Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)

History

Ivar Lovaas- The first person to start treating and changing behaviors in people with autism. People did see positive results but his methods were questionable.

Characteristics of ABA

Don Baer, Mount Wold, and Todd Risley wrote a clear definition of ABA and were the ones who gave it a title

Technological

Effective

Conceptual System

Generalizable

Stimuli and Response

Key Points

Positive Reinforcement

Stimuli and Response- behaviors happen for a reason.

Don't reward instead reinforce

Negative reinforcement is not bad

Different students are going to need different reinforcements. Know your students and what is effective.

No behavior us universal

Data! Keep track of the good and bad responses to any method.

ABA: is the intervention or instruction that is needs to be changed or added until learning does occur.

Lovaas

He was known for his intensive early intervention

Typically was physical and used the same trainings on multiple students.

Robert Koegel

Fouces on stimuli and how that effects a person

Social reinforcers are important

Keep what you like and change what you don't

People are very responsive to social and physical environments.

Parents play a critical role