3 Mistakes to Avoid When Teaching Autism Social Skills
Social skill deficits are one of the most common deficits in kids with autism. In fact, since it’s one of the signs of autism, social skills are almost always a topic talked about in a child with ASD. I found that parents and professionals make 3 common mistakes when it comes to autism social skills […]
Using Transfer Procedures to Teach Children with Autism
Are you using transfer procedures to teach children with autism? If you’re not, you definitely want to tune in for this week’s video blog where I am going to be talking about a paper that was published by myself and Dr. Rick Kubina, my BCBA mentor, in 2005 called “Using Transfer Procedures to Teach Tacts […]
Autism Treatment: Why My Verbal Behavior Approach is Different & Better
I recently did a podcast on the 10 ways that I believe my verbal behavior approach for autism treatment is different and better for kids with autism. So today, I want to give you the top three ways that I believe my approach is unique and might be able to help you and help your […]
How to Reduce Problem Behaviors | Autism Intervention for Problem Behaviors
Both autism professionals and parents report that their number one challenge by far, hands down, is the reduction of problem behaviors. So in today’s video blog, I am pulling out a short excerpt from podcast number six which is all about reducing problem behaviors.https://youtu.be/aMCzAeFZASk?list=PL0_NcGwhzOkiwnX3340WpMGzdQ2FY6ONJ Each week I provide you with some of my ideas about […]
What is Prompt Dependency in Children with Autism?
I remember when my son Lucas was little, some psychologists wrote in the report that he was very prompt dependent. Even back then before I was a behavior analyst, that comment, he’s prompt dependent, made me angry. Today’s I’m talking all about prompt dependency and whether we should blame the child or the adult on […]