The ABC’s of Behavior
By Cheyanne Flournoy M.S., LABA, QASP-S When first starting ABA therapy you may hear the term ‘ABC Data.’ But what really is ABC data and why is your child’s BCBA or RBT collecting this data? Specifically, ABA data is a type of direct observation in which the observer collects data on the antecedent, the behavior, and the consequence all in temporal order (Cooper, et al., 2020). This type of observation allows the observer to better understand the potential behavior as well a