Some common terms used by ABA professionals consist of verbal operants. In this post, we will look at the following operants: Mand, Tact, Echoics, Intraverbals, Motor Imitation, & Listener Responding. MandThe learner making a request for something they want.Example: Should the learner want a cookie, they can Mand for the cookie by stating (1) “cookie”;… Continue reading Verbal Operants
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Chaining
In conjunction with my last post on task analysis, chaining is one of the methods to teach skills that require a task analysis, multi-step skills (i.e. washing hands, brushing teeth, folding clothes, etc.) There are 3 types of chaining. This would be 1) total task chaining, 2) forward chaining, and 3) backward chaining. Total Task… Continue reading Chaining
Behavior Bubbles 