ABA autism Flashcards

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What is ABA based on?

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Operant conditioning

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The A in ‘ABC’ stands for

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Antecedant, the behaviour such as the question which prompts the autistic child

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The B in ‘ABC’ stands for

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Behaviour, what the autistic child does e.g. responding to the question or instruction

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The C in ‘ABC’ stands for

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Consequence, wor not by the therapisthether they are rewarded

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What behaviours does ABA focus on?

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Socially significant behaviours e.g. communication, food refusal

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What happens when we see ‘positive’ behaviours we want to see i.e. eye contact

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They are positively reinforced with a reward

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What happens when we see ‘negative’ behaviours we do not want to see i.e. food refusal

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Nothing, they are ignored. We restate original request/prompt

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Why do we ignore negative behaviours shown by autistic children?

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So they go extinct without reinforcement, thus reducing them

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Why do we reward the ‘positive’ behaviours?

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To increase their occurrence

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How is the therapy conducted?

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one to one with a therapist over many intensive hours and it is individualised to that specitic autistic child

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What is discrete trial training?

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Breaking down complicated behaviours into simpler steps which can be rewarded to build behaviour through shaping

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What did Lovaas find?

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47% of children undergoing ABA were able to achieve ‘normal’ school functioing vs only 2% in control

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What does Gale find about ABA?

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It was effective in reducing food refusal behaviour

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What did Warren find?

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The research into ABA has not shown consistent enough results to make claims about its effectiveness

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Why is ABA better than CBT?

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ABA is accessible/effective for most levels of the autism spectrum as it doesn’t require specific skills from the children

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What did Gale find?

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ABA increased food acceptance from the children involved

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What did Cebula find?

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ABA improves the interactions between the autistic child and their siblings

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Why is ABA being individualised good?

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It makes it more effective because it is individually tailored to the behaviours the child needs to work on and the rewards they will respond to

19
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What are arguments ABA long lasting or not?

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It has been shown to work for a long while after the therapy however if you aren’t rewarding them consistently then the behaviours might stop

20
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What is a major issue many have with autism?

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It is socially controlling as it alters children’s behaviour to what we see as important but might not be what they want

21
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What is an ethical issue with ABA?

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It is said to have ethical issues as the therapy can be distressing for the child

22
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What sort of abilities can CBT not help with?

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It might struggle with things like increasing perspective taking and understanding emotions