How to Teach a Child with Autism to Blow Their Nose

autism to blow their nose

Before I had a son with autism and then became a Behavior Analyst, I never imagined how hard it would be to teach a child to blow his nose. Today I’m going to break down the steps and give you some easy strategies to help you teach your client or child with autism to blow […]

Teaching Pronouns to Kids with Autism & Avoiding Pronoun Reversal

teaching pronouns to kids with autism

Many children with autism have a difficult time teaching pronouns to kids with autism. For instance, if you tell a child, “Hang up your backpack” that child may say “Hang up your backpack” while he’s hanging up his own backpack. It gets to be a bad game of who’s on first. So today I’m going […]

How to Be the Best Parent You Can Be to a Child with Autism

Be the Best Parent You Can Be

Are you worried you can’t be the best parent you can be to your child with autism? Today I’m giving some advice on parenting kids with and without special needs that I learned from being in the autism world for two decades.https://youtu.be/0sACHNHzptMEach week I provide my insights, usually about autism, right here on my YouTube […]

Autism and Tying Shoes

best way to learn to tie shoes

Autism and tying shoes is in some ways really complicated. But after teaching Lucas to tie his shoes, and then many other clients who were struggling to tie their shoes, I have a system that works. Today, I’m going to review the best way to learn to tie shoes for children with autism. https://youtu.be/_aQ5FCjoVos Each […]

Tit for Tat Programming – Properly Programming for Autism Children

tit for tat programming

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”.https://youtu.be/hU5oYv8cJmE Each week, I […]