Here at SBS we try to stay updated in the latest technology that ABA has to offer. In August of 2015 SBS decided to go paperless and upon joining the SBS team, therapists are given tablets to help gain access to our data collection service, ABPathfinder. With ABPathfinder therapists are able to input data for the BCBA’s to look at and change targets according to each child’s needs.
However, beginning in June of this year our data collection will change from ABPathfinder to Catalyst, an ABA data collection service with cutting-edge technology used by over 300 organizations worldwide. Catalyst will allow our therapists to collect even more precise data with the ability to time intervals, record verbal imitations and take in-depth data of uncommon behaviors. We are very excited to make this change and look forward to what Catalyst has to offer!
In addition to using tablets for data collection, you might find the therapists using them in other ways as well. Sometimes, to make sure a child has mastered certain labeling targets, therapists will find pictures on the internet similar to generalize the object. They may also use the tablets to take notes. The tablets have many uses to our therapists and are a great tool.