Many children with autism have a hard time transitioning, and the start of a school year brings about a lot of anxiety for both kids and for parents. Today, I'm going to cover some autism back to school strategies that might help make September a better month!
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[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]When people find out I'm a Behavior Analyst and work with children with autism, the most common question I get is "how do I stop my child from hitting?" Today, I have some strategies on how to deal with autism and hitting.
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I am probably the most pro-verbal behavior programming person you will ever come across, but I have seen a lot of behavior analysts and teachers focusing on the wrong targets in the wrong order. Today, I'm going to get on my soapbox and talk about what I call "tit for tat programming".
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I'm often asked, "How do you get a child with autism to tolerate a haircut?" Many young children with autism have a very difficult time tolerating not only haircuts but also nail clipping and all kinds of medical procedures. Today, I'm going to dive in and talk about some ways you can make autism haircuts more tolerable.
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I recently presented on an ABA ethics panel at the ABAI conference in San Diego, so today I'm going to get on a soapbox regarding ethical decision making and one of the most common ethical issues I've seen in the past two decades in the autism world.
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Planning for children with autism is essential for a child to reach their fullest potential. Making a plan that will work at home and at school is the second most important step to start turning autism around for your clients or child, so I’m diving into the topic of planning today.
In the autism field, I don’t think we talk about happiness near enough. So, today, I’m going to dive in and discuss how to Make Sure Your Child or Client with Autism is Happy.
Whenever a child has problem behaviors it is most likely due to the demands being too high or reinforcement being too low. Any problem behavior can be analyzed in the same way. If we have a child who is falling to the ground and crying, we can look at that and we could say, “Okay,...
When Lucas was two-years-old, before his diagnosis of autism, we took him to speech therapy sessions weekly at our local hospital and the speech therapist that worked with him was great. She really taught me a lot. I was allowed and encouraged to be in the therapy room. They also had an option to stand...
I’m Dr. Mary Barbera, Autism Mom, Board-Certified Behavior Analyst, and author of the book, The Verbal Behavior Approach: How to Teach Children with Autism and Related Disorders, which was published in 2007 and is now available in 10 languages.
