Starting ABA therapy can feel overwhelming, especially with the specialized language therapists use. Understanding key terms helps parents feel confident and engaged in their child’s journey.
Some important terms include:
- Reinforcement: A strategy that increases desired behaviors by rewarding them.
- Prompting: Guidance given to help a child perform a skill, gradually reduced as independence grows.
- Generalization: The ability to apply learned skills across different settings, people, or situations.
- Data Collection: Tracking behaviors and progress to ensure therapy is effective and measurable.
- Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA): A process to identify why a behavior occurs and how to address it.
By learning these terms, parents can better collaborate with therapists, ask informed questions, and actively support their child’s progress. Clear communication between families and professionals ensures therapy goals are met consistently.
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SOURCES:
https://education.mn.gov/MDE/dse/sped/FBA/
https://www.cde.state.co.us/cdesped/ta_fba-bip
https://afirm-modules.fpg.unc.edu/Functional-Behavior-Assessment/content/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_behavior_assessment
https://www.michigan.gov/mde/-/media/Project/Websites/mde/specialeducation/familymatters/FM1/FBA_FactSheet.pdf?rev=254626217bce43acbae4bb6566422e19
