In this edition of ABA Behind the Scenes, Jami Hardy, MS, BCBA, LGPC, talks about tacting in early language development. Tacting is labeling or naming objects, actions, or events. It is how we describe the things we see, smell, touch, and hear. In addition, it is an important skill we use to build up and…
Verbal Behavior is all about language. It’s about communication. Within any early intervention or ABA program, a major (if not THE major) goal is to increase communication, in whatever form that takes for the learner. Verbal Behavior, then, is a huge and vital component of early intervention. What sets Verbal Behavior apart is that it…
Theory of Mind is a term that was defined by Premack and Woodruff (1978) as the ability to assign mental states to oneself and to others. That is, the ability to infer what other people believe given a certain situation, allowing one to predict what they will do. Since this study on non-humans, the research…