Goals to Grow the ABA Way presents 194 of the key goals in childhood development. It is written by staff and specialists who work with ASD everyday. Goals to Grow is recognition of the need for a user friendly document for a teacher or parent to reach chosen goals. Contributors to this workbook are also featured teacher therapists in the Bridges autism videos.
Goals to Grow provides:
Sd – (discriminatory stimulus) The direction/request to start a discrete trial.
Response definition – the acceptable response.
Suggestions for materials
Sets – parts of goals to be mastered
Teaching procedures
Prompting procedures
Troubleshooting
ABA Autism Therapy
A Sample Goal from Goals to Grow the ABA Way
Goal AG7
Goal: Identify Colors
Sd: Varied Receptive: “Show me ____.” “Where is ____?” “Get ____.” Expressive: “What color?” “What color do you see?” “This color is?”
Response Definition: Receptive: Child will point to, touch or give teacher the correct colored object. Expressive: Child will label object with the correct color.
Materials: Single colored objects or colored squares of paper
Sets: 1. Receptive - field of 2 colors 2. Receptive - field of 4 colors 3. Expressive 4. Generalization 5. Maintenance
Teaching Procedure:
Baseline data will indicate the number of colors with which to begin; as criteria is reached, add colors. Once child can receptively identify 10 colors, proceed to Set 2.