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<blockquote data-quote="alongfortheride" data-source="post: 617470" data-attributes="member: 3817"><p>Think of ABA like training a dog. You want your dog to stop barking in other words you want a quiet dog. As everyone knows, you are going to reward a quiet dog and ignore a barking dog. Easy peasy. Now, a human, especially a differently wired one, is not so easy. That is where the ABA therapist does his/her magic but its not magic at all, it is keen observation and the recording of events.They will take the data and establish a reward schedule or a schedule of "ignoring", depending on the reason for the behavior that you want extinguished or encouraged. Most of this appears very basic on the surface, but they will review the data, change the schedule or reinforcer, try to get the behavior across many different locations and events. Done correctly, it is very labor intensive, changing ( a lot of trial and error) and effective if done expertly. Unfortunately, there are many people who try to take short cuts. </p><p></p><p>I worked with one non-verbal boy who when frustrated would pinch, leaving bloody, scarred arms of anyone who tried to work with him. All the teachers/paras had taken to wearing soccer shin guards on their forearms. ABA therapist came in, observed for a week, collected data for a week, had us collect data for the pinching for a week. She returned to the classroom at week 3 and handed us a schedule. If the boy did not pinch in a 1 minute increment, he was rewarded with computer time. Over the course of 2 months, he went from over 100 incidents of pinching per day to 0. He also went from 1 minute increments to 3 hours. He brought the non-pinching behavior home. It was absolutely amazing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alongfortheride, post: 617470, member: 3817"] Think of ABA like training a dog. You want your dog to stop barking in other words you want a quiet dog. As everyone knows, you are going to reward a quiet dog and ignore a barking dog. Easy peasy. Now, a human, especially a differently wired one, is not so easy. That is where the ABA therapist does his/her magic but its not magic at all, it is keen observation and the recording of events.They will take the data and establish a reward schedule or a schedule of "ignoring", depending on the reason for the behavior that you want extinguished or encouraged. Most of this appears very basic on the surface, but they will review the data, change the schedule or reinforcer, try to get the behavior across many different locations and events. Done correctly, it is very labor intensive, changing ( a lot of trial and error) and effective if done expertly. Unfortunately, there are many people who try to take short cuts. I worked with one non-verbal boy who when frustrated would pinch, leaving bloody, scarred arms of anyone who tried to work with him. All the teachers/paras had taken to wearing soccer shin guards on their forearms. ABA therapist came in, observed for a week, collected data for a week, had us collect data for the pinching for a week. She returned to the classroom at week 3 and handed us a schedule. If the boy did not pinch in a 1 minute increment, he was rewarded with computer time. Over the course of 2 months, he went from over 100 incidents of pinching per day to 0. He also went from 1 minute increments to 3 hours. He brought the non-pinching behavior home. It was absolutely amazing. [/QUOTE]
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