Episode 145: Behavior Contracts
Life skills are critical skills that our learners need to become independent. Here, we cover why teaching life skills is important and how we can do it effectively.
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Episode 138: Exploring Play and Intrinsic Motivation with Steve Ward, Madelyn Vickery, and April Dyal
Steve Ward is back on the show, along with his co-authors, Madelyn and April. Their upcoming book includes over 2,100 inexpensive ideas for play and intrinsic motivation. Our conversation includes ways to use the environment in motivation strategies, how to expand play and motivation while building interest, and suggestions for new BCBAs to be more creative and engaging, and more.
How to Perform an Error Correction Procedure: A Guide for ABA Professionals
What do you do when a learner you’re working with errors? In this blog, I’m going to talk about how to perform an error correction procedure.
Episode 134: What Does Shaping Mean in ABA?
Although shaping is a basic concept in ABA, it’s often overlooked when creating behavior plans. Here, we discuss how to use shaping when teaching our learners important skills. We share some examples of shaping, how to use shaping with reinforcement, and more.
Episode 127: Classroom Reinforcement
Successful classroom reinforcement systems motivate students to show more positive behaviors. Here, we discuss the key components that make reinforcement effective and why reinforcement isn’t bribery. We also talk about individual reinforcement systems, group and individual contingencies, and the do’s and don’ts of successful classroom reinforcement programs.
Episode 123: How to Teach Social Skills Using ACT
With some learners, we have to go beyond simple contingency management and reinforcement techniques. We’ve been exploring using ACT when teaching social skills and relational frame theory, which allow us to build skills that require indirect experiences and abstract thought. Here, we discuss how ACT works, share real world examples, and provide information on an upcoming webinar.
Episode 118: Generalization and Maintenance of Skills in ABA
Here, we cover the best ways to incorporate generalization and maintenance into our learners’ programming. We discuss some real-world examples of generalization and helpful techniques to include in your practice. We also talk about stimulus and response generalization, the definition of maintenance and how it ties into generalization, and how to encourage maintenance once a program is closed.
Understanding DRO (Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior) in ABA
Navigating the world of Applied Behavior Analysis techniques can often feel like a complex maze. Among these techniques is a common approach known as DRO… Read More »Understanding DRO (Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior) in ABA
What is Verbal Behavior?
There are so many terms in ABA that it can be hard to keep track. We love our acronyms. One that often gets confused is verbal behavior (VB). So what is verbal behavior?
How to Incorporate Natural Environment Teaching in ABA
When a lot of people hear the term, “ABA”, they think it only includes teaching at the table with discrete trials. This is not true. ABA has expanded to incorporate many, many different teaching procedures, including natural environment teaching (NET). Today, we’re talking all about how to incorporate natural environment teaching in ABA into our practice.