Glossary
Shaping
Reinforcing successive approximations toward a target behavior.
Shaping. Reinforcing successive approximations toward a target behavior. A longer plain-English walkthrough — what it means in day-to-day ABA agency operations, where it shows up in billing, supervision, or clinical workflows, and what new admins most often get wrong about it — is being added through the editorial process.
For the operational context, see the related guides below.
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