Is VB the same or different from ABA/Applied Behavior Analysis?
Just to clear this up from the start, the utilization of the analysis of verbal behavior is most certainly an applied behavior analytic approach, and is not something different. This misunderstanding comes from confusing commonly used procedures with the scientific analysis of processes. Discrete-trial-training/DTT is a procedure, errorless learning is an approach utilizing different procedures, constant-time delay is a procedure, etc. The choice of procedure depends on the skill being taught, the needs to teach a response that will allow the child or student to be successful in acquiring and using the skill in a meaningful way. Different models of ABA do tend to focus on particular procedures, but any given procedure for a given child will ultimately only be as good as its ability to be successful in durable skill transfer. A good practitioner will recognize that and utilize whatever technology and procedure within the science that is required for ethical and effective behavior change
