ABA Therapies

ABA Therapies is a 2013 ebook in its fourth edition covering seven approaches, from incidental teaching and discrete trial training to Floortime and Verbal Behavior. Its chapters include definitions, teaching examples, structured step lists and references.

Original edition credits: SBSA Clinical Team and Michele LaMarche. Copyright 2013 Special Learning Inc.

Material context: This is the fourth edition copyrighted 2013; its intervention claims and references reflect that edition rather than a current evidence review.

The incidental teaching chapter includes an eight-step sequence, while the DTT chapter identifies five parts of a trial and gives an apple juice requesting example. Floortime is discussed through the DIR model, six developmental milestones and a coloring activity.

Later chapters cover timed practice and Standard Celeration Chart monitoring in fluency building, motivation and family routines in PRT, and schedules and task organization in TEACCH. The Verbal Behavior chapter introduces mands, tacts, echoics and intraverbals, with a toothbrush and toothpaste example.

What is inside this resource?

• Incidental teaching's eight steps and DTT's five-part trial
• Floortime's DIR model, milestones and coloring example
• Fluency building with timed practice and Standard Celeration Chart discussion
• PRT motivation and family routines; TEACCH schedules and task organization
• Verbal Behavior operants and toothpaste example

Material details: 40-page PDF, including front matter. This is a digital download; purchase does not include printed copies.

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