ABA Therapy Glossary

A

ABA Therapist
ABC Data
Acquisition Task
ADHD
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Antecedent
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
Apraxia
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

B

Baseline
BCaBA
BCBA
BCBA-D
Behavior
Behavior Analyst
Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP)
Behavioral Contract
Behavioral Repertoire
Behaviorspeak

C

Chaining
Chronological Age
Co-Morbidity
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
Consequence
Consultant
Contained Classroom

D

Data Collection
Defiance
Department of Education (DOE)
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)
Department of Health (DOH)
Dependent Variable
Deprivation
Developmentally Delayed
Discrete Trial Training
Discriminative Stimulus (DS)
DSM-IV

E

Early Intervention (EI)
Early Intervention Provider (EIP)
Echoic
Echolalia
Elopement
Escape
Establishing Operation
Expressive
Extinction
Extinction Burst

F

Field Size
Fine Motor Skills
Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
Frequency
Functional Analysis (FA)
Functional Analysis Screening Tool (FAST)
Functional Assessment Interview (FAI)
Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA)
Functional Relationship

G

Generalization
Gross Motor Skills

H

HOH Prompting
Hypersensitivity
Hyposensitivity
Hypothesis

I

Incidental Teaching
Inclusive Classroom
Independent Variable
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)
Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA)
Inter-Observer Agreement (IOA)
Intermittent Reinforcement
Intervention
Intraverbal

J

K

L

Lack of Reaction
Lead Therapist
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
Local Education Agency (LEA)

M

Mainstreaming
Maintenance
Mand
Manifestation Determination Hearing
Mastery
Matching Law
Mimicking
Mouthing

N

Natural Environment Teaching (NET)
Negative Reinforcement

O

Operant
Overt Behavior

P

P.E.C.S.
Pairing
PDD
PDD-NOS
Perseverative Behavior
Positive Reinforcement
Probing
Program Coordinator
Prompt
Prompt Dependent
Punishment

Q

R

Receptive
Registered Behavior Technician (RBT)
Reinforcement
Reinforcer

S

Satiation
Scrolling
Self-Injurious Behavior (SIB)
Sensory Friendly
Sensory Processing Disorder
Session Notes
Shadow
Shaping
Skill Acquisition Programs
Spontaneous Recovery
Stereotypic Behavior
Stimulus

T

Tact
TAG Teaching
Target Behavior
Task Analysis
Task Reduction
Topography
Transitions

U

Unconditioned Reinforcer

V

VB-MAPP
Verbal vs. Vocal
Verbalizing
Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale

W

X

Y

Z

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