Re: ABA question

[Guest guest]

HI ,

My daughter has a dual diagnosis of apraxia and autism (technically

PDD-NOS - but what's a label right?

We began using ABA - Verbal Behavior (different than Discrete Trial)

a few months before my daughter's 5th birthday. At that point she

had only about 15-20 verbal approximations and primarily used sign

language to communicate. Within a few weeks of beginning an

intensive home program using this method, her language started to

come. She's 6 1/2 years old, fully included in first grade with

support. Now I would NEVER say that my child is " cured " - but her

future looks a lot brighter than it did two years ago. She has a

long way to go - but I give full credit for her developing vocal

language(and so many other skills) to ABA - VB. The teaching

procedures are excellent and ensure that the learner can respond

quickly and accurately to teacher directed demands - a must for

inclusion. I can't say enough positive things about it - please

contact me off-line if you have any questions.

Good luck,

Deana

Deana@...

> Hi All,

>

> I was watching Good Morning America the other morning and they had

a segment

> of ABA-Applied Behavior Analysis. It was about a young boy who

received

> this treatment for Autism and now he do not fit into the

definition of

> having autism.. " A Child Who 'Recovered' From Autism " Here is

the link..

> http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnlyinAmerica/story?id=1169223 & page=1

>

> I spoke with my speech therapist about this today but she really

didn't want

> to talk to much with the ST student in the room.. She did mention

that the

> school our daughter attends does offer ABA and that was it for the

> conversation until I see her again.....I was wondering if anyone

has tried

> ABA and what are your experiences - good and bad...

> Thanks for your responses.

> Thank you,

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

My son was first diagnosed with autism and apraxia after one year the autism

diagnose was dropped (after a lot of ABA -verbal behavior - prompt, ot). He

still has apraxia but he is doing very well ... He can be 70% understood by

strange, I can understand everything he says and he has a lot to say . We are a

3 years doing ABA nowadays just 6 hours a week, and mostly to help him on

reading skills. ABA gave him tools to behave better, to use other skills to be

understood (like showing, using different words,... His behavior at school is

exemplar, and his teacher is very impressed with his skills as you see I can't

say enough positives things . However ABA requires people really prepared to do

it and close monitoring by the parents. ABA should be always INDIVIDUALIZED.

Giseli

[ ] ABA Question

Hi All,

I was watching Good Morning America the other morning and they had a segment

of ABA-Applied Behavior Analysis. It was about a young boy who received

this treatment for Autism and now he do not fit into the definition of

having autism.. " A Child Who 'Recovered' From Autism " Here is the link..

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnlyinAmerica/story?id=1169223 & page=1<http://abcnews.g\

o.com/GMA/OnlyinAmerica/story?id=1169223 & page=1>

I spoke with my speech therapist about this today but she really didn't want

to talk to much with the ST student in the room.. She did mention that the

school our daughter attends does offer ABA and that was it for the

conversation until I see her again.....I was wondering if anyone has tried

ABA and what are your experiences - good and bad...

Thanks for your responses.

Thank you,

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 3/2/2007 9:23:19 AM Central Standard Time, LBarano710@... writes:

No---My son has had ABA for two years and he is always aware of reinforcer.....he would never understand someone getting up and walking away.There is a sign for "break" (It's with two hands and looks like you are breaking a twig in half)---So, if the ABA person thinks an appropriate reinforcemtn would be for your child to get a "break" after doing a demanding teask that might be more important than walking away.

all 3 of my children have autism...they all have gotten/getting ABA for 4 years now...it's a LONG story but my school district hired a BCBA who, in my opinion, knows nothing about autism/aba....she was at school the other day when my husband was there doing an observation...the aide kept getting up and walking away...(we also saw this on a video we watched of our daughter that school sent us)...so my husband asks the BCBA who is sitting next to him the reason the aide keeps walking away...the BCBA states "that is her reinforcer...leaving her alone for a few min after she completes a task/demand"....i have NEVER heard of this...i am by no means an expert,s but after 4 yrs of researching autism/aba i have a pretty solid understanding of it...and following nothing but principles of aba in my home with all 3 children day in and day out, i think i know "something" about reinforcers/reinforcement....my daughter (who has only about 10 word echolalic language) sure didn't pick the aide walking away as her reinforcer...not only that, but she was never once told, while my husband observed, why the aide was walking away....i just want to be sure i'm not losing my mind....or that everything i have ever been taught by my childrens' previous BCBAs was "wrong".....thanks so much for your input!!!

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