ABA Program....

[Dreya]

In an ABA Program, when do you generalize learned information? We run maintenance data 1x/week (information students have mastered), do I generalize the information as I run the maintenance data?

all I need is a little help from my friends..... lalalalalala... :)

[busbus]

In an ABA Program, when do you generalize learned information? We run maintenance data 1x/week (information students have mastered), do I generalize the information as I run the maintenance data?

all I need is a little help from my friends..... lalalalalala... :)

I can't answer your question. However, I just want to know if this ABA Program is the program used with autistic children called Applied Behavior Analysis.

I'll be interested in reading the answers that you get, just in case I ever work with a new teacher of autistic students. That is, if this is the program that I think it is.

[Dreya]

Yes, it is called Applied Behavior Analysis and it is used with autistic students

[busbus]

Yes, it is called Applied Behavior Analysis and it is used with autistic students

:) Thanks for answering my question. Now I'll wait for the answers to your question.

[sarypotter]

We write "guidelines for generalization" into each program we run at my school. These guidelines include suggestions for generalization across settings, teachers, materials, etc. For example, mastered sight words might be considered generalized when the student can read them in different fonts, on different colors of cards, in different sizes, in different locations (on the wall vs. on the desk, in the kitchen vs. in the classroom), and with different instructors presenting them.

[wordsmith]

The more generalization, the better, is the philosophy at my school...if Little Bobby has mastered reading X word in his reading book, and spell it on his spelling tests, he should be able to recognize/read/use it within the context of the recipe for the meal he is cooking for lunch...or on a sign in the community.