Everyone typically has some form of a personal goal. In order to set yourself up to succeed with these goals, you first must learn to manage your behavior. In ABA there are some strategies that can help with managing your behavior, and they are called self-management
Read MoreSafety is an important aspect of parenthood. Every parent and caregiver holds the responsibility of helping to teach their child safety skills in and out of the home. Many parents of children with autism spectrum disorder often find challenges in teaching safety skills to their children.
Read MoreA task analysis is when the steps of a complicated behavior such as washing hands are broken down into smaller more manageable steps for the learner.
Read MoreA visual schedule is a series of pictures that communicate to the individual a general idea about their day. Visual schedules include a small icon (picture) for each activity during that day
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Read MorePivotal Response Training, or PRT, is a child initiated, play-based therapy used for autism. PRT is used to help with the development of communication, language skills, and to increase positive social behaviors
Read MoreWhether it’s a day trip to the zoo or a week at the beach, for some children on the autism spectrum, traveling is not fun. Travelling is unpredictable. Travelling upends daily routines. The new environments, different bed, different foods, noise, crowds, and strangers can be scary and overwhelming, especially when it happens all at once! Travelling also necessitates a lot more waiting than one is used to in everyday life: waiting to get there, waiting for food, drink, and bathroom, waiting in lines, etc.
To alleviate the unpredictability and disruption of routine from travel, try some of these tips before you go on your next trip-
Joint attention is vital to language development and early word learning. It refers to the shared attention between two people and a third object or event.
Read MoreFunctional communication training (FCT) is an effective, evidence-based method to teach individuals how to replace inappropriate problem behavior with appropriate, recognizable, functional forms of communication
Read MoreDuring the past few weeks, we have been talking about social and play skills from sharing and turn-taking to waiting for items and attention. All these areas we have gone over have significant importance during childhood.
Read MoreShaping and chaining are two helpful techniques that you can use to teach your child many complex behaviors. Please click for more.
Read MoreWhile “wait” may be a four-letter word, it’s not a bad word and it’s not the same as “no.” To demonstrate that “wait” is not “no,” consciously use the word “wait” with a matter-of-fact tone in the moments before a non-triggering event is about to occur.
Read MoreModeling is a teaching technique in which the teacher demonstrates a desired behavior or response to a learner.
Read MoreLanguage is such an important part of human interaction. Sometimes we might not realize how we speak has an effect on our behavior and vice versa. When we speak to friends and family, this is often different than how we would speak to a boss or a teacher, or how we would write in our professional careers.
Read MoreTextual behavior is reading! Transcription is writing and spelling what is being spoken.
Read MoreHere’s an example: if you say “Where are your shoes!?” and your kids respond by getting their shoes
Read Moreit’s a verbal imitation of what comes immediately before it; an “echo” of someone else's words.
Read MoreIntraverbal is responding to the spoken (or signed) words of others without repeating exactly what the other person just said, as in a conversation
Read MoreCooperative play is when the child is interested in both the individuals and the activity that they are playing.
Read MoreA tact simply is a label for something. For example, if someone points to an item and asks the learning, “what is this?” The learner labeling this item is what is considered a tact.
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