ABA, applied behavioral analysis, is simply the application of behavioral principles to everyday situations that will, over time, increase or decrease targeted behaviors. ABA has been used to help individuals acquire many different skills, such as, language skills, self-help skills, and play skills; in addition, these principles can help to decrease maladaptive behaviors such as aggression, self-stimulatory behaviors, and self-injury.

What can aba be used for?

The short answer is: almost anything! If it is a behavior and it can be observed, ABA principles exist that can be used to either increase or decrease that behavior. As a discipline, ABA providers are charged with the improvement of socially significant behaviors. Socially significant behaviors include: communication, social skills, academics, reading, and adaptive living skills, such as, gross and fine motor skills, toileting, dressing, eating, personal self-care, domestic skills and work skills.