What is Applied Behavior Analysis?
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is a therapy based on the science of learning and behavior.
KEY OF ABA
Attention and memory
* Communication and language
* Social skills
* Self-care (such as showering and toileting)
* Play and leisure
* Motor skills
* Learning and academic skills
Approach
Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) is an approach to understanding and changing behaviour.
positive behaviors
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Reinforcement
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Negative behaviour
To terms of changes, behavior, analyses
What types of therapies use ABA principles?
Applied Behavior Analysis involves many techniques for understanding and changing behavior. ABA is a flexible treatment:
* Can be adapted to meet the needs of each unique person
* Provided in many different locations – at home, at school, and in the community
* Teaches skills that are useful in everyday life
* Can involve one-to-one teaching or group instruction
To the use ABA Points
1 imitation
2 identification
3 discrimination
4 logic
5 thinking