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The ABC’s of Applied Behavior Analysis
Before reading The ABC's of Applied Behavior Analysis, it is important that you are aware of two common questions in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis: What does the data show? And, What has happened before that may be influencing the now? It is also...
Summer Fun, with Safety in Mind
Summertime in most western countries around the world means vacation, school breaks, and enjoying longer days and warmer weather outside. The number of people traveling during this time of year is usually higher than in the colder months, as many of us try to...
Defining Behaviors for Intervention
Why Define Behavior A critical piece to every behavior plan or behavior intervention is the “target behavior”. In the majority of cases, this is the behavior of concern that the intervention is meant to decrease and it will often be paired with a functionally...
5 Safety-Care Training Tips from a Master Trainer
Running a Safety-Care class smoothly can be a tough task, especially when you’re a new trainer. There can be numerous obstacles such as time restraints, trainees that are not following class rules, having trouble with competencies, or are just really nervous about the...
De-Escalation Strategies Explained: Where to Start and When to Switch
DE, or De-Escalation, is a process that involves the use of the Help, Prompt, and Wait strategies to help someone go from crisis to calm. While both the Prompt and Wait strategies can be used at any point on the staircase, the Help strategy should only be used at the...
The Benefits of Teaching Leisure Skills
Leisure skill training is an important, yet, often overlooked area of development for the individuals we work with. Sometimes we believe that leisure engagement is not a skill we teach. This is a myth. Or we allow an individual to engage with an activity in a...
Communicating Through Challenging Behaviors
We all know that the cry of an infant means they are communicating their wants and needs. Since the infant is not born with the knowledge or ability to speak, it engages in crying behavior to communicate. In reaching developmental milestones, infants learn new and...
Is all Attention Really the Same?
Today, I wanted to highlight an article I read in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis that was published earlier this year by Harper and associates. The three studies in the article take a deeper look into three different types of attention (praise, physical...
Helpful Hints for Changing Habits
Some Habit History Habits, habit behaviors, or habit disorders are often defined as repetitive, body-focused behaviors that serve no adaptive function and are often unwanted due to the stress or functional impairment they cause (Hansen, Tishelman, Hawking, &...
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