From Crisis to Competence – ABA Used to Improve Communication Skills in Developmental Center

• By: Vivian Attanasio, BCBA James O’Brien, BCBA Amy Bukszpan, BCBA Services for the UnderServed (S:US)
• April 1st, 2015
• ABA, functional communication training, mand, verbal behavior
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Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is a science wherein procedures, based on basic principles, are applied to important matters of everyday life in order to help individuals increase functional skills, while decreasing problematic ones (Cooper, Heron, & Heward, 2007.) Most notably, ABA has been...