A data sheet used to track and analyze challenging behaviors. A= antecedent B= behavior C= consequence

A skill that is being taught.  This is a skill that the client does not currently possess.

Difficulty carrying out purposeful, voluntary movement sequences of speech in the absence of paralysis or weakness of speech musculature

ABA involves analyzing and modifying human behavior.  The term “Behavior Modification” is synonymous with ABA.  Analyzing human behavior involves identifying a functional relationship between one’s be [..]

A sub-specialty of ABA developed by B.F. Skinner.  AVB focuses on teaching across all categories of language.

Unable to produce age appropriate sounds

Assessment, curriculum guide, and skills tracking system for children with language delays developed by James W. Partington, Ph.D. and Mark L. Sundberg, Ph.D

An experienced team of therapists works with the client to probe all skill areas on the ABLLS curriculum. This begins when the client enrolls and takes approximately 30 days.  The goal of establishing [..]

The process in which each step of a sequence is taught individually and then each step is chained together to achieve the complex task that is being taught.  The steps can either be forward or backwar [..]

(Sd) – An Sd is the instruction given to the client. It may be verbal or non-verbal.