Special children. Introduction to applied analysis of behavior (AVA). Fixed and supplemented. Meleshkevich O.

This book is the first manual in Russian, which described in detail the basic principles of applied analysis of behavior (ABA): the principle of reinforcement, the principle of punishment and the principle of extinguishing. These principles are applied in the correction of problem behavior and the formation of socially acceptable behavior. The book also describes the strategies for teaching a child’s skills with developmental features: a method of discrete samples, methods for forming a behavioral chain, spontaneous training and shaping. The book will be useful to teachers, defectologists, speech therapists and parents, educating and teaching a special child (autism, mental retardation, developmental delays, problematic behavior).