Advanced behavioral applications in schools: A review of R. Douglas Greer's designing teaching strategies: An applied behavior analysis systems approach.

Lattal (2004) wrote a short review of Greer’s book on CABAS®. CABAS® is a full-school ABA system. It links reading lessons, daily graphing, and flexible class grouping.

The paper does not test kids. It sums up how schools in the US, Ireland, and Italy use the model.

The review says CABAS® gives teachers a clear, step-by-step way to run ABA classrooms. Literacy, math, and social skills are all taught with data sheets.

Teams move students to new groups as soon as charts show mastery.

LaMarca et al. (2024) updates CABAS® ideas. They give a five-phase ADDIE recipe any BCBA can follow to build full programs. ADDIE is the newer, plug-and-play version of CABAS® design.

Light-Shriner et al. (2025) surveyed real school BCBAs. They found most have no class on teamwork, yet district BCBAs still collaborate daily. Their data fills in the “how” that CABAS® only hints at.

LaLonde et al. (2023) show how to track kids with quick CBM probes. CABAS® wants daily graphs; CBM gives you the five-minute tool to do it.

If you work in a school, you now have a chain of tools. Start with CABAS® for the big picture. Use ADDIE to plan each unit. Add CBM for fast academic checks. Remember Light-Shriner’s tip: keep talking with teachers even if you never had a collaboration class. Put these pieces together and your ABA program can run itself from kindergarten to graduation.