7 Ways to Help Your Child Transition to Winter Clothing
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The holidays are typically the busiest time of year where there are lots of various celebrations and traveling adventures that occur frequently for families. If you have a child, teenager, or adult with autism spectrum disorder holiday travel can be overwhelming. We hope these guideline and quick tips will help lead you and your family to success during this busy traveling time!
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“Mom, I DON’T WANNA WEAR A JACKET!”
Is this something that sounds familiar to you? For some kids, transitioning into wearing cold weather clothing is difficult, and for some kids diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder, it’s exceptionally difficult. From the change in schedule, to the change in length and textures of clothing...wearing jackets and pants after wearing nice loose t-shirts and shorts all summer can bring about some tantrums from your kiddo.
Thankfully, there are some things you can do to ease your child’s transition so they put that jacket on!
Within Applied Behavior Analysis there are two types of reinforcement: positive and negative. Reinforcement is used to help increase the probability that a specific behavior will occur in the future by either delivering or removing a stimulus immediately after a behavior.
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Thanksgiving has come and gone and now comes the holiday season full of shopping and preparing for the holidays to come. Crowded malls, bright displays, and blaring music can take a toll on many holiday shoppers, but these things can be overwhelming for many children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Sensory overload is often something parents worry about when it comes to the holiday season. This can cause stress and fear for parents with children with ASD. These 7 tips can help families lessen the stress of the holiday season and make it a more enjoyable experience for everyone.
What is ABA?
“Applied behavior analysis (ABA) means the design, implementation, and evaluation of environmental modifications, using behavioral stimuli and consequences, to produce socially significant improvement in human behavior, including the use of direct observation, measurement, and functional analysis of the relationship between environment and behavior." - NYSED Office of the Professions.
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My child has autism. Now, what do I do? This is one of the most common questions parents of children with autism ask themselves. This is also a question we hear all the time. Searching for and finding a service provider qualified to provide Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) services can be an intimidating task.