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The R.E.A.L. Model:

Recreating Environments to Accelerate Learning Rethinking Generalization

by Brenda J Terzich, M.A., BCBA

President and Co-Founder Applied Behavior Consultants (ABC Inc)

Are you a practicing Behavior Analyst or a professional who provides ABA treatment for children on the autism spectrum? Many barriers compete with the child’s ability to generalize concepts, skills and language taught during intervention and can vary as much as the disorder itself. Planned curriculums help to identify what to teach after an appropriate behavioral assessment, but they lack in guiding the practitioner to plan and teach for generalization systematically.

This new book by Brenda J. Terzich-Garland (M.A., BCBA) of Applied Behavior Consultants, Inc, addresses the gap in available materials to train other clinical staff, whether behavior technician implementers, behavior analyst supervisors, or other support roles vital to the treatment effectiveness for ABA intervention with regards to teaching for generalization.

The R.E.A.L. Model described in this book is for any practitioner providing ABA services who needs to move beyond a conceptual understanding of generalization. It should be used as a guide to plan and systematically build in generalization while progressing intervention programs within intensive behavioral treatment.

Who Should Read This Book?

Behavior Analysis and Learning

by W. David Pierce and Carl D. Cheney

This book is used as one of the textbooks for teaching Applied Behavior Analysis to aspiring professionals.

Features ABC's Work on Generalization

It features the work of Applied Behavior Consultants (ABC Inc)’s co-founder, Brenda Terzich Garland, M.A., specifically regarding the methods for enabling generalization in the treatment of autism.

“The co-founder of ABC, Brenda Gerzich, also made valuable additions to the treatment of autism, designing and implementing a programmed generalization model called Recreating Environments to Accelerate Learning (R.E.A.L.).”

– excerpt from Behavior Analysis and Learning (Pierce and Cheney)

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The inclusion of ABC’s R.E.A.L. Model in this widely-used textbook demonstrates the significant impact of our research on the field of Applied Behavior Analysis and autism treatment worldwide.

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Contributing to Global ABA Knowledge

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Our publications influence ABA practitioners and researchers across 4 continents, improving autism treatment worldwide

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Our research contributes to the scientific foundation of Applied Behavior Analysis and generalization strategies

Over 30 years of clinical expertise distilled into practical methodologies that advance the field of autism treatment

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