Finding common interests with a child with autism can be difficult sometimes. Below are some amazing, fun-filled, and educational toys and games that will help you build rapport with your little one! Kibbit – a bingo type game that works on developing receptive language skills. This game is competitive and keeps things interesting by using […]
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Autism Resources in South Florida & Beyond
For this blog, we are sharing resources you will find in Miami, Broward, Monroe counties and beyond for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder. See below! Book Recommendations: ABA Visualized: A visual guidebook for parents and teachers:https://www.amazon.com/ABA-Visualized-guidebook-parents-teachers/dp/0578472325/ref=asc_df_0578472325/ Positive Parenting for Autism: https://www.amazon.com/Positive-Parenting-Autism-Strategies-Challenges-ebook/dp/B07KMHNN2Q Uniquely Wired: A Story About Autism and Its Gifts: https://www.amazon.com/Uniquely-Wired-Story-About-Autism/dp/1944882197 Recommended Resources for Travel: […]
Autism Awareness
Autism is a disorder that affects communication, relationships, tolerance, and flexibility. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) lists 5 criteria to provide a diagnosis of Autism. These 5 criteria include: a) deficits in social interactions and vocal or non-vocal communication b) restricted or repetitive behavior, preferences, or routines (includes hypo- or hyper- […]
What’s the Function?
“X doesn’t listen to me. They act out for no reason.” Have you heard this as a way to describe someone’s behavior? Have you said these out loud too? By the end of this blog, you’ll better understand why individuals do what they do to create a more satisfying environment for yourself and the people […]
School Rules: Back to School Tips
About mid-way through the year, a change that affects a huge portion of the population occurs! Traffic increases, notebooks and no.2 pencils sell out, schedules are rearranged, and anxiety (symptoms may include making frantic calls, misplacing important documents, ruminating on the same question for hours on end) builds. School is now in session and there’s […]
WHAT IS ABA Therapy?
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is a research-based therapy that targets to decrease or increase behaviors by changing an individual’s environment. In other words, receiving ABA services can help to significantly reduce, or altogether eliminate behaviors that impede on a child’s quality of life (e.g., physical aggression, self-injurious behaviors, elopement). ABA will help to increase alternative skills, […]
The Seven Dimensions We All Need to Know About
Birthed by behaviorism and the experimental analysis of behavior, Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) first stepped into the eyes of the public in the 1960s. This was mostly due to the efforts of some of our biggest role models in the field: Baer, Wolf, and Risley. Following all of the bizarre and inhumane experiments that were […]
ABA Therapy: The Value of Consistency
As a parent or educator, it can be tough keeping up with all of the little things that occur at home or in the classroom. Regardless, the consequences that maintain your child’s behavior do not pity the creator, and moments of inconsistency add up. In ABA we call this INTERMITTENT REINFORCEMENT, and it can literally […]
ABA Therapy: Simple Ways to Make a Big Change
One strategy we practitioners know very well is called the high-probability request sequence. It has a long name because it delivers a powerful punch! Have you ever struggled with getting your child out the door in time for school? Maybe it’s getting her to pick up her toys. The High-P procedure can help with getting […]