Dr. Chris’ Autism Journal � Blog Archive � The Importance of Generalization

Dr. Chris’ Autism Journal � Blog Archive � The Importance of Generalization: 2) Train Loosely - Adding variety to skills being taught. This will include using a variety of materials in a variety of ways and in a variety of situations. Ideas and approaches used in incidental teaching or naturalistic ABA tend to foster better generalization because these instructional environments more closely resemble the ultimate outcome. Studies have shown that the more naturalistic instructions and presentations of SDs tend to have better learning outcomes to intensive instruction.