Ayush Speech & Hearing Clinic-Best Speech Therapy Centre Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is a well-developed, research-based, scientific discipline among the helping professions that focuses on the analysis, design, implementation, and evaluation of social and other environmental modifications to produce meaningful changes in human behavior. ABA includes the use of direct observation, measurement, and functional analysis of the relations between environment and behavior. The practice of ABA is rooted in data, which serves as a fidelity check for the effectiveness of recommended strategies and procedures. This ensures that the client’s ABA program is dynamic, never-stagnant, objective and, most importantly, effective. It utilizes changes in environmental events, including antecedent stimuli (what happens before a behavior) and consequences (what happens after a behavior); to create programming that produces practical and significant changes in behavior. These relevant environmental events are usually identified through a variety of specialized assessment methods.



ABA is based on the fact that a client’s behavior is determined by past and current environmental events, or contingencies, in conjunction with other genetic and/or environmental variables. ABA focuses on treating the problems of the disorder by determining functions and maintaining variables in order to support the learning or appropriate and functional behaviors instead of maladaptive, or inappropriate,, ones. ABA is not only an evidence-based practice for people diagnosed with Autism, it is also proven to be effective for other diagnoses such as ADHD and Depression. It may surprise you to know that ABA may also be beneficial for neuro-typical, or “typically-developing”, individuals as well. Behavior is all around us—which means ABA can be applied to almost anything or anyone who demonstrates observable and measurable behavior.