Are these ABA printables really free?

Yes. You fill in your name, email and role, and you get the PDFs. You can print them as often as you like at home or in your practice. The last page of each pack has a link to try the SuperChild app, which is optional.

Which pack should I start with?

Start with the start-here guide, then pick one skill your child already meets in daily life. If you are unsure, Recognize Everyday Objects or Match Identical Object Pictures are gentle first packs. If your child has a BCBA or therapist, ask which goal they are working on and use the pack that matches it.

Does my child need to talk to use these ABA materials?

No. Most packs ask your child to point to, tap or place a picture, and the pack says when speech is not required. Some packs use real objects instead, like the direction-following and quantity packs.

Should I print in color, and on what paper size?

Print in color for anything with color, color clues or block designs. Use actual size on A4. On US Letter, choose fit to page. An adult should do the cutting, and the cards can be reused across sessions.

What if my child gets it wrong or wants to stop?

Wrong answers during teaching are a signal to help more, not a failure. Go back to two choices and teach again. If your child wants to stop, stop, write it in the log, and try a few turns later in the day.

Can these worksheets replace therapy or an assessment?

No. They are family practice. The printed checks show how your child does with familiar material, and they do not replace an assessment or decisions made by your child's BCBA or therapist. Share the log with them instead.

Free printables

Free ABA printables you can use at the kitchen table tonight

These free ABA printables are 94 separate skill packs, one skill per pack, for parents of autistic children and the BCBAs, RBTs and speech therapists who work with them. Each pack tells the adult exactly what to say, what to put on the table and what counts as a correct response, so you are not guessing halfway through a session. Print the pages you need, keep the answer guide out of your child's view, and start with two pictures and a few willing turns.

What is inside every free ABA printable pack

Every pack follows the same layout. Page one is the cover with the skill in plain words, such as "Select an object from its spoken name." Then come two pages for you: the materials to gather, what counts as a response, how to start small and how to fade your help.

After that you get six practice rounds and six check rounds for your child, one round at a time. The adult guide sits on separate pages with the exact words to say and the expected answer. In Recognize Everyday Objects, for example, practice round 1 is "Give me the hat." and the expected answer is the hat. The check rounds mix in other targets in a different order.

The last pages are a practice log and a short note on what to do next. The log has columns for date, minutes, turns and three codes: I for independent correct, H for correct with help, X for incorrect or no response. If your child declines, you stop and write that down instead of forcing a score.

The five skill areas in the collection

The 94 packs are grouped into five areas. Treat the list as a menu, not a required order. Pick a skill that shows up in your child's day and that they are ready to try.

Listener Responding (33 packs): listening to names, actions and directions, then pointing to a picture or doing a simple placement. Speech is not required.
Visual Perception and Matching (21 packs): matching the same picture, matching different examples of one object, sorting, patterns, block designs and puzzles.
Function, Feature and Class (22 packs): choosing a picture from a clue about what it does, what it looks like or which group it belongs to, such as "You eat..."
Math (13 packs): number names, numbers and quantities, making a requested quantity, more and fewer, and comparing length, height, width and thickness.
Reading (5 packs): matching letters, recognizing letters in different styles, uppercase to lowercase, and linking written words to pictures.

How to run a short session with ABA worksheets

Try 3 to 5 minutes. One easy success first, then 3 to 6 practice turns, then finish with something your child enjoys. If your child wants to stop, stop. A few turns at breakfast and a few at playtime often go better than one long sitting, so add opportunities across the day before you add minutes.

Begin with two clearly different choices. When your child is responding comfortably, add one choice at a time. Do not jump straight to a full page of pictures. Read the instruction once, then give a calm pause. During teaching you can repeat the direction or show the right picture. On the next turn, wait a little longer and help a little less. Avoid guiding your child's hand.

The easiest way to spoil the data is by accident. Your eyes drift to the right card, or your voice goes up on the answer. Say the direction once, keep your gaze and finger neutral, and shuffle the picture positions between turns.

Teaching first, then a separate check

Each pack keeps teaching and checking apart. While you teach, praise effort and help when needed. During the check, you record the first response only: no pointing, no naming the answer, no correcting between attempts. Helped answers go in the H column, never in the I column.

