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What is ABA?

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ABA Therapy 

ABA stands for Applied Behavior Analysis - a scientific, data driven, and validated approach to understanding behavior and how it is affected by the environment.

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Dimensions of ABA:

Effective: Skills are monitored.

Applied: interventions focus on behaviors that are socially significant.

Analytic: decisions or changes that are made are data driven.

Conceptually Systematic: interventions are systematic and derived from the literature.

Technological: procedures that are created are described very clearly so that others may be able to apply them.

Behavior: only observable and measurable behaviors are targeted.

Generalization: Skills or behaviors that are taught will transfer to other people, settings or materials other than those they were specifically taught with.

Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBA)

A graduate-level certification in behavior analysis. A BCBA must complete a 7 course sequence of classes in ABA, a 2000 hour practicum under the supervision of a current certified behavior analyst and pass a written exam. 

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Registered Behavior Technicians (RBT)

A paraprofessional who practices under the close, ongoing supervision of a BCBA. An RBT must complete 40 hours of ABA training, pass a competency assessment and a written exam.

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