Comments on: When Applied To Behavior http://www.autismathomeseries.com/library/2009/06/when-applied-to-behavior/ Tips, tricks and strategies for parents of children on the autism spectrum. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Spectrummy Mummy http://www.autismathomeseries.com/library/2009/06/when-applied-to-behavior/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Spectrummy Mummy Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:32:16 +0000 http://gator883.hostgator.com/~schneide/?p=103#comment-75 My 3 year-old (AS) is in a preschool autism class that is essentially ABA/Discrete trial. I too had been told that ABA was demeaning and degrading to children, especially those who are "high-functioning" (I hate that term). We checked out the classroom and teacher for ourselves. We love the rapport she has with her teacher, and we love the results this method gets with her. It most definitely has evolved from the videos and photos posted online. Like anything though, never get involved in a therapy that could be harmful. There are some sharks out there. My 3 year-old (AS) is in a preschool autism class that is essentially ABA/Discrete trial. I too had been told that ABA was demeaning and degrading to children, especially those who are “high-functioning” (I hate that term). We checked out the classroom and teacher for ourselves. We love the rapport she has with her teacher, and we love the results this method gets with her. It most definitely has evolved from the videos and photos posted online. Like anything though, never get involved in a therapy that could be harmful. There are some sharks out there.

]]> By: AmandaBroadfoot http://www.autismathomeseries.com/library/2009/06/when-applied-to-behavior/comment-page-1/#comment-71 AmandaBroadfoot Sun, 29 Aug 2010 01:31:22 +0000 http://gator883.hostgator.com/~schneide/?p=103#comment-71 Thank you for this post! We're getting ready to start an ABA program with our 4-year-old, who is autistic at the highly functioning end of the spectrum. We didn't start ABA earlier because I, like you, had an outdated idea of what it is. In my case, my opinion had been colored by an occupational therapist who described it as "dog training." <br><br>Last year, we tentatively stuck our toe in the ABA waters by having a therapist come to our son's school, do an evaluation and make recommendations. We were so impressed by her thoroughness and professionalism -- as well as her natural rapport with our son -- that we opted to go for in-home ABA this year. We start in a couple of weeks.<br><br>Out of curiosity (and I'm new to this, so the answer might be more obvious to those better informed :-), why do you think ABA doesn't work after the age of 5? My son just turned four, but developmentally (particularly socially) he's about a year to a year-and-a-half behind his peers at this time. He's very verbal (mostly echolalia, but getting more functional language) but is still learning about turn-taking, sharing, greetings, etc. Thank you for this post! We're getting ready to start an ABA program with our 4-year-old, who is autistic at the highly functioning end of the spectrum. We didn't start ABA earlier because I, like you, had an outdated idea of what it is. In my case, my opinion had been colored by an occupational therapist who described it as “dog training.”

Last year, we tentatively stuck our toe in the ABA waters by having a therapist come to our son's school, do an evaluation and make recommendations. We were so impressed by her thoroughness and professionalism — as well as her natural rapport with our son — that we opted to go for in-home ABA this year. We start in a couple of weeks.

Out of curiosity (and I'm new to this, so the answer might be more obvious to those better informed :-) , why do you think ABA doesn't work after the age of 5? My son just turned four, but developmentally (particularly socially) he's about a year to a year-and-a-half behind his peers at this time. He's very verbal (mostly echolalia, but getting more functional language) but is still learning about turn-taking, sharing, greetings, etc.

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