Professionals who work in ABA can have different types of certifications from the Behavior Analyst Certification Board. What do they stand for and what do they all mean? We have them listed here! Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) A paraprofessional who is certified by the …
Are you familiar with The REC’s snow policy? With the cold weather upon us, and the possible threat of snow in the future months, the REC wanted to send out a reminder of our snow policy. The REC is unique in being open 7 days …
What a year we have had! In 2018, we continued to grow our services and help serve more of the local community. From bringing in more clients at our Chelmsford Center to officially opening Especially Sweet Needs to help provide jobs skills training for young …
With the holiday break right around the corner, sometimes it can be difficult on parents to keep their children occupied when they are not on their normal school schedule. The REC wants to help take some pressure off parents! Check out these creative holiday activities …
Many of our kiddos have a couple days off next week due to the Thanksgiving holiday! If you are looking for activities to do during the break look no further! We have compiled a list of Sensory Friendly events in the area happening during the …
Halloween is just around the corner and definitely can be a kiddos favorite holiday! With mounds of candy to eat, staying up late, dressing up as a character whom you admire and knocking on strangers doors, it is pretty much the one day of the …
REINFORCEMENT Specific reinforcement is directly related to what the speaker wants when teaching mands and a child asks for water they are given water. Under similar conditions this will increase the likelihood of the child asking for water in the future. Nonspecific …
If you live in Chelmsford or any of the surrounding towns, you may have heard of a new shop that popped up in the center this past spring called Especially Sweet Needs! It is currently open Friday’s and Saturday’s and serves up some of the …
Extinction is a procedure in which previously reinforced behavior is no longer being reinforced resulting in a decrease in behavior. This procedure does not prevent the occurrence of the behavior, however by changing the environment to remove reinforcement, the behavior no longer has a function …
A BCBA constantly examines behaviors from multiple angles to determine the function of these behaviors as well as the events and situations in which these behaviors are more likely to occur. One of the first things a behavior analyst does after identifying a target behavior …
