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October 22, 2018Community asd, autism, autism acceptance, autism awareness, halloween, Trick or Treat by rec

Tips For a Fun Halloween Holiday!

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 …

October 16, 2018Uncategorized aba, applied behavior analysis, autism, data, graph by

Topic Tuesday: Data Data Data!

As behavior analysts we graph a lot of data! One of the things that we graph are the skills that we are teaching. Why do we do all of this crazy graphing? The trends in the data tell us how our student is learning. For …

October 2, 2018Autism, Topic Tuesday aba, autism, nonspecific reinforcement, reinforcement, special needs, specific reinforcement by rec

Specific and Nonspecific Reinforcement

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 …

September 17, 2018Autism aba, adult services, autism, bakery, cupcakes, job skills, jobs by rec

The Popular New Bakery In Town!

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 …

August 28, 2018Topic Tuesday aba, autism topic tuesday, extinction, extinction bursts by rec

Topic Tuesday: Extinction

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 …

August 21, 2018Topic Tuesday aba, aba therapy, autism, topic tuesday, topography by rec

Topic Tuesday: Topography

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 …

August 14, 2018Topic Tuesday aba, Behavior, technologies, topic tuesday by rec

Technologies

The world of Applied Behavior Analysis is filled with amazing empirically proven interventions. An intervention or methodology which is founded within the realm of ABA and is repeatedly shown effective through applied research becomes what is known as a “technology.” These technologies are the foundation …

August 1, 2018Announcements, Autism, Programs aba, aba therapy, after school programs, applied behavior analysis, autism, londonderry, peabody, school vacation weeks, special needs, vacation week, weekend programs by rec

Reserving for Vacations and Holidays at the REC

Reminder! The REC is committed to providing constant ABA programming, all year-round. As many of our REC families know, this means support during school vacation weeks and some minor holidays. Due to the high demand, space for the vacation and holiday programming is limited and …

July 17, 2018Topic Tuesday aba, autism, generalization, stimuli by rec

Topic Tuesday: What Is Generalization

One of the things that we think about a lot when creating programs for our kiddos is generalization. What is generalization? It’s when a person applies something learned under a specific condition to another condition. What would this look like? Generalization across settings: Generalization across …

July 3, 2018Topic Tuesday aba, autism, Behavior, functions of behavior, special needs by rec

Topic Tuesday: Revisiting The Functions of Behavior

What is behavior? Behavior is defined as anything a living organism does that results in a measurable change in at least one aspect of the environment. In other words, if a dead man can do it, it’s not behavior (Cooper, Heron, and Heward, 2007). The …

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