Basic Concepts
What's the Function?
ASD Facts
What's the behavior?
History of ABA
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initial data collection which serves as a basis for comparison

baseline

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A- playing with friends, friend takes a toy your friend is playing with

B- your friend kicked the other friend in the face

C- therapist ignores

access to tangibles

1

5 times more likely to be diagnosed

boys
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Any instance or attempt at Johnny opening his mouth and placing it on another individuals body, while closing his mouth. Teeth do not have to make contact with another individuals skin to consider an instance.

Biting

1

 Edward Thorndike, B.F Skinner and O. Ivar Lovaas

who invented ABA therapy

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where something is provided after a specific amount of time has passed, regardless of behaviors occurring

(often used to reduce behavior)

non-contingent reinforcement

2

Stevie engages in hand flapping in the absence of any specific antecedent or consequence stimulus.

Automatic

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more common than childhood cancer, AIDS, and diabetes

ASD

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Any instance or attempt at Mowgli running or walking more than 6 feet from therapist without prior permission to do so

elopement

2

developed operant conditioning, which emphasizes reinforcement to increase desired behaviors

B.F. Skinner

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discontinuing reinforcement of previously reinforced behavior 

extinction

3

When Stevie cries,
his mother gives him a
pacifier.

Access

3

up to a third of children with autism develop this disorder, making it 10 times more likely for them to have this

seizure disorders

3

Any instance or attempt of Woody ripping, bending, snapping or breaking an item that is not meant to be broken into 2 or more pieces.

property destruction

3

when did ABA therapies become popular as a treatment for developmental disabilities such as autism spectrum disorder

50's/60's

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teaching a behavior that serves the same purpose, or function, a problem behavior

alternative/replacement behavior

4

Johnny screams every instance that his mother walks away from him. When he engages in this behavior, his mother returns to him and asks, “What’s wrong Johnny?”

Attention

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children with autism are 160 times more likely to do this than typical children

drown

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Any attempt or instance of Buzz making contact with  his own body with an open or closed hand, loud enough to make a sound

self-injurious behavior

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what specialization in psychology is based on the idea that behavior can be analyzed, learned and changed through reinforcement

ABA

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method of teaching a skill in simplified and structured steps

DTT

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Ms. Smith puts a math worksheet
on Johnny’s desk, he rips up the paper and throws it on the floor. As a result, Ms. Smith does not make him do his math homework.

Escape

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up to 35% of adults with ASD do not get this or post-graduate education 

having a job

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Any instance of Missy opening her mouth and closing it around objects, making or not making contact with their tongue

mouthing

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organization created to assess professional and ethical development of those certified to provide/outline ABA services

BACB