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ASK PINNACLE · QUESTIONS, EXPLANATIONS & NEXT STEPS

Aba

Explore explanations, everyday questions and next steps connected with aba.

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What qualifications should an ABA therapist have?

A qualified ABA therapist should hold recognised behaviour-analysis training, work within an ethics code, and practise under proper supervision — with a board-certified analyst (BCBA or equivalent) designing the plan and trained, supervised therapists delivering sessions, plus relevant RCI registration in India. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.

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What techniques are used in Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA)?

ABA uses a toolkit of teaching techniques — positive reinforcement, task analysis and chaining, prompting and fading, discrete trial teaching, natural environment teaching, functional behaviour assessment (the A-B-C approach) and functional communication training — to help children learn skills and reduce barriers to learning, in a gentle, child-led, assent-based way. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.

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