ABA is the applied use of behavioral principles to everyday situations with the goal of either increasing or decreasing targeted behaviors. How this translates into the practical application will depend on the specific situation. Nevertheless, all ABA programs share similar components: discrete trial teaching, programming for generalization to the natural environment, reinforcement, prompting and fading strategies, and outcome-based decision-making.

Lucinda Holohan is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, licensed do work in Alabama. In addition to being a BCBA, she is also a  teacher certified in both Alabama and Florida. She has over twenty years combined experience working with children on the autism spectrum.