Happy 21st Birthday Lucas and 5 Important Autism Lessons We Learned on Our Journey (so Far)!
In celebration of Lucas’ 21st birthday this week, in this video blog, I’m going to share 5 lessons I’ve learned that might help you! A lot of these lessons are in Chapter 12 of my best-selling book, The Verbal Behavior Approach which was published a decade ago, sold more than 50,000 copies and is now […]
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 […]
Ruling Out Autism Medical Problems…Easier Said than Done!
As you probably know, I’m both a mom to an adult son with autism as well as a BCBA. But what you may not know is that I’m also a Registered Nurse. I often remind people that medical issues can cause some behaviors in children and adults with autism. And you cannot treat medical issues […]
Autism and Happiness: Programming for Happiness in Clients with Autism
Several years ago, I attended a keynote presentation with Behavior Analyst, Dr. Dennis Reid. He spoke about the importance of programming for (and measuring) autism and happiness in our children and clients.https://youtu.be/qSPvtOo7vaQ Daily Choices During one of the activities during the keynote, Dr. Reid had the audience members spend 3 minutes writing down every choice […]
Reducing Vocal Stimming and Scripting in Children with Autism
Join us for this new take on the Top 5 questions, where Kelsey and I talk via Facebook Live. We’re answering questions all about stimming and scripting. This episode will help you get clear on what is stimming in autism. Whether you’re noticing stimming in your child and have concerns about autism OR stimming and vocal stimming have become excessive or dangerous, we have some great information to help you move forward.