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Charting a Fulfilling Career Path: A Journey Into the Work of a Sidekick
By Amanda Rodriguez It was the end of 2021, and I was looking for a new job. I had worked in adult behavioral health for years but wanted a little bit of change. That’s when I saw an ad posted on Indeed.com indeed.com for Sidekicks Support Services. I read through the...
Breaking Barriers: Promoting Awareness, Inclusion and Acceptance for Individuals with Disabilities
Despite progress in social awareness and accessibility, much remains to be done. A more inclusive society acknowledges individuals with disabilities and provides acceptance for all. Disability awareness is understanding the challenges faced by individuals with...
The Role of the ABA Therapist
The role of the ABA therapist is an important one. They must be highly skilled, multi-
taskers who are open to training and supervision so that they may be as effective as
possible to ensure positive and meaningful change in the lives of their learners.
Behavior as a Science: ABA All Around Us—Functions of Behavior
Today, we will discuss the functions of behavior. In a previous blog, we briefly reviewed the four functions of behavior. To quickly summarize, behavioral function refers to the purpose that a behavior serves, or the reason why an individual engages in that behavior....
Behavior as a Science: ABA All Around Us – Motivating Operations
The principles of Applied Behavior Analysis do not just occur within the vacuum of a clinical or therapeutic setting. Believe it or not, we see the fundamentals of ABA constantly in our daily lives. For this “ABA All Around Us” series, we’re going to break down some...
Behavior as a Science: ABA All Around Us – Discriminative Stimuli
The principles of Applied Behavior Analysis do not just occur within the vacuum of a clinical or therapeutic setting. Believe it or not, we see the fundamentals of ABA constantly in our daily lives. For this “ABA All Around Us” series, we’re going to break down some...
Behavior as a Science: ABA All Around Us – Negative Reinforcement
The principles of Applied Behavior Analysis do not just occur within the vacuum of a clinical or therapeutic setting. Believe it or not, we see the fundamentals of ABA constantly in our daily lives. For this “ABA All Around Us” series, we’re going to break down some...
Behavior as a Science: ABA All Around Us
The principles of Applied Behavior Analysis do not just occur within the vacuum of a clinical or therapeutic setting. Believe it or not, we see the fundamentals of ABA constantly in our daily lives. For this “ABA All Around Us” series, we’re going to break down some...
Behavior as a Science: Understanding Functions
When trying to understand why a behavior is occurring, we need to consider the four functions of behavior. As discussed in a previous post, behavior occurs as a result of a history of reinforcement, but the functions of behavior tell us what exactly is reinforcing, or...
Behavior as a Science: The Reinforcer
In order to modify behavior, we must understand why the behavior is occurring in the first place. One of the most important ways to determine why a behavior is occurring, is to understand what is reinforcing it. Reinforcement is what occurs directly following a...
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