ABA Glossary

By Dana Meller, M.A., BCBA
Edited by Tyra Sellers, J.D., Ph.D., BCBA-D
ABA Glossary by Dana Meller, M.A., BCBA, edited by Tyra Sellers, J.D., Ph.D., BCBA-D

Mediation

A method to program for generalization during instruction that involves teaching the individuals present in a client’s life (parents, employers) to help maintain and generalize new skills outside of treatment conditions and/or setting up a stimulus or a person to help transfer (prompt) the learned behavior from a training setting to the generalization setting.

5th Edition Task List

G-21  Use procedures to promote stimulus and response generalization.

6th Edition TCO

G.15 Design and evaluate procedures to promote stimulus and response generalization.

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