Autism and Screen Time: Why I Wouldn’t Stop Screen Time
I recently got a question from a speech pathologist on one of my private Facebook groups about autism and screen time. She asked how she could support a family in reducing or eliminating screen time for their two-year-old with autism. They were watching up to four hours of TV a day.Before I get into my […]
PANDAS Disease and Autism: The Need to Knows
Back in June of 2004, my son, Lucas, was only six years old. He has moderate to severe autism so his behavior reflects his diagnosis. But one morning, he woke up with an acute onset of motor tics. The first day was really abrupt. He started flipping his shoulder and making a sound over and […]
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 […]
Which is Better ABA or Verbal Behavior?
I’m Dr. Mary Barbera, Autism Mom, Board-Certified Behavior Analyst, and author of the book, The Verbal Behavior Approach: How to Teach Children with Autism and Related Disorders, which was published in 2007 and is now available in 10 languages. https://youtu.be/bA_IZgtTi1IOccasionally, I get a question, something like, “Which is better? ABA or verbal behavior?” This is […]
Do You Think Like a Behavior Analyst?
The last two weeks, I talked about two different books by Dr. Glenn Latham. This week, continuing on talking about books that have made a positive impact on my life, I’d like to tell you about a book called “How to Think like a Behavior Analyst,” by Dr. Jon Bailey and Mary Burch. This book […]