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unusual facts about applied behavior analysis



Ole Ivar Lovaas

He is considered to be one of the fathers of applied behavior analysis (ABA, formerly called Behavior modification) through his development of the Lovaas technique and was the first to provide evidence that the behavior of autistic children can be modified through teaching.

Sidney W. Bijou

Ole Ivar Lovaas of the University of California, Los Angeles, one of the developers of applied behavior analysis therapy for autism, adapted Bijou's techniques to develop one of the most commonly used techniques of using rewards to enhance social skills of autistic children.


see also

Single-subject

Single-subject research, a group of research methods that are used extensively in the experimental analysis of behavior and applied behavior analysis