APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS
WHAT IS ABA?
Applied Behavior Analysis is a discipline devoted to the understanding and improvement of behavior. Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) focuses on objectively defined, observable behaviors of socially significance; it seeks to improve the behavior under study while demonstrating a reliable relationship between the procedures employed and the behavioral improvement; and it uses the methods of science-description, quanification, and analysis. Cooper, J., Heron, T., & Heward, W. (1987). Applied Behavior Analysis (pp. 2). Columbus, Ohio. Merril Publishing Company.
For more information on ABA go to the website: www.bacb.com or www.abainternational.org
