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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, &...
How do I get my 24 hours of Safety-Care Training in?
Safety-Care trainers are expected to do 24 hours of trainer per year. If they fail to do so, they are required to participate in an additional online supplemental webinar with a master trainer. This supplemental has a separate fee and must be completed either...
What in the world? Pandemic lessons for ABA service delivery
With the world shutting down due to a global pandemic last year, many families and service providers of individuals with developmental disabilities in the United States have been learning to navigate the new world of modern technology in order to continue providing...
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