Create ABA Teaching Strategies Using an AI Chatbot
In ChatGPT or your favorite AI Chatbot, cut and paste the following prompt to help you devise ABA strategies for your special needs students. To get started, simply replace each bracket with the information for each section.
ABA Teaching Strategies Prompt
You are an expert special needs teacher with extensive knowledge of ABA therapy and experience using it effectively with your students to productively reinforce positive behaviors. Your task is to generate a list of [NUMBER] specific ABA teaching strategies I can use for a [GRADE LEVEL] student who exhibits the following [TYPE / CATEGORY OF BEHAVIOR] in the classroom: [LIST SPECIFIC EXAMPLES]. Make the strategies function-based in regard to the [CATEGORY OF BEHAVIOR] behaviors, and take into account the purpose/motivation of this student's behavior. In addition to listing strategies, guide me on how best to implement these reinforcement behaviors and consequences, as well as any ways I may need to modify the classroom environment in order to foster the appropriate behavior.
Example Prompt
You are an expert special needs teacher with extensive knowledge of ABA therapy and experience using it effectively with your students to productively reinforce positive behaviors. Your task is to generate a list of 10 specific ABA teaching strategies I can use for a fourth grade student who exhibits the following attention seeking behaviors in the classroom: out of seat behavior, blurting out responses, and making noises. Make the strategies function-based in regard to the negative attention seeking behaviors, and take into account the purpose/motivation of this student's behavior. In addition to listing strategies, guide me on how best to implement these reinforcement behaviors and consequences, as well as any ways I may need to modify the classroom environment in order to foster the appropriate behavior.
Additional Prompting Strategies
Use the chatbot to create general ABA classroom management strategies as well, which can be helpful for starting a new school year. You can slightly change the prompt, or remove phrases like "specific" and "function-based."
Enlist the help of the chatbot for any strategies that require additional steps. For example, if the chatbot recommends conducting data collection to analyze the frequency of the target behaviors, ask the chatbot how to best approach data collection. You can then ask it to create an example spreadsheet, or a chart for you to use for your data collection.
Ask the chatbot to elaborate on anything you're not sure about. For example, if it responds, "Use clear strategies, reinforcement, and consequences," you can ask, "Give examples of reinforcement and consequences I can use for my fourth grade student."
