Natural Environment Teaching (NET) is utilizing principles of Applied Behavior Analysis to teach in the natural environment, “the real world”. Because children with autism are not typically motivated to learn new things, Natural Environment Teaching can be particularly necessary and particularly difficult. read more
As a matter of fact, many programs don’t teach new skills in the natural environment at all! Unfortunately, this can lead to a child only being able to learn skills in one environment. It also leads to skills being gained in therapy but not utilized outside of therapy. read more
Natural environment training applies the principles of ABA to a more natural setting. NET therapy does not take place in a clinic, instead, the services can be held in the child’s home or in a public space (such as a library, church, park, or grocery store). read more
Natural Environment Training are instructions that are both driven by the individual’s motivation and carried out in the environments that closely resemble natural environments, while being highly structured with regard to the individual’s access to reinforcement. read more