Getting Kids with Autism to Like (or Love) Table Time

I’m a big proponent of table time even for toddlers. Most early intervention professionals and behavior analysts recommend more natural environment teaching methods for young children with autism. But I have found the quicker we can get a child sitting at a table to learn, the better he or she will do.https://youtu.be/5k80eQsj3xYInitially, we start out […]
Expanding Expressive Language: What’s Wrong with the Goal for Timmy to Talk In 4-Word Utterances?

In last week’s video blog, I discussed a few ABA strategies to develop first sounds and words in children with autism. Today I’m going to discuss expanding expressive language carefully in children who are speaking in 1 or 2-word utterances where we have echoic control meaning if we say “say ball” the child will say […]