In this episode, Matt breaks down Hagopian et al.’s Augmented Competing Stimulus Assessment (A-CSA), showing how its four-phase approach—free access, prompted engagement, response blocking/redirection, then repeated free access—can identify and teach effective competing stimuli for treatment-resistant, automatically maintained behaviors. He highlights why every assessment you use should directly inform your intervention and offers practical tips for fading and generalizing A-CSA protocols.

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