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Why do misconceptions exist? How might you defend the practices of ABA if faced with a client who is skeptical about ABA?

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Many clients often feel that ABA only applies to autistic or behavioral cases, especially in young kids under 5, but these claims are erroneous. This misconception often exists because many people forget that ABA is a methodology; they often see it merely as an intervention and sometimes fail to see its extensiveness in terms of ...

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