What is Natural Environment Teaching (NET)?
Positive Reinforcement • February 14, 2021
What is Natural Environment Teaching (NET)?
NET is an evidence-based teaching method that implements teaching opportunities while kids are playing and doing everyday activities. It targets important skills, such as social, language, cognitive, and motor skills, and builds a good foundation. In ABA therapy, we use techniques that are intentionally designed to help actively engage. Research studies have shown that when a child is engaged through active participation their learning is more meaningful and generalized.
The benefits of using Natural Environment Teaching for children are huge. It is effective since it allows the child to initiate the learning and provides a way to increase learning. Through NET, therapists and parents can create learning experiences designed to encourage the child to connect what they learned with what they already know. Children love to have attention, and with NET, we are able to teach children while being attentive to them and having their attention.
NET is not just for the therapist to teach with, it can be used by anyone—parents, siblings, or grandparents. This also provides the child with additional learning experiences, because they will have more learning opportunities that increase the quantity and quality of learning. The more NET is incorporated into a child’s life, the more they will learn and build on their current knowledge.
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