Empowering Parents: Parent Led Therapy for Children with Autism
Parents taking charge is really important. You are your child’s lifelong advocate and you can be their best teachers. I talk alot about this in my book and today I am sharing some parent success stories and more information on how you as a parent or as a professional helping parents, can begin to captain the ship.
ABA Therapy: 4 Myths & Truths
ABA is a science we all use every day. I will be debunking the 4 myths of ABA and sharing with you the truth and history behind the practice. I also provide information and resources from the book to lead you to quality ABA with the Turn Autism Around approach.
Precision Teaching and Autism | Interview with Amy E. and Kelsey G.
A mom from our community, Kelsey General, joins me in this episode along with Amy Evans, Precision Teaching Practitioner. Amy works with Kelsey’s two boys now 5 and 7, who were diagnosed with autism at 25 months old. We hear the success story and importance of the work they do with precision teaching and fluency instruction.
Building Imitation Skills in Toddlers with Autism or Showing Signs of Autism
Imitation is one of the earliest and most important learning skills for babies and toddlers—supporting communication, play, social interaction, and brain development long before speech emerges. When imitation is weak, language and learning often stall. Many children with autism or speech delays are not talking because they struggle to copy actions, gestures, sounds, or play—not […]
Making ABA More Compassionate with Celia Heyman
https://youtu.be/InQdXRQ0pMQ Celia Heyman is a Board-Certified Behavioral Analyst, pursuing her doctorate, and fellow autism mom who advocated for her son to get the best compassionate ABA services to help him reach his fullest potential. Celia’s son was diagnosed with autism in 2004 after she noticed he wasn’t talking as much as his older sibling. He […]