behavior analyst. Defining the behavior first and being as specific as possible helps everyone stay on the same page. We cover how to make the data collection process easier, including when to focus on frequency or duration and when to use partial interval recording.
So often we hear of people who want to lose weight, gain muscle, improve sleeping habits, change their diet, etc. How does lasting behavior change… Read More »Collecting Baseline Data
It is often our goal to get our students away from needing 1:1 support for learning to being able to learn in a group setting.… Read More »Data Collection for Social Skills Groups
We were recently observing a student working and he had the right pieces in place – classroom rules, behaviour contract, etc. but his lack… Read More »Momentary Time Sampling and Data Collection
Data is a big part of what we do. We are bound to make data-driven decisions and update or revise programs based on what the… Read More »Choosing the Right Data Collection Method
Unless you have seven arms, taking data while trying to manage challenging behaviour is nearly impossible. There are many tools in our toolbox to measure… Read More »Using Partial Interval Recording to Track Negative Behaviour
