Looking for advice/New to list and AVB

[Guest guest]

Hello list,

I will try to keep this short. I am looking for advice and experienced

parents, students or consultants in Applied Verbal Behavior.

I learned of this list and AVB just last week at a conference in Lakeland,

FL. Jenn Godwin gave a wonderful presentation and the video clips had my

husband and I very interested in getting help for our 3 year old daughter.

Unfortunately, we had to run out the door in order to make it to a wedding

and did not have a chance to meet and ask questions.

Our daughter is 3.2 and has a variety of suspected diagnosis (ranging from

developmental delays, verbal apraxia, hypotonia, sensory integration disorder

and dysarthria.) We now just describe her as " somewhere just over the

rainbow of autism spectrum disorders. "

Since she does not fit neatly into any label, it is just easier to explain

our current concerns. She began speaking at about 2.6 years after 8 months

of typical speech and oral motor therapy. However, she now shows difficulty

in language and pragmatics. She cannot answer WH questions and is only

beginning to say " yes " and " no " but usually requires prompts. She has a

wonderful memory and does well with flash cards and labeling pictures and

items. From what I learned at the seminar I would say that she does have a

large receptive repertoire, many tacts and very few mands with almost no

intraverbals. (Yes, I did study my handout. lol)

Her eye contact and attention are good and she loves to learn although she

needs to learn HOW to learn. Some tasks must be broken down for her although

others (like letters, numbers, colors, logos) require very little exposure or

teaching. Her frustration level can be high and a " perfectionist " streak runs

pretty strong. All in all, we believe she would respond very well to this

form of therapy and would appreciate any advice or direction you can provide.

I've started doing a few little things I saw in the clips at the seminar

using the flashcards and books we already have. I've increased the pace and

prompts from what we had been doing and she LOVES it. I'm not sure if this

is typical but not much about our journey has been typical so far.

Thanks for you time and I look forward to any advice!

Jen

(Mia's Mother)

Lakeland, FL

[Guest guest]

Hi, Jen. There's a listing of people with experience in VB on my

website's HelpLine (www.BurkABA.com) that may be helpful to you.

There's also a link under " Getting Started " to ABA's behavior analyst job

service, which has listings of folks looking for students.

Hope this helps,

________________________________________

Burk, M.A.

Consulting Behavior Analyst (AVB specialization)

Burk Behavioral Consulting

www.BurkABA.com

BurkABA@...