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Applied

Behavioural
Analysis

Presented by:

Wendy Braid
July 9, 2010
Common Characteristics

• Delay or abnormal functioning in social


interaction, language used in social
communication, or imaginative play

• Unusual patterns of behaviour,


interests and activities

• Insistence on following routines


Ontario Ministry of Education
PPM 140 (2007)

• Principals are required to ensure that


ABA methods are incorporated into
the IEPs of students with ASD, where
appropriate
Why use ABA for Students with
Autism ?

Empirical evidence Use ABA in school to teach:


supports the use of
ABA  Independence

Applied  Participation
Behavioural
Analyses  Social Development
Applied Behaviour Analyses
Examines the relationship between the
environment and behaviour:

Antecedent
Behaviour
Consequence
ABA

• Scientific approach to • Describes the


change behaviour by intervention for
either increasing behaviour change
desirable skills or and measures the
decreasing undesirable changes in a person’s
ones. behaviour.
Assessment and Data

Data collection : collecting student-specific information on


academic or behavioural performance

Assessment systematically gathering information from a


variety of sources, using a variety of techniques and tools.
(Ministry of Education, 2005)

Also known as: Reviewing progress


Gathering information
Determining strengths, needs, interests
Assessment and Data
You’re already doing it by…
• Rubrics
• Rating scales
• Observation
• Checklists
• Anecdotal records
• Student interviews
• Self/peer evaluations.
Reinforcement
The presentation or removal of something
immediately following a response/skill, which
increases the likelihood that it will occur
again.

Motivating students;
“Catching” the student being good
Praise
Reinforcement

You’re already doing it by…

Giving out stickers;


Class treats;
Appointing “Star of the Day”
Saying “Great Job!”
Prompting and Fading
Prompts are used to increase a desired
response.

Fading is gradually reducing the prompt.

--Cues; Hints; Checklists; Scaffolding


Prompting and Fading

You ‘re already doing it by…

Providing a class schedule


Reviewing checklists for essay writing
Showing samples of completed work
Task Analysis
Breaking down a complex task into its smaller steps
or components.

Also known as: Skill break down; Sequencing;


Chunking

You’re already doing it by…Teaching the steps to


essay writing; Following a recipe
Generalization
The process of taking one skill learned in one
setting and applying it in other settings.

Known as transferring --using a learned skill in a


different context; combining teaching targets
Generalization
You’re already doing it…

When you teach a geometry lesson


and incorporate it into visual arts.
Reference
• Central West School Support Program-Autism Spectrum Disorders,
ErinoakKids Centre for Treatment and Development, 2007. ABA For
Educators, Mississauga.

• Ontario Ministry of Education (2007), Policy/Program Memorandum No.


140.

 
 
 
 
 
 

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