Providing Choices | ABA Parent Training Handout

Choices are powerful!
This ABA-informed parent training handout teaches caregivers, educators, and therapists how to effectively use choice-making strategies to reduce power struggles, increase compliance, and support communication and independence.

Designed by a BCBA, this resource breaks down how, when, and why to offer choices in a way that feels empowering—not overwhelming—for learners of all ages.

✅ What’s Included:

✔️ Clear explanations of why offering choices works
✔️ Step-by-step tips for limiting choices (2–3 options)
✔️ Strategies for using preferred vs. non-preferred choices
✔️ Guidance for avoiding and de-escalating power struggles
✔️ Examples of forced choices vs. open-ended questions
✔️ Support for using visuals and 3D objects for learners with communication delays
✔️ Dozens of real-life example scripts (mealtime, hygiene, homework, transitions, bedtime)
✔️ Follow-up reflection questions for caregivers
✔️ Behavior Skills Training (BST) exercises with instruction, modeling, role-play, and feedback
✔️ Evidence-based references included

👩‍👦 Who This Resource Is For:

• Parents & caregivers
• ABA therapists (BCBAs, RBTs, BIs)
• Special education teachers
• Early intervention providers
• Professionals supporting individuals with autism, ADHD, or developmental delays

🎯 Skills Targeted:

• Compliance & cooperation
• Communication & choice-making
• Flexibility & transitions
• Reducing refusal, avoidance, and power struggles
• Executive functioning & independence

📌 Why Teachers & Therapists Love This Resource:

✔️ Easy-to-read, parent-friendly language
✔️ Perfect for parent training sessions, home programs, or workshops
✔️ Can be used across ages and settings (home, school, community)
✔️ Grounded in research-based ABA strategies
✔️ Ready to print or use digitally

📎 File Details:

• Format: PDF
• Pages: 6
• Printable & digital-friendly
• Not editable