Extinction in ABA | Parent Training, Staff Training & BST Role-Play Activities

This Extinction Review & Behavior Skills Training (BST) resource is a comprehensive, evidence-based guide designed to help caregivers, educators, and ABA professionals understand, implement, and maintain extinction procedures correctly and ethically.

Unlike basic extinction handouts, this product goes beyond definitions by providing guided reflection questions, real-life role-play scenarios, and BST-aligned practice activities to ensure extinction is implemented with fidelity, consistency, and confidence.

✨ What This Resource Includes

✔ Clear explanation of what extinction is—and what it is not

✔ Step-by-step guidance for:

• Determining if extinction is appropriate

• Identifying the function of behavior

• Selecting functionally equivalent replacement behaviors

• Planning for safety and crisis situations

✔ Function-based extinction strategies for:

• Attention-maintained behavior

• Escape/avoidance behavior

• Tangible-maintained behavior

• Sensory-maintained behavior

✔ Detailed explanations of extinction burst and spontaneous recovery, with visuals and caregiver-friendly language

✔ Common misconceptions about extinction clarified

🎭 Built-In BST & Role-Play Activities

This resource explicitly follows the Behavior Skills Training (BST) model, including:

• Comprehension & reflection questions

• Guided role-play scenarios, such as:

  • Attention-seeking behavior

  • Escape-maintained behavior

  • Tangible denial

  • Extinction burst simulations

• Trainer observation prompts

• Caregiver feedback and processing questions

These activities support real-world implementation, not just theoretical understanding.

📌 What’s Included

• 8-page printable PDF

• Visual supports and tables

• Ready-to-use discussion questions

• Role-play scripts and caregiver prompts

• Research-based content with references included

Perfect For

• ABA parent training sessions

• Caregiver coaching

• BCBA supervision and staff onboarding

• Special education teams

• Behavior intervention planning

• Home, clinic, and school-based services