Do You Ever Feel Like a Crappy Parent?
I became a BCBA in 2003 as my two sons entered early elementary school. Until then I was pretty much just winging it as a parent. As you probably know if you have been listening to my video blogs for a few months, my oldest son Lucas has moderate to severe autism so I started […]
2 Decades of Changes in the Autism World
A few months ago I did a keynote presentation in Australia where I had the privilege of presenting the lessons I’ve learned on my personal and professional journey with autism. At the end of day I also participated in a panel presentation where I was asked a question something like this: “After spending almost two […]
My Verbal Behavior Approach Book is 10 Years Old: 5 Things I Learned
I never had a goal to write a book. It happened mostly by accident. As you may know I fell into the autism world in 1999 when my first-born son, Lucas was diagnosed with autism one day before his third birthday. I then became a Behavior Analyst in 2003 and started focusing most of my […]
Two Steps in Tackling Any Problem Behavior
I did a survey a few years ago as I was creating my first online course and 300 autism professionals and parents responded within a week. They told me that their #1 challenge by far, hands down, was handling problem behavior. As a Board Certified Behavior Analyst at the doctoral level, I have analyzed a […]
Should We Use Non-Verbal or Non-Vocal?
It’s been almost 2 decades since my first-born son, Lucas starting showing signs of autism at the age of 21 months and that’s when my husband, Charles (who is a Emergency Medicine physician) first mentioned the possibility of autism.I was horrified at the thought of an autism diagnosis and in denial about Lucas’ delays telling […]