Behavior Momentum

ABA concept; Using high-probability requests to increase compliance; relevant to shaping exercises.

Chaining

ABA concept; Teaching complex behaviors by linking simpler steps; example: multi-step fitness routines.

Choice-Making

ABA skill; Allowing client to make decisions in safe contexts; example: choosing exercises or activities.

Cultural Awareness

Understanding social and cultural context when applying ABA; example: respecting client background in sex education.

Cute / Euphemistic

Gentle, child-friendly, or humorous terms to soften the topic; example: “Pee-pee,” “Hoo-hoo,” “Tushie.”

Deficits in ASD

DSM-5 criteria; Social-emotional reciprocity, nonverbal communication, repetitive behaviors, inflexibility; consider for sexuality education.

Discrimination

ABA concept; Reinforcing behavior in specific contexts; example: exercising in gym vs. home.

Ethical Decision-Making

BACB guidelines; Ensuring interventions are safe, respectful, and socially significant.

Examples in Fitness ABA

Observing others (imitation), practicing, setting measurable goals, shaping performance.

Examples in Sexuality ABA

Hygiene, choice-making, social safety skills, accurate information, self-advocacy, personal values.

Feedback Characteristics

ABA teaching principle; Should be immediate, specific, and succinct; example: telling technician they delivered reinforcer correctly within 3 seconds.

Health, Sports & Fitness (HSF) Application

ABA application; Promotes fitness, rehabilitation, mindfulness, personal health; example: exercise, yoga, injury recovery.

Hyporeactivity to Sensory Input

ASD deficit; may require adaptation in physical activities.

Imitation

ABA procedure; Copying observed behavior without explicit instruction; example: using a fitness machine after observing another person.

Inflexible Adherence to Routines

ASD deficit; teach flexibility in sexual and social contexts.

Permanent Product Measurement

ABA measurement method; Counting tangible outcomes of behavior; example: counting broken windows, completed worksheets.

Positive Reinforcement

ABA concept; Adding desirable stimulus to increase behavior; example: rewarding exercise completion.

Privacy Considerations

Teaching sexuality; respecting learner and family privacy.

Self-Care Strategies

Reinforce independence; example: cleaning room and rewarding self.

Self-Set Goals

Behavior-analytic principle; Individuals set their own measurable objectives; example: posting goals in locker or setting running distance goal.

Sex Education

Educational focus; Teaching knowledge, skills, and safety about human sexuality.

Sexual Health

Part of sex education; Emphasizes safe, informed, and respectful sexual behavior.

Sexual Misconduct Types

ASD focus; Includes stalking, sexual exploitation, nonconsensual sex, sexual violence; example: persistent unwanted contact.

Sexuality

General concept; Includes values, identity, attraction, communication, relationships, sexual health; broader than sexual intercourse.

Situational Noncompliance

Social safety skill; Teaching refusal of unwanted physical contact; example: saying “No” assertively when confronted.

Slang

Informal, everyday words often used in casual conversation; example: “Privates,” “Junk,” “Down there.”

Social Competencies for Safety

Teaching refusal, assertiveness, situational awareness.

Social Skills

ASD intervention concept; Teaching appropriate social behaviors; example: preventing staring at strangers.

TAGteach

Tagging + teaching; Combines instruction and shaping by reinforcing successive improvements; example: improving football tackling via clear instruction + feedback.

Types of Language Around Sexuality

General concept; Technical, Formal, Slang, Cute; example: using correct anatomical terms in sex education.

Formal

Polite, clinical, or socially acceptable language; example: “Genitals,” “Sexual intercourse,” “Reproductive organs.”

Restricted / Circumscribed Interests

ASD deficit; consider when teaching social and sexual skills.

Self-Care Strategies (duplicate)

ABA skill; promotes independent daily routines; example: rewarding cleaning or hygiene completion.

Examples in Fitness ABA

Observing others (imitation), practicing, setting measurable goals, shaping performance.

Examples in Sexuality ABA

Hygiene, choice-making, social safety skills, accurate information, self-advocacy, personal values.