Dec 7, 2021
Motivating operations (MO) are determined by how valuable the reinforcer is. Essentially the MO is what controls the behavior, and the motivation can always change from moment to moment. What is valuable to you in the morning can change in the afternoon. ...
Dec 7, 2021
When it comes to the words reinforcement and punishment, most people share similar ideas about what these terms mean. For instance, most think reinforcement might entail someone getting a toy for making an A in math. On the contrary, punishment might involve someone...
Dec 2, 2021
What is Reinforcement? One of the primary foundations of applied behavior analysis is the concept of reinforcement. Many of us have an idea of what reinforcement is or what it looks like but from an ABA perspective, reinforcement is anything that increases a...
Nov 22, 2021
Does your child struggle to form friendships? Our therapists tell me many of our parents are concerned that their children don’t have friends. It’s true that many of our kids struggle with social skills. They are often less mature than their age mates, and that...
Nov 18, 2021
We are right around the corner for a lot of things. One of those things is the most popular time for changing schools. Typically many school changes happen when people move over the summer. We know that moving gets much more complicated as the child gets older...
Nov 9, 2021
We are quickly coming up on Thanksgiving! We are already doing some baking in our kitchen. Some of our kiddos have made delicious apple pies! Many parents have been asking us what Thanksgiving is going to look like this year. We are still not entirely sure....
Nov 1, 2021
ABC data is a recording of what is happening Before, During, and After the behavior. In a clinical setting, we are constantly taking ABC data on clients’ behaviors to determine the function of the behavior so we can appropriately determine the intervention strategy....
Oct 27, 2021
Often parents ask us what to do when their child falls to the floor and starts screaming, or throws a fit in public. We have some great tips for this! But before we can tell you what to do, we have to look at why they are doing it. There are 4 reasons a person...
Oct 21, 2021
Here at Cutting Edge, we work as a multidisciplinary team. In fact, this is a core principle of what we do. What That Means This means we take all the disciplines that we offer here (speech, occupational therapy, physical therapy, ABA services, and counseling)...
