4 Tips To Get Your Kids To Sleep In Their Own Beds

Sleep, it’s so elusive.

Frustrated that your toddler or preschooler whines and cries more than he talks? Here are some more tips to help your child learn to communicate more effectively (and appropriately), and to help you save your sanity.

How to Get your Child to Talk (Part 1)

Frustrated that your toddler or preschooler whines and cries more than he talks? Here are some tips for helping your child learn to communicate more effectively (and appropriately), and to help you save your sanity.

3 Ways To Get Your Child To Listen (Without Yelling)

We've all been there. You're trying to get your child to follow a direction, and she protests, refusing to do it. How do you handle it?

Ages & Stages of Social Skills

What should your child’s social skills look like?

Center-based & home-based services will resume June 15th for children aged 18 months - 12 years

Center-based & home-based services will resume June 15th for children aged 18 months - 12 years.

Tara MontemurroMay 19, 2020The Behavior Place

Updates regarding the reopening of our center for children with autism

After closing our center to help mitigate the spread of the virus in our community, we are now working to resume services within this new normal of physical distancing and personal protective equipment.

Tara MontemurroMay 11, 2020

How Can I Teach My Child To Talk?

Frustrated that your toddler or preschooler whines and cries more than he talks? Here are some tips for helping your child learn to communicate more effectively (and appropriately), and to help you save your sanity.

Social Skills Checklist For Toddlers And Preschoolers

Socialization is an important aspect of every child's development. Use our checklist to make sure your child is meeting their social milestones.

What is ABA?

ABA can used for almost anything, and can be found being implemented in homes, classrooms, businesses, and government programs. When applied to every day situations, ABA can help children acquire skills to become independent learners, communicators, and individuals.

DisseminateTara MontemurroAugust 16, 2019ABA, Applied Behavior Analysis

5 Steps To Potty Train Your Child, Quickly

My most successful work days involve poop. Well, not just poop. A good day usually revolves around Number 1 and Number 2.

Parenting with ScienceTara MontemurroJune 14, 2019potty training, toilet training, autism, ABA, diapers, kids, parenting

How do I get my toddler to want to eat?

Common questions and answers about how to get your toddler to try new foods.

How To Prevent Eating Problems

Siblings often like to copy their brothers and sisters, and picky eating is probably not something you want them to pick up on. So, how do you prevent eating problems from starting in the first place?

Parenting with ScienceTara MontemurroSeptember 28, 2018aba, feeding, behavior analysis, pickyeaters, picky eaters, eating problems

Common Myths About Behavioral Interventions

Have you heard that you should never reward your child for eating? Were you told that rewarding your child will reduce his or her motivation to eat? Let’s take a look at some of these common myths, and figure out the truth.

Parenting with ScienceTara MontemurroSeptember 21, 2018aba, Applied Behavior Analysis, feeding, pickyeaters, picky eaters

5 Reasons Eating Interventions Fail

The last thing you want to do is put a ton of time and effort into an intervention, and then not get to reap the rewards of cooking a single meal at dinnertime.

Parenting with ScienceTara MontemurroSeptember 14, 2018aba, autism, Applied Behavior Analysis, feeding, pickyeaters, picky eaters

6 Ways To Keep Eating Problems Out Of Your Mealtimes

Starting a feeding intervention with your child is hard work. These 6 tips will help keep those eating problems from resurfacing.

My Child's Eating Problem

What exactly is your child's eating problem? Here are some questions to ask yourself:

What To Consider Before Starting A Feeding Intervention

Before getting started with a feeding intervention, it's important to determine if your child has any medical or behavioral problems or concerns that could be contributing to his or her eating problems.