Specific  ABA Strategies:

1. Targeted skills are divided into small, realistic, attainable tasks.

2. Targeted skills are based upon the child’s individual needs, and teaching sessions may cover a wide range of developmentally appropriate behaviors including imitation, receptive/expressive discriminations, communication, labeling (tacting), requesting (manding), peer interaction and play as well as challenging behaviors such as tantruming, aggression, self-injurious behaviors and non-compliance.

3. Skills are developed in a hierarchical manner.

4. Identified highly reinforcing, preferred materials and edibles are systematically available and offered through-out the day.

5. Skills are encouraged by reinforcing desired behaviors systematically and ignoring, redirecting or discouraging challenging behaviors.

6. Complex skills may be taught through the use of chaining.

7. Mastery of a skill is based upon measurable, observable outcomes.

8. Progress is closely monitored by continuously collecting and analyzing child performance data.

9. Changes in the treatment plan take place as a function of performance.

10. Newly mastered skills are practiced to ensure retention and generalization and are adapted to ensure that generalization of skills occurs across people, materials and differential environments.