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 to love table time for learning.
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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 abusive. Today we're going to talk about physical prompting and the ethical issues that are involved, and when a physical prompt becomes a physical restraint.
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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 haircuts more tolerable.
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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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Many kids with autism need to be taught to answer yes and no, and very few professionals know how to teach this skill. So today, it's all about yes and no.
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Many professionals and parents struggle with what to teach once a child has dozens or hundreds of single words. So today I'm going to talk about what I recommend next, which is teaching actions and teaching verbs to children with autism.
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A common thing that happens when you try to teach children with autism more advanced language skills is that you lose the tacts. Today, I'm going to cover what that means and how to avoid it.
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Did you know that spill proof sippy cups can be detrimental to your child or client's development? I'm talking about the problems with sippy cups and autism today, and why not to use sippy cups.
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In the autism world, there seems to be a big push to teaching colors to kids with autism. So, today I'm going to talk about when and how to teach colors to a child with autism, and what autism colors to teach first.
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For those of you who know me well, you know that I’m not a fan of teaching carrier phrases to kids with autism. So today, I’m going to tell you why.
