GRADUATE SCHOOL
Master of Arts in Special Education (MAS)
SPECIAL EDUCATION
ACTIVITY 1
Name: Vicente, Vince Irvin R.
Subject Code: MAS-209
Subject Title: Seminar Workshop on SPED
Date Submitted: April 16, 2020
Title: Overview of Applied Behavior Analysis
Behavioral Analysis is the conduct empirical analysis. Applied
Behavior Analysis (ABA) is the application of the concepts of learning
and motivation from Behavior Analysis, and the techniques and
technologies derived from those concepts, to the treatment of socially
relevant problems. Lots of decades of research have confirmed ABA-
based therapies.
Applied Behavior Analysis, or ABA, has evolved in recent decades
into a large range of methods and strategies intended to support
children with autism. Behavioral intervention concepts–constructive
reinforcement of desirable habits–are used, generally intensively, to
help autistic children develop abilities they don't necessarily learn, and
to eliminate habits that are detrimental to them, such as self-injury.
But as ABA has expanded and become more common, it has also
attracted criticism from parents and autism advocates who question its
methods and the way some practitioners use them.
It's a very structured way to teach children with autism. It
involves a lot of repetition, and it takes time. It's usually done by a
trained therapist.
The main concern that I hear from parents is that it takes too
much time (it can be up to 40 hours a week), it's too costly, and it's
more work than their child wants to do.
