Teaching Kids with Autism to Reply to Questions with Yes and No
Many kids with autism need to be taught to answer yes and no, and very few professionals know how to teach this skill. So today, it’s all about yes and no.https://youtu.be/OlufIVItOTkHi, I’m doctor Mary Barbera. Autism mom, board certified behavior analyst, and best-selling author. When my son, Lucas, was two years old, before he was […]
Teaching Actions to Children with Autism
Many professionals and parents struggle with what to teach once a child has dozens or hundreds of single words. So today I’m going to talk about what I recommend next, which is teaching actions and teaching verbs to children with autism.https://youtu.be/loRPV2f4NHo Many professionals and parents jump to carrier phrases as soon as a child can […]
Autism Teaching Strategies for Teaching Higher Language Skills & Keeping Learned Tacts
A common thing that happens when you try to teach children with autism more advanced language skills is that you lose the tacts. Today, I’m going to cover what that means and how to avoid it.https://youtu.be/mkvYpivgxtU What is a tact? Just so we’re on the same page here, a tact is a label of something […]
Teaching Colors to Children with Autism & What Autism Colors to Teach First
In the autism world, there seems to be a big push to teaching colors to kids with autism. So, today I’m going to talk about when and how to teach colors to a child with autism, and what autism colors to teach first.https://youtu.be/TIWjdyrox8k?list=PL0_NcGwhzOkgpCdoAS1f7rG423gkh2wEJAbout 15 years ago, a local mom who’s a friend of mine brought […]
Why Teaching Carrier Phrases is a Bad Idea
For those of you who know me well, you know that I’m not a fan of teaching carrier phrases to kids with autism. So today, I’m going to tell you why.https://youtu.be/tWR7rR5zDscI’ve never done a full blog on carrier phrases, but my blog on teaching Timmy to talk in four word utterances where I talk a […]