this is worth a read, if you can stomach an entire article on how aba treats human children worse than the legally mandated treatment of dogs. and no, that's not an exaggeration—aba is sometimes compared to dog training, and this is an actual dog trainer pointing out that no, they're nothing alike. dog training is Humane

https://theaspergian.com/2019/03/27/is-aba-really-dog-training-for-children-a-professional-dog-trainer-weighs-in/