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ABA in Fairfax County Public Schools

ABA in Fairfax County Public Schools. Michele Mooney Applied Behavior Analysis Coach. What is Applied Behavior Analysis?. APPLIED Using methods of science to change or teach behaviors that are useful to the person and to society BEHAVIOR What we say, do, think, or feel ANALYSIS

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ABA in Fairfax County Public Schools

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  1. ABA in Fairfax County Public Schools Michele Mooney Applied Behavior Analysis Coach

  2. What is Applied Behavior Analysis? APPLIED • Using methods of science to change or teach behaviors that are useful to the person and to society BEHAVIOR • What we say, do, think, or feel ANALYSIS • Using scientific methods (i.e., data-based decision making) to figure out whether what we’re doing is working, and what to do next

  3. Defining ABA (What we are doing in FCPS) • Initial focus on reducing interfering behaviors (teaching “learning to learn” behaviors) • Proactive and positive approach • Natural reinforcers • Focus on the whole child • Natural as possible • Structured flexibility *from “It’s Time for School!” by Leaf, Taubman and McEachin

  4. WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD WHAT YOU WILL SEE USE OF FOOD REINFORCEMENT USE OF VARIETY OF MEANINGFUL REINFORCERS AVERSIVE CONSEQUENCES CORRECTIVE & INFORMATIONAL FEEDBACK MASSED TRIALING VARIED PRESENTATION ROBOTIC DISCRETE TRIAL SPEAK NATURAL AND VARIED LANGUAGE NO-NO PROMPT FLEXIBLE PROMPT STRATEGY ATTENTION THROUGH INSTRUCTIONAL CONTROL ATTENTION THROUGH STIMULUS AND REINFORCEMENT CONTROL PUNITIVE AND RIGID FLEXIBLE AND FUN ABA Myths and Facts

  5. What we are NOT!

  6. What we ARE!

  7. Why do we analyze behaviors? • To figure out what the behavior gets or gets out of for the student • To determine what behaviors to teach • To determine motivators • To determine whether students are learning • To assess effects of our efforts

  8. Components of Instructional Programming • Task Analysis • Discrete Trial Teaching • Teaching Interactions • Instructions • Prompting • Feedback • Reinforcement • Data-based Decision Making

  9. The Role of Reinforcement • Provides a “reason” for the student to do that behavior again • Provides the motivation keep working until the task is done • Provides motivation for the student to behave well • “The effectiveness of a program will be largely dependent upon the strength of the reinforcers available for the student*” *Autism Partnership

  10. Behavior Management Strategies Used in FCPS ABA • Item/activity exchange • Token systems • Contingency contracts • Self-management • Continuous feedback • Social skills building

  11. On-line Resources for Parents • http://www.fcps.edu/dss/sei/ABA/index.htm - FCPS ABA website • http://www.autismpartnership.com/ - the consultants FCPS uses

  12. Print Resources for Parents • It’s Time for School! • A Work in Progress • Published by Autism Partnership and used by FCPS staff

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