<P> One teaching technique found to be effective with some students, particularly children, is the use of video modeling (the use of taped sequences as exemplars of behavior). It can be used by therapists to assist in the acquisition of both verbal and motor responses, in some cases for long chains of behavior . </P> <P> Critical to behavior analytic interventions is the concept of a systematic behavioral case formulation with a functional behavioral assessment or analysis at the core . This approach should apply a behavior analytic theory of change (see Behavioral change theories). This formulation should include a thorough functional assessment, a skills assessment, a sequential analysis (behavior chain analysis), an ecological assessment, a look at existing evidenced - based behavioral models for the problem behavior (such as Fordyce's model of chronic pain) and then a treatment plan based on how environmental factors influence behavior . Some argue that behavior analytic case formulation can be improved with an assessment of rules and rule - governed behavior . Some of the interventions that result from this type of conceptualization involve training specific communication skills to replace the problem behaviors as well as specific setting, antecedent, behavior, and consequence strategies . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs expansion with: critical response . You can help by adding to it . (July 2017) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs expansion with: critical response . You can help by adding to it . (July 2017) </Td> </Tr>

The field of applied behavior analysis (aba) began applications to human behavior during the