Why Teaching Kids Manners Like “Please” and “Thank You” Should Be Avoided Early On
In a previous, blog I discussed the 3 benefits of teaching kids with autism sign language and in this blog, I’m going to talk about a few words to avoid when teaching a child with autism to speak or sign. We all spend time teaching kids manners so that they sound polite, but in the […]
Autism and Pain: Teaching Children to Indicate When They Are in Pain
My video blog last week was on ruling out medical issues before treating problem behaviors in children with autism. So please watch last week’s blog first before this video blog on autism and pain if you haven’t done so already. This week I’m going to answer a question I get often: “How do you teach […]
A Quick Assessment for an Intermediate Learner with Autism
The term “Intermediate Learner” is very subjective and in the ABA/VB field, this usually indicates that the manding, tacting and intraverbal areas on the ABLLS or VB-MAPP are not well developed. While the intermediate learner can mand for basic items and some actions, he or she is usually weak at manding for attention and information. […]