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ABA & Autism Resources

Helpful resources for parents and caregivers

Autism Speaks® M-CHAT-R

The Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers - Revised (M-CHAT-R) is a compilation of 20 screening questions pertaining to symptoms and potential Autism diagnosis in children aged 16 to 30 months.

Signs & Symptoms

Get to know the signs and symptoms at any age. From the same reliable source as the M-CHAT-R, Autism Speaks® provides a detailed listing of signs from very early years through adulthood.

Websites

Informational websites for parents and caregivers.

Books

A variety of useful literature we recommend.

Frequently Asked Questions

We've compiled some common questions any parent or caregiver might have about ABA and Wildflower Behavior Services. For more answers, visit the Autism Speaks® FAQ page.

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Verbal Behavior Training

Definition:

Verbal Behavior Training teaches communication using the principles of ABA and the theories of behaviorist B.F. Skinner. Verbal Behavior Training focuses on motivating the learner to use language by connecting words with their purposes and creating opportunities to use words. The goal is to teach the learner that using words appropriately helps them obtain needed and desired objects, people and activities, make meaningful comments and reciprocally communicate rather than simply labeling objects. Verbal Behavior Training typically focuses on teaching the learner verbal operants (verbal skills) such as manding (requesting), echoics (exact imitations) tacting (commenting) and intraverbals (conversational skills).

Natural Environment Teaching (NET)

Definition:

Natural Environment Teaching (NET) utilizes the principles of ABA to teach within the natural environment of the learner. In NET clients acquire new skills through fun and reinforcing play activities. Goals are taught directly by inserting “trials” into natural and fun play. Many learners on the Autism spectrum have limited play skills so NET focuses on pairing clients preferred items and activities with new activities in an effort to expand the learner’s interests and teach new skills

Social Skills Training (SST)

Definition:

An evidence-based method that helps individuals with Autism understand and participate successfully in social situations.

Example:

A behavior technician (BT) is teaching a child how to greet another person when they first meet. The BT has chosen to show the child a video of the behavior being modeled. 

The BT will then mimic the video with the child until it is completed successfully. Successful completion is positively reinforced with a gesture (high-five), a toy, or the child’s favorite snack.

Picture Exchange Communication System® (PECS®)

Definition:

PECS® allows people with little or no communication abilities to effectively communicate using pictures. A child or adult with Autism can communicate thoughts, wants and needs, and anything else that can be displayed via an image.

Example:

There are 6 phases to any PECS® task:
  1. How to communicate: Single pictures for items or activities the individual really wants; like a toy or snack.
  2. Distance and persistence: Still using single pictures, the individual is taught to generalize the want or need in different environments and with different people.
  3. Picture discrimination: The individual learns to select from two or more pictures to communicate their favorite things.
  4. Sentence structure: The individual learns to construct simple sentences using an “I want” card/picture followed by a picture of the item they want.
  5. Answering questions: The individual learns to use pictures to answer the question “What do you want?”.
  6. Commenting: The individual learns to respond to questions using pictures. Sentence structures begin with I see, I hear, It is, etc.

Discrete Trial Training (DTT)

Definition:

Breaking down a skill into smaller (discrete) elements. Each element is systematically taught by the behavior technician utilizing tangible positive reinforcement along the way.

Example:

A behavior technician (BT) is teaching a child colors. They begin by teaching blue. The BT asks the child to point to blue and rewards the child with a small toy. The BT then repeats this action with red, then yellow, and so on.
After the child successfully points to all colors individually, the BT will begin to teach the child how to say each color.