How many relational frames are there?

RFT describes families rather than a fixed count. The nine covered here are the ones most commonly programmed: coordination, distinction, opposition, comparison, hierarchical, temporal, spatial, deictic, and causal.

Which relational frame should I teach first?

Coordination is the usual starting point. It emerges earliest and most other frames are defined partly in relation to it.

Reference

The relational frames

Nine frame families, each with its own entailment pattern and its own lesson design. One page each.

All nine frames

Coordination

Relating stimuli as the same or equivalent. The basis of naming.

Distinction

Relating stimuli as different, without specifying how.

Opposition

Relating stimuli as opposites along a shared dimension.

Comparison

Relating stimuli along a graded dimension: more, less, bigger.

Hierarchical

Relating stimuli as member and category, part and whole.

Temporal

Relating events in time: before, after, then, now.

Spatial

Relating objects in space: above, beside, inside, behind.

Deictic

Relating from a perspective: I and you, here and there, now and then.

Causal

Relating events as cause and effect, if and then.

Where to start

Coordination is the usual entry point, because it is the earliest to emerge and because most other frames are defined partly against it. Distinction and opposition follow naturally from there.

Deictic framing is the most demanding of the families and is generally programmed later, once simpler relations are fluent.

Common questions

How many relational frames are there?: RFT describes families rather than a fixed count. The nine covered here are the ones most commonly programmed: coordination, distinction, opposition, comparison, hierarchical, temporal, spatial, deictic, and causal.
Which relational frame should I teach first?: Coordination is the usual starting point. It emerges earliest and most other frames are defined partly in relation to it.