Teaching Intraverbals to Children with Autism

I recently received a question from someone in my online community about why I recommend Dr. Mark Sundbergs intraverbal subtests. Intraverbals are a big part of teaching conversational skills, so this video is all about assessing and teaching this important communication skill. <center><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PL0_NcGwhzOkgCu6fpnHzM5SRSI9OvSGbw" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></center><div class="more-link-container"><a class="more-link" href="https://marybarbera.com/teaching-intraverbals-children-autism/#more-9895">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Teaching Intraverbals to Children with Autism</span></a></div>

Insurance Coverage for Autism: Who Pays for Treatment? | Interview with Lorri Unumb

ABA Therapy is critical and life-changing for your child or clients with autism, but insurance coverage isn't always available and paying out of pocket is extremely expensive. When Lorri Unumb found out it wouldn't be covered for her son with insurance, she decided to take matters into her own hands. <center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PL0_NcGwhzOkhWGuaYFN8vr4CUMJKOnwuM" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><div class="more-link-container"><a class="more-link" href="https://marybarbera.com/insurance-coverage-autism/#more-9832">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Insurance Coverage for Autism: Who Pays for Treatment? | Interview with Lorri Unumb</span></a></div>

Parental Involvement in Therapy for Children with Autism

As parents, it can be scary when your child is first diagnosed or showing signs of autism. Instead of being scared, we should be jumping on the bandwagon to help our children as early as possible with or without a diagnosis and with or without a therapy team. Parental involvement is critical. But how do we get over that fear to help our children have the best outcome? <center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PL0_NcGwhzOkhULyJ6Nfe4UtiU5GpKMyW5" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><div class="more-link-container"><a class="more-link" href="https://marybarbera.com/parental-involvement-autism-therapy/#more-9797">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Parental Involvement in Therapy for Children with Autism</span></a></div>

Autism and Decision Making Skills

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Decision-making skills for kids with autism can be very challenging, considering you can't always be exactly sure that they're picking the choice that they actually want. Neurotypical individuals can make a choice out of three options. But, usually, kids with autism, and even adults with autism spectrum, who have trouble with decision-making, pick the first choice or the last choice and dont really choose what the preferred option is. Thats why I want to talk about autism and decision making and ways that you can help your child or clients make the decisions they truly want to make. And not rely on repetitive behavior.</span> <center><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CkzenPNhq-Q" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></center><div class="more-link-container"><a class="more-link" href="https://marybarbera.com/decision-making-choices-autism/#more-9709">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Autism and Decision Making Skills</span></a></div>

Teaching Techniques: Common Mistakes When Teaching Children with Autism

As behavior analysts, teachers, and even parents, we all make mistakes teaching our children and clients with and without autism. Today we'll be discussing teaching techniques and some of the more common mistakes professionals and parents make when teaching. I know I've made all of these mistakes and I'm sure you'll benefit from hearing these mistakes too. <center><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PL0_NcGwhzOkhgYWsok9no775C_y3NBH6b" width="640" height="470" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></center><div class="more-link-container"><a class="more-link" href="https://marybarbera.com/teaching-techniques-common-mistakes/#more-9647">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Teaching Techniques: Common Mistakes When Teaching Children with Autism</span></a></div>

How Many Hours Are Needed for Kids with Autism?

<h2><span data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;How Many Hours Are Needed for Kids with Autism?&quot;}" data-sheets-userformat="{&quot;2&quot;:513,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0}">How Many Hours Are Needed for Kids with Autism?</span></h2> A lot of people get confused when they hear the words intensive ABA therapy. I get questions all the time about how many hours kids should be getting with the BCBA and with a therapist. So today I want to give you some of my thoughts on what intensive ABA therapy entails and what you should be expecting for your child or clients. <style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }</style> <div class="embed-container"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eZztE4oRhSM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div> <div class="more-link-container"><a class="more-link" href="https://marybarbera.com/aba-therapy-how-many-hours/#more-9570">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">How Many Hours Are Needed for Kids with Autism?</span></a></div>

TalkTools: An Approach to Improve Speech Clarity &#038; Feeding Skills

TalkTools is an approach to improve speech clarity and feeding skills as well as to improve things like drooling in children with and without autism. <center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SFJdY3bkJNY" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><div class="more-link-container"><a class="more-link" href="https://marybarbera.com/talktools-approach/#more-9491">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">TalkTools: An Approach to Improve Speech Clarity &#038; Feeding Skills</span></a></div>

Using TAGTeach to Teach Children with Autism

TAGTeach is a methodology that can be used to speed up skill acquisition in children with autism. In today's video blog, I'm discussing how to incorporate this into your child or client's programming to get more effective skill acquisition. <center><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/091GxxFUSec" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></center><div class="more-link-container"><a class="more-link" href="https://marybarbera.com/tagteach-teach-children-autism/#more-9243">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Using TAGTeach to Teach Children with Autism</span></a></div>

On an Early Intervention Evaluation Waitlist for Autism? Here&#8217;s What You Can Do

A few weeks ago I did a vlog called <a href="https://marybarbera.com/autism-spectrum-disorder/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">What is autism?</a> and I covered the signs of autism in young children. One of the things I didn't mention on that video blog was that the lengths of most waiting lists are huge and so long. So I wanted to cover today some of the strategies you can use while you're on a waitlist for an evaluation. <center><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/e6rLSfqeV50" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></center><div class="more-link-container"><a class="more-link" href="https://marybarbera.com/autism-waitlist-what-to-do-meanwhile/#more-9093">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">On an Early Intervention Evaluation Waitlist for Autism? Here&#8217;s What You Can Do</span></a></div>

Should You Be Teaching Apologizing to Children with Autism?

I had a question come in last week from Amy who is a participant in our online course and community and she said she had an idea for a future video blog. She said, "Could you address the issue of having or not having kids with autism apologize for their behavior following a behavior? When is a prompted apology appropriate and when does it just reinforce the negative behavior?" So today I'm going to give Amy some advice and I'll hopefully help all my other readers understand when you should be teaching apologizing or prompt a child with an I'm sorry or a different kind of apology. <center><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0bCg5hFkis0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></center><div class="more-link-container"><a class="more-link" href="https://marybarbera.com/teaching-autism-children-apologize/#more-8796">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Should You Be Teaching Apologizing to Children with Autism?</span></a></div>