Welcome to the BehaviorAnalystCE Glossary!
Here you’ll find clear definitions of essential behavior analysis terms, concepts, and strategies used by BCBAs, RBTs, and ABA practitioners. Whether you’re studying for your exam, earning CEUs, or deepening your clinical practice, this glossary is your go-to resource for Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) terminology.
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- Assent
- Assent Withdrawal
- Assumption of Risk
- Avoiding Dual Relationships
- Behavioral Economics in ABA
- Behavioral Gerontology
- Behavioral Momentum Theory
- Behavioral Systems Analysis
- Client-Centered Planning
- Clinical Behavior Analysis
- Compassionate Care
- Cultural Responsiveness
- Data-Based Decision Making
- Dissemination of Behavior Analysis
- Ethical Decision-Making
- Ethical Decision-Making Models in ABA
- Ethical Responsibility to Supervise
- Evidence-Based Practice in Behavior Analysis
- Functional Contextualism
- Generalization
- Inadvertent Reinforcement
- Informed Consent
- Interprofessional Collaboration
- Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
- Maintenance
- Mandated Reporting
- Metacontingency
- Performance Feedback
- Performance Management Systems
- Professional Boundaries
- Professional Liability
- Pyramidal Training Model
- Quantitative Analyses of Behavior
- Relational Frame Theory (RFT)
- Restrictive Procedures
- Risk-Benefit Analysis
- Scope of Competence
- Scope of Practice
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Stimulus Equivalence
- Supervision (in ABA)
- Task Clarification
- Trauma-Informed Care
- Treatment Integrity
- Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment
