Skills-Based Treatment for Challenging Behavior

The How to ABA Podcast - A podcast by Shira Karpel & Shayna Gaunt - Tuesdays

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When managing challenging behavior, our goal as behavior therapists is to reduce these behaviors and teach new skills. Here, we discuss how to do so without using strategies like extinction and planned ignoring. Through skill-based treatment, we not only reduce challenging behaviors but also replace them with positive functional skills. Challenging behavior is often the result of skill deficits in areas like communication, being able to tolerate discomfort, and handling transitions. Skill-ba...

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