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A reinforcer is any item, activity, event, sound, etc. used immediately after a certain behavior to improve, strengthen, or increase that behavior. Reinforcement, then, is the process of delivering a reinforcer by presenting something that is desired or preferred, or removing something that is unpleasant or unwanted…

In another post, I talked about how we used a sticker chart to increase our daughter's book reading (Read: How to Use Sticker Charts to Effectivel...

Parents often consult with us on getting their children to go to bed – and stay in bed! – until a reasonable time in the morning.Every parent has ...

Do you think that you would have a more peaceful home if you could work on decreasing some of your child's misbehavior?  In Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), we can intentionally reduce unwanted (or problematic) behavior by identifying what the current reinforcer is for the given behavior (i.e., why the behavior is occurring), teach the child a more appropriate means of getting their needs met (read more on how our children's misbehavior is communication), and then withholding the reinforcer when the unwanted behavior occurs, which eventually leads to a dying off of that behavior. 

We made the big jump over the weekend! And with as much time as I have spent studying human behavior, and as hugely successful I have seen the str...

We can all admit that toddler tantrums are really difficult to live with.  Yes, they are a normal part of development (our pediatrician asked us...