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ABA therapy

  • A
    A-B-Cs (Antecedent - Behavior - Consequences)/Three-Term Contingency
    A-B-C Recording
    Ableism
    Abolishing Operation (AO)
    Antecedent
    Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
    Apraxia
    Acquisition Task
    Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills (ABLLS-R)
    Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
    Avoidance
  • B
    Baseline / Single Subject Design
    Behavior Analysis (BA)
    Behavior (Measurable Behavior)
    Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP) / Behavior Reduction Plan (BRP)
    Behaviorism / Radical Behaviorism
    Behavior Reduction
    Behavior Technician (BT)
    Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA)
    Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)
    Board Certified Behavior Analyst - Doctoral (BCBA-D)
  • C
    Chaining (Backward and Forward)
    Chronological Age
    Classical Conditioning / Reflexive Conditioning
    Comorbidity
    Confirmation Bias
    Consequence
    Contained / Self-Contained Classroom
  • D
    Delay / Denial Tolerance
    Developmental Age
    Developmentally Delayed (DD)
    Developmental Milestones
    Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
    Differential Reinforcement
    Discrete Trial Training (DTT)
    Discriminative Stimulus
    Discrimination Training
  • E
    Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention (EIBI)
    Early Intervention / Early Childhood Intervention
    Echoic
    Echolalia
    Eligibility Requirements
    Elopement
    Emotional Dysregulation / Regulation
    Empiricism / Empirical Thinking
    Errorless Learning / Teaching
    Escape Extinction
    Establishing Operation (EO)
    Evidence-Based
    Expressive
    Extinction
    Extinction Burst
  • F - G - H
    Field Size
    Fine Motor Skills
    Flapping
    Functional Assessment
    Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA)
    Functional Communication Training (FCT)
    Generalization
    Gross Motor Skills
    Hand Over Hand (HOH) Prompting
    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
    Hyper-responsiveness
    Hypersensitivity
    Hyposensitivity
  • I
    Incidental Teaching
    Inclusive Classroom
    Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
    Individualized Education Plan / Program (IEP)
    Individualized Family Service Plan
    Intermittent Reinforcement
    Intervention
    Intraverbal
  • L - M
    Law of Effect (Thorndike)
    Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
    Maintenance
    Mand
    Manifestation Determination Hearing
    Meltdown / Shutdown
    Motivating Operations/Four-Term Contingency
    Mouthing
  • N - O
    Natural Environment Teaching (NET) / Naturalistic Teaching or Training
    Natural Language Paradigm
    Negative Punishment
    Negative Reinforcement
    Neurodiversity
    Neurotypical
    Occupational Therapist
    Operant
    Operant Conditioning
  • P
    Pairing
    Perseveration
    Physical Therapist
    Picture Exchange Communication System (P.E.C.S.)
    Pivotal Response Training (PRT)
    Positive Behavior Support
    Positive Punishment
    Positive Reinforcement
    Probe
    Prompt / Prompt Fading
    Prompt Dependency
    Punisher
  • R
    Receptive
    Redirecting
    Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors (RRBs)
    Reflexive Behavior / Response
    Reinforcement
    Reinforcer (Immediate and Delayed)
    Registered Behavior Technician (RBT)
    Response (Conditioned, Unconditioned / Reflex)
  • S
    Satiation
    Scrolling
    Self-Injurious Behavior (SIB)
    Sensory Stimulation (Self-Stimulating Behaviors, Stimming, Stereotypic / Repetitive Behavior)
    Shaping
    Skill
    Skill Acquisition
    Skill Acquisition Plan
    Stimulus (Conditioned, Unconditioned, Neutral)
    Stimulus Control
    Spontaneous Recovery
  • T - V
    Tact
    Tantrum
    Target Behavior
    Task Analysis
    Task Reduction
    Token Economy
    Transition
    Variable Interval (VI)
    Variable Ratio (VR)
    VB-MAPP Assessment
    Verbal Behavior (VB)
    Verbal vs. Vocal

ABA Therapy Glossary