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ABA Fundamentals Glossary
Learn core ABA terms including behavior, antecedent, consequence, reinforcement, function, ABC data, generalization, maintenance, learning, and environment.
ABA Glossary
Plain-language definitions of ABA, clinical, operational, billing, and compliance terms.
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ABA Operations Glossary
Learn ABA operations terms for intake, onboarding, waitlists, service areas, handoffs, incidents, records, continuity, care models, referrals, and discharge.
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Assessment Glossary
Compare ABA assessment terms for interviews, records, direct observation, descriptive assessment, functional analysis, preferences, ecology, and competing stimuli.
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Assessments & Treatment Planning Glossary
Learn ABA assessment and treatment-planning terms for baselines, observation, interviews, skills, preferences, goals, replacement skills, dosage, and reassessment.
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Autism & Neurodevelopment Glossary
Learn autism and neurodevelopment terms for milestones, monitoring, screening, evaluation, communication, sensory differences, stimming, identity, and support.
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Behavioral concepts & principles Glossary
Learn ABA concepts for stimuli, responses, classes, contingencies, operant and respondent conditioning, automatic reinforcement, punishment, and extinction.
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Behavior & Safety Glossary
Learn behavior and safety terms for distress, aggression, elopement, pica, de-escalation, crisis plans, transitions, coping, and restrictive procedures.
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Billing, Claims & RCM Glossary
Learn ABA billing and RCM terms for charge capture, 837P, CMS-1500, acknowledgments, CPT codes, corrections, 835, ERA, EFT, posting, and accounts receivable.
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Care Journey & Settings Glossary
Learn care journey terms for referral, intake, consultation, matching, assessment, recommendations, first sessions, home, school, center, telehealth, and discharge.
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Clinical Governance Glossary
Learn ABA clinical governance terms for leadership, supervision, escalation, peer review, quality committees, decision rights, evidence, and corrective action.
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Coding, billing & revenue integrity Glossary
Learn ABA coding terms for CPT, HCPCS, ICD-10-CM, place of service, modifiers, clean claims, source documentation, billing roles, and revenue integrity controls.
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Communication & AAC Glossary
Learn AAC and communication terms for aided and unaided systems, multimodal messages, core and fringe vocabulary, modeling, communication boards, and PECS.
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Compliance, Privacy & Security Glossary
Learn ABA compliance, HIPAA, Part 2, privacy, security, breach, incident, access, audit, exclusion, fraud, anti-kickback, Stark, and risk-management terms.
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Credentialing & Enrollment Glossary
Learn credentialing and enrollment terms for NPI, NPPES, PECOS, primary-source verification, rosters, effective dates, billing, rendering, and ordering providers.
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Credentials & careers Glossary
Learn ABA career terms for behavior technicians, RBT, BCaBA, BCBA, BCBA-D, licensure, certification, supervised fieldwork, clinical directors, and role boundaries.
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Daily Living & Independence Glossary
Learn daily living terms for self-care, hygiene, dressing, feeding, mealtime, toileting, sleep, community safety, leisure, vocational, and independent-living skills.
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Data display & visual analysis Glossary
Learn ABA graphing terms for line and bar graphs, data paths, phase changes, level, trend, variability, overlap, immediacy, celeration, and visual analysis.
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Denials & Appeals Glossary
Learn denial and appeal terms for claim rejection, administrative and clinical denials, CARC, RARC, reconsideration, peer review, overpayments, and recoupment.
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Documentation & treatment planning Glossary
Learn ABA documentation and treatment planning terms for assessment reports, clinical rationale, behavior plans, session notes, progress reports, and training.
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Eligibility & Benefits Glossary
Learn ABA eligibility and benefits terms for coverage, benefit years, accumulators, third-party liability, verification evidence, estimates, and recheck controls.
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Ethics, assent & rights Glossary
Learn ABA ethics, assent, and rights terms for autonomy, cultural responsiveness, equitable access, boundaries, risk-benefit review, withdrawal, and treatment.
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Expansion & M&A Glossary
Learn ABA expansion and M&A terms for acquisitions, de novo sites, valuation, diligence, payer enrollment, integration, working capital, and succession.
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Experimental design Glossary
Learn single-case experimental design terms for variables, baseline logic, reversal, multiple baseline, alternating treatments, validity, carryover, and analysis.
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Facilities & Safety Glossary
Learn ABA facility and safety terms for zoning, occupancy, accessibility, emergency plans, infection prevention, exposure control, PPE, incidents, and utilization.
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Finance & Unit Economics Glossary
Learn ABA finance and unit economics terms for revenue, margin, labor, break-even, cash runway, working capital, collections, denials, statements, and EBITDA.
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Foundations & philosophical assumptions Glossary
Learn ABA terms for scientific goals, assumptions, radical behaviorism, selectionism, applied dimensions, experimental analysis, and professional practice.
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Function-based intervention Glossary
Learn function-based ABA terms for reinforcement, communication training, differential reinforcement, noncontingent reinforcement, blocking, resurgence, and renewal.
