EZ SHEET SEVEN DIMENSIONS OF APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS

DIMENSION DEFINITION THINK OF ... EXAMPLE

Applied Select target behaviors that … Focusing on socially Monica is a an 11-year-old who wants to be more independent and not
are of importance to the client significant human behavior rely so much on her mom to help her with general tasks. Her mom could
and impact their quality of life. that improves the client’s day- use some help with chores around the house. Together they decide
to-day life. that teaching Monica to do her own laundry would be a good target
behavior.
Behavioral The target behavior selected … Focusing on behavior, in Zach is a 9-year-old that reports to his BCBA that he does not like
must be directly observable its own right, as a target for entering noisy rooms because it’s very stressful. Zach expresses that he
and measurable in the real change. would like to feel less stress. The BCBA selects engaging in breathing
world. exercises when Zach experiences stressful situations such noisy rooms.
Analytic Seeking to identify … being able to control the Najwa conducted a functional analysis (FA) using a multielement
functional relations between occurrence and nonoccurrence design with her client Mike who engages in spitting at others. The
environment and behavior of the target behavior AKA FA demonstrated that spitting was highest whenever attention was
by conducting systematic demonstrating a functional withdrawn and that spitting increased whenever attention was provided
manipulations. relation between manipulated contingent on spitting. The results of the FA demonstrate that a
events and the behavior. functional relationship exists between spitting and attention.
Conceptually ABA procedures and … Requiring that the Keith is a BCBA in a school. The teacher he is working with asks him to
Systematic any explanations of the procedures be related to the help her set up a sticker board in her room to reward “good behavior”.
effectiveness are linked to and basic principles of behavior. Keith asks the teacher if she would be open to using a token economy
described in terms of basic rather than the sticker board and in basic terms explains the concept of
principles of behavior. reinforcement, its connection to a token economy, and its effectiveness
in classroom settings.
Technological Procedures are completely … Clear and complete Sarah-Jane is covering a shift for another RBT and successfully [with
identified, precisely described descriptions that can be high IOA and treatment integrity] runs the client’s programming based
and defined which allows for understood and replicated by solely on reading the program descriptions.
REPLICATION. others.
Effective Improving behavior to a … Behavior changing in the Lynn runs away when non-preferred food items are near her. Edwin
degree judged as clinical or intended direction and to a implements a desensitization program using a changing criterion design
socially significant. Following practical degree. to help Lynn tolerate non-preferred foods being near her. He starts by
the data and making clinical placing non-preferred foods 5 feet away from her. Once he observes
changes based on the data. Lynn staying in her seat with the food 5 feet away for 3 sessions in a
row, he lowers the criteria to 4.5 feet away. He continues to bring the
non-preferred foods closer to her as she gradually masters each sub-
criteria.
Generality Behavior changes achieved …The intervention effects Danny is an RBT teaching his young client to tact common objects
should maintain, transfer to maintaining and spreading at home using DTT. He also teaches the parents to run similar trials
other settings, and spread to to other behaviors/situations/ at home using a free operant approach. The parents tell Danny that
other behaviors. people/stimuli etc. they’ve noticed their child is naming more items without any formal
instructions when they are out in the community and with friends on
playdates.

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