Psychology - Autism: Applied Behavior Analysis, Applied Behavioral Analysis, Asperger Syndrome, Aspies for Freedom, Autism, Autism - Assess

Source: Wikia. Pages: 123. Chapters: Applied Behavior Analysis, Applied behavioral analysis, Asperger syndrome, Aspies For Freedom, Autism, Autism - Assessment tools, Autism - Epidemiology, Autism - Serotonin, Autism Network International, Autism Society of America, Autism Spectrum Quotient, Autism diagnostic observational schedule, Autism rights movement, Autism therapies, Autistic Pride Day, Autistic children, Autistic community, Autistic culture, Autistic enterocolitis, Autistic pride, Autistic spectrum, Autistic spectrum disorder, Bernard Rimland, Bruno Bettelheim, Causes of autism, Conditions comorbid to autism spectrum disorders, Controversies about functioning labels in the autism spectrum, Controversies in autism, Early infantile autism, Echolalia, Emotional age, Ethical challenges to autism treatment, Fragile X syndrome, Frequency of autism, Generation Rescue, Good Autism Practice, Hans Asperger, Heritability of autism, High-functioning autism, Hyperlexia, Imbalanced Spectrally Timed Adaptive Resonance Theory, Intelligence tests and autism, John Allman, Leo Kanner, List of autism-related topics, List of further reading on Asperger syndrome, Lorna Wing, Lovaas technique, Love-shyness, MIND Institute, National Autistic Society, Neurodivergent, Neurodiversity, Neurotypical, Nonverbal learning disorder, Ole Ivar Lovaas, Pathological Demand Avoidance, Pervasive developmental disorder, Pronoun reversal, Refrigerator mothers, Regressive autism, Sensory Integration Dysfunction, Sensory defensiveness, Sensory overload, Simon Baron-Cohen, Snoezelen, Thiomersal controversy, Vaccine controversy, Weak central coherence theory, Wrong Planet. Excerpt: Applied behavior analysis (ABA) is the science of applying experimentally derived principles of behavior to improve socially significant behavior. ABA takes what we know about behavior and uses it to bring about positive change (Applied). Behaviors are defined in observable and measurable terms in order to assess change ...