ABA 101 is a self paced, unlimited usage, eight-hour training course with over 300 video examples and learning-enhancing exercises to ensure that the staff at your clinic, school or center, and parents, have the skills and resources necessary to follow through meaningfully in Applied Behavior Analysis environments. Taught by Liz Maher, MEd, BCBA, this course covers the following key concepts:
- Working with students with special needs
- The Science of Applied Behavior Analysis
- Antecedents, Behaviors and Consequences - ABCs
- Introduction to reinforcement
- Importance of Immediacy
- Decreasing certain behaviors
- Introduction to “pairing”
- What does our learner like?
- The VB-MAPP and the Verbal Operants
- Developmental-based versus Function-based assessments
- Choosing skills based on a developmental assessment
- Making teaching fun
- Teaching new skills
- Reviewing known skills
- Correcting Errors
- Running targets versus known skills
- Reinforcing learning
- Generalization
- Other skills to work on
- Teaching skills based on a function-based assessment
- The importance of tracking progress
- Reasons for problem behavior
- Treating problem behavior
- Importance of practicing replacement skills