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Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) - Coggle Diagram
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.
Don Baer, Mount Wold, and Todd Risley wrote a clear definition of ABA and were the ones who gave it a title
Characteristics of ABA
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