ABA vs. VB vs. AVB vs. ABA/VB

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Hi ,

If you notice from my posts, I use the principles of ABA but focus on the

procedural recommendations of the VB approach to those principles. I have chosen

to use the term ABA/VB to label my intervention services.

VB is not a seperate entity from ABA. It is based on the same principles and

research. However, there are approaches to ABA (Lovaas,CARD, Among others) that

use ABA without the procedural recommendations of VB.

I choose to call these programs traditional ABA. In other words, The Verbal

Behavior approach to ABA (ABA/VB) is an evidence based alternative to

Traditional ABA.

I understand people wanting to use AVB as a title, but find it to be

unintentionally misleading as to the connection between VB and ABA.

Just my two cents,

RE: [ ] Unique Needs for AVB

I am perplexed by the comments about no difference between ABA and ABA that

uses the research on motivation and the analysis of verbal behavior, now

being coined as AVB or VB. From everything I've studied and been taught thus

far,all ABA does not use these two particular lines of research and it does

make a difference in all programs I've seen between the uses of each. My

personal observation as a parent is that a " good ABA " program makes the most

progress when using these two lines of research. The kids really want to

participate.

" He who has a 'why' to live can bear with almost any 'how'. "

Nietzsche