ABA glossary

Natural environment teaching

Also called NET

Teaching skills within a learner's typical activities, routines, and settings, using current interests and natural consequences.

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During bath time, a parent teaches body parts as her child plays with bubbles.

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RBT C.4 · Behavior AcquisitionTeach in the natural environment: incidental teaching and NET
BCBA G.13 · Behavior-Change ProceduresTrial-based vs. free-operant arrangements

Discrete-trial teaching
Fluency
Free operant
Incidental teaching
Intertrial interval
Learner initiation

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