How to Stop a Child from Hitting | Resolving Autism Aggression
When people find out I'm a Behavior Analyst and work with children with autism the most common question I get is how do I stop my child from problem behaviors such as hitting? So how do I stop my child from hitting? Or biting? Or yelling? How do I stop my child from doing something? Today, I'm…
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Teaching Pronouns to Kids with Autism & Avoiding Pronoun Reversal
Many children with autism have a difficult time teaching pronouns to kids with autism. For instance, if you tell a child, "Hang up your backpack" that child may say "Hang up your backpack" while he's hanging up his own backpack. It gets to be a bad game of who's on first. So today I'm going to talk…
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How to Be the Best Parent You Can Be to a Child with Autism
Are you worried you're not being the best parent you can be to your child with autism? Today I'm giving some advice on parenting kids with and without special needs that I learned from being in the autism world for two decades.
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The Best Way to Learn to Tie Shoes for Children with Autism
Teaching children with autism to tie their shoes is in some ways really complicated. But after teaching Lucas to tie his shoes, and then many other clients, I have a system that works. Today, I'm going to review the best way to learn to tie shoes for children with autism.
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Tit for Tat Programming – Properly Programming for Autism Children
I am probably the most pro-verbal behavior programming person you will ever come across, but I have seen a lot of behavior analysts and teachers focusing on the wrong targets in the wrong order. Today, I'm going to get on my soapbox and talk about what I call "tit for tat programming".
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Teaching Kids with Autism to Love Table Time for Learning
A common problem in home and school ABA programs is kids resisting coming to the table or work area, or leaving the work area. Today, I'm going to talk to you about sanitizing the environment, and how this can be a critical step to get kids running to the table to start and continue learning.
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Using a Physical Prompt for Children with Autism | Autism & ABA Ethics
Kids with autism often require a lot of physical prompting, especially when they are learning new tasks. But in my two decades in the autism world, I've seen a lot of physical prompting that would definitely be considered physical restraint and a few instances where some would consider it even…
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Preventing Problem Behaviors During Autism Haircuts
I'm often asked, "How do you get a child with autism to tolerate a haircut?" Many young children with autism have a very difficult time tolerating not only haircuts but also nail clipping and all kinds of medical procedures. Today, I'm going to dive in and talk about some ways you can make autism…
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We Need Better Ethical Decision Making | Autism & ABA Ethics
I recently presented on an ABA ethics panel at the ABAI conference in San Diego, so today I'm going to get on a soapbox regarding ethical decision making and one of the most common ethical issues I've seen in the past two decades in the autism world.
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3 Action Steps for Autism You Can Take Today | Toddlers and Autism
If you thought your toddler might have cancer and were told that you had to wait nine months or two years for an evaluation by an oncologist it would be completely unacceptable. Yet, parents are often on the wait list for months or even years to see a developmental pediatrician or other autism…
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