Preventing Problem Behaviors During Autism Haircuts
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 […]
We Need Better Ethical Decision Making | Autism & ABA Ethics
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.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZMscW5bpU8&feature=youtu.beIf you are a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, you […]
Planning for Children with Autism
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.https://youtu.be/MCOy4HA23mcOne of the biggest problems […]
How to Make Sure Your Child or Client with Autism is Happy
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.https://youtu.be/29SW7WyNJDg Last year, I did a video blog called Programming for Happiness. In that blog, I talk about a keynote presentation I […]
Pairing: The Key to Turning Things Around for Kids with Autism
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, […]