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Antecedent intervention

Also called antecedent strategy

Any change to the environment before behavior that makes problem behavior less likely or appropriate behavior more likely.

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Giving a visual warning before transitions reduces protests when play ends.

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RBT D.2 · Behavior ReductionUse antecedent strategies: NCR, high-probability request sequences, and demand fading
BCBA G.5 · Behavior-Change ProceduresBuilding motivating operations and discriminative stimuli into interventions

Abative effect
Abolishing operation
Antecedent
Behavioral momentum
Contrived motivating operation
Demand fading

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