Starting Home ABA Program

[Guest guest]

I am looking to start a home aba program for my 4 yr old this summer. He is in a

aba'ish program currently. The reason I say it is aba'ish is they only do 3 step

prompting and my son is bored bored. We are spending a great deal on the program

and after 6 months hardly any progress has been made.

They use the rethink autism programs and I just can't see why to pay when I can

do it myself at home. Is there anyone else out there doing an aba program at

home who could give me some advice?

Do you recommend rethink autism? Are there any other sites online to use for

home aba?

Thanks,

Amy

[Guest guest]

Hi Amy,

I'm sorry to hear about the progress in your ABA program, that you are measuring

for as much, and going where the measures clued with your education and

intuition would take you, I'm assuming. In that respect you probably would be

just as well off getting a good instruction manual on ABA and running with your

own ABA program (trying something else) is what my intuition is telling me, of,

you have to be involved with your child's education/training to be optimizing

any ABA program, at least to value, being the primary caregiver and

payer/customer/head that I'm assuming you are.

What I'm also saying is that there might not be enough out there of a

" voluntary " nature to support your home-based program otherwise, where you would

be looking for that, though there is a bit of such help like this board and

perhaps Barbera's blog for things like that.

Hiring a talented (as far as the merits of their getting their meaning across to

you? for your kid's sake, Thereof) consultant (or two?) on an as-needed basis

probably would be a good thing for the strategic expertise and objectivity that

would provide, as only where needed if you know what I mean, of course, of such

course.. .

Best wishes, Thereof

Mike Glavic

I ABA

ABA for Understanding More

Try to communicate as your form of reward and punishment where you can, of where

I would be taking as much for all that we can do and be, Thereof?!. Hey, *you*

might become a leader in that respect (where not already) I'd be hoping for Us

All, (or at least for your own?) by as much, where real communication is that

challenging/demanding and *just,* I'd say, that we would need any other kind of

social and whatever.

Oh yes, I'd be hoping for you to become a wonderful *analyst* in that respect if

not necessarily a behavior analyst *alone?* of just a behavior analyst... when

you could be an analyst for one all, Thereof? where being able to analyze

" communication " (of your Feeling/s, primarily?) would probably be the more

meaningful thing that we could be, for all that we could truly be, Thereof?

You could become a volunteer like that where you're not one already, (where what

you volunteer for makes the more meaningful difference?) " Communication " being

the *primary* consideration (that begets Communication, of Itself?) of such

spirit, I Feel as understand.. .

I only expect (and get ) Communication for what *I* do, so far.. .

Best wishes, Thereof.

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> I am looking to start a home aba program for my 4 yr old this summer. He is in

a aba'ish program currently. The reason I say it is aba'ish is they only do 3

step prompting and my son is bored bored. We are spending a great deal on the

program and after 6 months hardly any progress has been made.

>

> They use the rethink autism programs and I just can't see why to pay when I

can do it myself at home. Is there anyone else out there doing an aba program at

home who could give me some advice?

>

> Do you recommend rethink autism? Are there any other sites online to use for

home aba?

>

> Thanks,

> Amy

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Amy,

I do a home ABA program with my son and there is no reason you can't. For

financial reasons, I am doing it all on my own, although most people would tell

you you need a BCBA to supervise.

From my experience, I would recommend a Verbal Behavior style ABA program.

Depending on how much you already know - I would start by reading " The Verbal

Behavior Approach " , then read " Teaching Language to Children With Autism " by

Sundberg & Partington, then get an assessment and assess your child.

I used the VB Mapp, but the ABLLS-R seems to be more commonly used. The VB-MAPP

or ABLLS will give you the framework of what to teach in order.

But if you have no experience and knowledge of VB you will need to work with

your child for a while first based on what you learn in the first 2 books, then

do the assessment. Otherwise you won't understand the assessments or have a

good idea of what your child is already able to do.

If you don't want to go the VB route, you can get most of what you need from the

book " Behavioral Intervention for Young Children with Autism " by

Maurice.

HTH,

Marilyn