Essential Viewing
In this video from Hacking ABA, Romina Martinez summarizes how shaping procedures can be used in practice. Watch from 4:50 to the end at 8:46, approximately four minutes:
Optional Reading
This optional guide from Jigsaw Training introduces the concept of Shaping in ABA, including step-by-step procedures, examples, and guidance on using shaping effectively in practice:
Optional Videos
This Khan Academy video explains shaping using the example of teaching someone to do a handstand:
Khanacademymedicina (2021). Operant Conditioning: Shaping. YouTube
This historical video from the 1960s shows how shaping was used to teach a child with an intellectual disability to walk. Note: The video contains outdated and offensive language, and the methods do not reflect contemporary ABA ethical standards. Nonetheless, it provides a valuable illustration of the shaping process:
Conversation Exercise
Use FRED to explore successive approximations, how shaping differs from prompt fading, and the observations an RBT would share with a supervisor.
Access FRED and guidance
Use the conversation icon at the bottom right, or open FRED. FRED guidance.
Reflection Exercise
Reflection and AI guidance
Revisit the reflection guidance from Module 1 if you need a reminder about personal reflection or acknowledging AI assistance.
If you submit early by mistake, email your correct reflection to connect@jigsawconnects.co.uk, including the module and lesson, so we can add it to your course record.
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