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Maintenance procedure

Planned steps that keep a mastered skill strong, such as periodic probes, thinned reinforcement, and interspersing mastered targets with new ones.

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Mastered colors are reviewed once a week on a thinned schedule of praise.

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RBT C.9 · Behavior AcquisitionTell maintenance procedures apart from acquisition procedures
BCBA G.16 · Behavior-Change ProceduresMaintaining change after intervention: schedule thinning and natural reinforcers

Acquisition procedure
Contrived reinforcers
Fixed ratio
Indiscriminable contingencies
Intermittent reinforcement
Interspersal

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