b"RAPPORT | Short Take WILLIAM JAMES COLLEGE 15Learn About Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) For EducatorsABA training can benefit teachers and school-based professionals.Behavior Analysts study the science of behaviorABA therapy can be transformational for children and use this science to inform individualizedand families, by teaching life skills and also in helping therapy practices. They work with clients on social,prevent harmful behaviors. With ABA strategies, communication, academic and other skills to improveeducators can start making differences sooner. daily life and help foster independence. ABA therapyTeachers, at no fault of their own, are often not has been shown to be especially effective whengiven the training, preparation, or resources to other approaches have not worked, or when clientsmanage all of their students needs effectively. Those need more intense intervention like high degrees ofstudents for whom these broad strategies are not consistency, systematic approaches or high levels ofeffective are referred for more and more intensive attention and support.services, leading eventually to ABA intervention,Traditionally, ABA therapy has been usedLee explained. with children with special needs, developmentalIn traditional classroom settings, teachers can disabilities, and intellectual disabilities, but it can bealso benefit from knowledge of ABA therapies, like effective for people with traumatic brain injuries orProviding motivational/reward systems to encourage neurocognitive impairments, regardless of age.the student to participate more or engage appropriate If there is a predominant specialty in ABA,classroom behavior, like following directions, attention it is applications to learners with developmentalduring lessons, or completing work, Lee said.disabilities, explained Dr. Ron Lee, LABA, BCBA,Through ABA training, educators are given skills director Graduate Programs in Applied Behaviorrelated to assessing individual behavioral and learning Analysis at 91香蕉视频成人在线. But ABA is basedneeds, developing and implementing interventions on broad and generalized principles of learning andthat directly address those needs, and evaluating and behavior (i.e., understanding why behavior happens).modifying interventions based on empirical evidence, As a result, ABA therapy has been used effectivelyas needed.across populations, ages, and contexts. Melissa Jacques, LABA, BCBA, earned her With such a broad range of applications, ABAMasters in Applied Behavior Analysis at WJC after therapy can be helpful across many professions. Foralready earning a Masters degree in specialeducators, and others who work in school systems, iteducation elswhere.can be especially important.After earning my MEd and becoming a teacher, By giving educators (and even parents) trainingI realized that I wanted to not just get my BCBA in ABA, more students can be reached effectively atcredential, I wanted to dive deep into the field of ABA earlier stages in their education and development,and earn a master's degree in Behavior Analysis. I said Lee. At the opposite end of the interventionbelieve that ABA and teaching go hand in hand, so continuum, this could prevent or reduce the need studying ABA while being a special education teacher for possible segregation that comes with more made my teaching even more effective, she said. intense intervention."