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Growth & Marketing Glossary
Learn ABA growth and marketing terms for markets, leads, referrals, conversion, acquisition cost, local SEO, reviews, testimonials, outreach, and attribution.
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Insurance & Prior Authorization Glossary
Learn ABA insurance and prior authorization terms for plans, benefits, cost sharing, networks, claims, Medicaid, approvals, denials, appeals, and continuity of care.
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Insurance & Risk Glossary
Learn ABA insurance terms for professional, general, cyber, property, auto, workers' compensation, employment, abuse, D&O, claims-made, and tail coverage.
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Measurement & recording Glossary
Learn ABA measurement terms for count, latency, interresponse time, magnitude, interval methods, time sampling, permanent products, percentages, and trials.
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Outcomes & Data Glossary
Learn ABA outcomes and data terms for collection, duration, rate, interval recording, graphs, trends, progress monitoring, quality of life, and social validity.
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Outcomes, quality & care coordination Glossary
Learn ABA quality terms for adaptive functioning, efficacy, effectiveness, clinical significance, observer agreement, procedural fidelity, and coordinated review.
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Payer Contracting Glossary
Learn ABA payer contract terms for rates, fee schedules, network status, clean claims, timely filing, amendments, notices, credentialing, termination, and adequacy.
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Payroll & Benefits Glossary
Learn ABA payroll and benefits terms for timekeeping, pay periods, wage statements, taxes, W-2s, unemployment, leave, health coverage, cafeteria plans, and 401(k)s.
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Practice Formation Glossary
Learn ABA practice formation terms for LLCs, corporations, partnerships, EINs, licenses, foreign qualification, professional entities, MSOs, CPOM, and BOI reporting.
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Prior authorization & medical necessity Glossary
Learn ABA authorization terms for determinations, requested units, partial approvals, information requests, retroactive review, utilization management, and appeals.
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Prior Authorization & Utilization Glossary
Learn authorization terms for approved units, authorization numbers, effective periods, medical necessity review, expedited requests, release, and reconciliation.
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Quality Metrics Glossary
Learn ABA quality metrics for access, continuity, clinical outcomes, documentation, supervision, staffing, schedules, caregiver participation, and experience.
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Related Services & Care Coordination Glossary
Understand care coordination, early intervention, assistive technology, respite, counseling, feeding, audiology, OT, PT, speech therapy, and social work.
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Research methods & statistics Glossary
Understand effect size, confidence intervals, evidence-based practice, reviews, meta-analysis, replication, systematic replication, and publication bias in ABA.
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Rights & Ethics Glossary
Understand assent, informed consent, dignity, competence, confidentiality, HIPAA privacy, records access, privacy notices, releases, and conflicts in ABA care.
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Roles & Credentials Glossary
Understand client, caregiver, care coordinator, behavior analyst, psychologist, developmental pediatrician, occupational therapist, and speech-language roles.
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Safety & interdisciplinary care Glossary
Understand interdisciplinary care, medical rule-out, safety risk assessment, self-injurious behavior, restraint, and seclusion in responsible ABA practice.
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Scheduling & Capacity Glossary
Learn ABA scheduling terms for capacity, caseloads, availability, matching, travel, scheduled and delivered hours, utilization, cancellations, and authorization use.
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School & IEP Glossary
Understand IDEA, Section 504, evaluations, IEPs, IFSPs, goals, placement, services, parent participation, safeguards, transition, mediation, and due process.
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Skill acquisition & teaching Glossary
Understand chaining, prompting, time delay, stimulus fading, error correction, discrete-trial and natural-environment teaching, total-task practice, and fading.
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Stimulus control, generalization & schedules Glossary
Explore terms for motivation, stimulus control, discrimination, reinforcement schedules, matching, equivalence, derived relations, and generalization programming.
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Supervision, training & OBM Glossary
Understand supervisory relationships, contracts, individual, group and remote supervision, competency checks, behavioral skills training, feedback, and OBM.
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Technology, Data & AI Glossary
Understand ABA systems, data governance, APIs, FHIR, HL7, security, backups, disaster recovery, migration, automation, AI, machine learning, and vendor risk.
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Technology, privacy & interoperability Glossary
Understand PHI, BAAs, EHRs, interoperability, AI documentation, automation bias, human review, and HL7 prior-authorization implementation guides in ABA care.
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Treatment Goals & Teaching Strategies Glossary
Understand meaningful goals, mastery, caregiver coaching, prompts and fading, modeling, shaping, chaining, errorless learning, and naturalistic teaching in ABA.
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Verbal behavior & communication Glossary
Understand AAC, mands, tacts, echoics, intraverbals, listener responding, textual behavior, transcription, multiple control, speakers, and listeners in ABA.
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Workforce & HR Glossary
Understand employee classification, overtime, regular rate, I-9, E-Verify, background checks, accommodations, protected classes, handbooks, and joint employment.