Then the log tells you what to do next. Mostly independent: try a different example or a different adult next time. Some help needed: keep the same skill and make one thing easier. Repeated errors: go back to fewer choices and teach again.

Be honest with yourself about what a printed check shows. It uses familiar teaching material, so it is a practice snapshot. It does not replace an assessment by your child's BCBA or therapist. Several packs say this outright too: pointing to a picture of an action is not the same as doing the action with real objects. Follow Two-Step Directions, for instance, uses a real cup, book and box: "Put the book in the box, then put the cup under the table."

Free autism printables that move into the day

Each pack has a "Make it useful" step that takes the skill off the page. In Choose What We Eat, you say "You eat an apple" at snack time, without pressuring your child to taste anything. In Touch Each Item Once, you count snacks or toys by moving each one once, then ask how many. In Make a Requested Quantity, your child drops large blocks into a bowl one at a time, and you always put out more blocks than you ask for.

That last part matters. A child who knows "apple" on one card at one table may not know it yet. Try the skill with a real object, with another adult, in another room, and again a few days later.

In the download

9 printable packs, each with instructions, practice rounds, a check and a log.

The English Essential Practice Collection
The 8-page start-here guide: how to choose a skill, print, practice in small moments and keep the check separate.
Recognize Everyday Objects
Your child hears "Give me the hat" and points to or taps the right picture.
Follow Two-Step Directions
Your child carries out two spoken actions in order with real objects, a box and a table.
Match Identical Object Pictures
Your child looks at a sample picture and points to or places the exact same picture beside it.
Copy a Block Design
Your child copies a visible model by placing colored tiles in the matching cells of a grid.
Choose What We Eat
Your child hears "You eat..." and picks the picture of something people eat.
Touch Each Item Once
Your child touches every pictured item once, then points to the number for the total.
Make a Requested Quantity
Your child moves the requested number of blocks into a bowl, one at a time, from a larger pile.
Choose Written Words for Pictures
Your child points to the printed word that matches a picture. Reading aloud is not required.

Fill in the short form at the top and the PDFs are yours.

For BCBAs, RBTs and therapists

For BCBAs, RBTs and speech therapists

The packs are adapted from the SuperChild training library, which is built on VB-MAPP milestones and ABLLS-R tasks. The five areas map to VB-MAPP Listener Responding, LRFFC, VP-MTS, Math and Reading, and to ABLLS-R Area C (Receptive Language), Area B (Visual Performance), Area R (Math) and Area Q (Reading). Each pack states one target response and its criterion for a correct response, so you can hand a caregiver a single program instead of a binder.

The printed checks use familiar teaching material and are not milestone scores or a replacement for your assessment. Mand training and speech production are not covered. The I/H/X log gives you separate counts of independent and prompted responses to look at in your next session.

Questions parents ask

Are these ABA printables really free?: Yes. You fill in your name, email and role, and you get the PDFs. You can print them as often as you like at home or in your practice. The last page of each pack has a link to try the SuperChild app, which is optional.
Which pack should I start with?: Start with the start-here guide, then pick one skill your child already meets in daily life. If you are unsure, Recognize Everyday Objects or Match Identical Object Pictures are gentle first packs. If your child has a BCBA or therapist, ask which goal they are working on and use the pack that matches it.
Does my child need to talk to use these ABA materials?: No. Most packs ask your child to point to, tap or place a picture, and the pack says when speech is not required. Some packs use real objects instead, like the direction-following and quantity packs.
Should I print in color, and on what paper size?: Print in color for anything with color, color clues or block designs. Use actual size on A4. On US Letter, choose fit to page. An adult should do the cutting, and the cards can be reused across sessions.
What if my child gets it wrong or wants to stop?: Wrong answers during teaching are a signal to help more, not a failure. Go back to two choices and teach again. If your child wants to stop, stop, write it in the log, and try a few turns later in the day.
Can these worksheets replace therapy or an assessment?: No. They are family practice. The printed checks show how your child does with familiar material, and they do not replace an assessment or decisions made by your child's BCBA or therapist. Share the log with them instead.