Intro to ABA
Private and Confidential.
What is ABA?
•Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
•The science of learning and motivation
•Focuses on solving socially significant problems
•Big ideas of applied behavior analysis
•Teach new behavior
•Increase or decrease existing behavior
•Figure out why people do what they do
•Look for the effect(s) of the environment on behavior
•Improve lives by changing the environment
Private and Confidential.
•We seek to improve the quality of life for our clients
and help them achieve meaningful outcomes
Main Goal of ABA
Private and Confidential.
What ABA Does
Develop new
behavior
Increase existing
behavior
Decrease existing
behavior
•Self-care skills •Requests for accessing
preferred items
•Aggressive behavior
Private and Confidential.
Treatment Team
Clinical Director
BCBA / Supervisor
Behavior
Technician
Client Family
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