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Guide to ABA Verbal Operants

The document provides a guide to verbal operants in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), detailing different types of verbal behaviors such as mand, tact, echoic, intraverbal, listener responding, and motor imitation. Each operant is defined with examples illustrating the antecedent, behavior, and consequence. The focus is on how these verbal operants can be used to facilitate communication and learning in children.

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Guide to ABA Verbal Operants

The document provides a guide to verbal operants in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), detailing different types of verbal behaviors such as mand, tact, echoic, intraverbal, listener responding, and motor imitation. Each operant is defined with examples illustrating the antecedent, behavior, and consequence. The focus is on how these verbal operants can be used to facilitate communication and learning in children.

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HOW TO ABA

GUIDE TO VERBAL
OPERANTS
Antecedent Behavior Consequence

THE MAND
AKA: Request
Child wants a
cookie Child says Child gets a
SD is the EO "cookie" cookie
(motivation)

THE TACT
AKA: Labeling or Naming
Child sees a
cookie Child says Child gets
OR "cookie" some R+
SD: "What is
it?"

THE ECHOIC
AKA: Repeating
Child hear Child says Child gets
word "cookie" "cookie" some R+

THE INTRAVERBAL
Child is asked,
AKA: Conversation
"What do you Child says Child gets
eat?" (no visual "cookie" some R+
of a cookie)

LISTENER RESPONDING
AKA: Following Directions
"Yes, the is
Child is asked to Child points to
the cookie."
"Point to the picture of a
Child gets
cookie" cookie
some R+

MOTOR IMITATION
AKA: Copying Actions
Child gets
Parent claps Child claps
some R+

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