Drawbacks of Applied behaviour Analysis (ABA)

1. Parental Involvement
o Parents are busy and overwhelmed most of the time.

o Learning and instruct a therapeutic technique can deter parents from

getting to be included with the therapy all together, making it totally
ineffective for the children.
2. Some parents and the people with autism may stand that ABA
is unethical.

3. Parents worries about stress of ABA therapy.

4. Time and Cost Can Be Prohibitive

oRequires intensive one-on-one work, with a trained

specialist, for at least 25 to 40 hours a week.
oIn facts, according to Lovaas’s study in 1987’s, it stated
children received 40 hours of ABA treatment.
o Many school districts, even those who provide ABA
services, don't have the resources available to provide ABA
for that many hours.
5. Robotic results

Critics of ABA is that Advocates of ABA don’t

children tend to have believe this is valid and
robotic behaviors and research studies have
are not educated to not found this is valid.
think independently.
REFERENCES
• https://www.healthcentral.com/article/pros-and-cons-of-applied-
behavior-analysis-aba
• https://healthfully.com/139870-the-disadvantages-applied-behavior-
analysis.html
• https://www.appliedbehavioranalysisprograms.com/faq/what-are-
the-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-treating-autism-with-aba/