Re: ABA and kids?

February 6, 2006

Trisha has only started ABA this school year and she will be 14 on the 18th

of this month. I sent a link in an earlier post that tells you about ABA

and it talks a little about that as well. I will post the link in the link

section on the main group page. It's in a folder called What is ABA under the

links section. When you go to the website after reading the article there are

several other good resources listed at the bottom of the page you might want

to check out.

Carol

Trishasmom

She isn't typical, She's Trisha!

If you always do what you always did, you'll always get what you've always

gotten.

February 7, 2006

In a message dated 2/7/2006 12:48:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

ICANFIELD@... writes:

Question that I had asked was if you had a chance to read Skinner's

book? If you still had it? Sort of red with large letters of Verbal

Behavior and if so, some of us believe it may be a collectors item in

the future. ; )

Yes I have read it. It was required reading at the time. I kept if for

many years and then loaned it to some one and never got it back. Even then

there were lots of debates going on and some people got upset with Skinner's

take

on training.

Another question the school that Trisha attends are they implementing

Floortime? I believe you mentioned RDI, any other interventions/

techniques/strategies? Just awesome!

Yes they do, one of the reasons why I believe Trisha is making such good

progress is that they use a wide variety of ways to teach and they let her

guide them as to her needs.

Carol

Trishasmom

She isn't typical, She's Trisha!

If you always do what you always did, you'll always get what you've always

gotten.

February 7, 2006

In a message dated 2/7/2006 12:48:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

ICANFIELD@... writes:

Question that I had asked was if you had a chance to read Skinner's

book?

We also had to read the book I'm ok, your ok by .

Book Description

" Happy childhood " notwithstanding, most of us are living out the NOT OK

feelings of a defenseless CHILD wholly dependent on OK others for stroking and

care. By the third year of life, says Dr. , most of us have made the

unconscious decision I'M NOT OK-YOU'RE OK. This negative Life Position, shared

by

successful and unsuccessful people alike, contaminates our rational ADULT

potential -- leaving us vulnerable to the inappropriate, emotional reactions of

our CHILD and the uncritically learned behavior programmed into our PARENT.

In personal Transactions, NOT OK people resort to harmful withdrawal,

rituals, activities, pastimes, and games for getting needed strokes while

avoiding

painful intimacy with people they see as OK.

Dr. A. 's pioneering work in Transactional Analysis has had a

fundamental impact on our understanding of interpersonal behavior. In showing

us how to make the conscious decision I'M OK-YOU'RE OK, he has helped millions

of despairing people find the freedom to change, to liberate their ADULT

effectiveness, and to achieve joyful intimacy with the people in their lives.

About the Author

The late was a Navy psychiatrist and a professor at the

University of Arkansas. He practiced psychiatry in Sacramento, California and

directed the Transactional Analysis Association.

Carol

Trishasmom

She isn't typical, She's Trisha!

If you always do what you always did, you'll always get what you've always

gotten.

February 7, 2006

Hi Carol,

Totally agree modifying around the individuals learning style and

also being creative as you have been.

Yes, I remember you had mentioned this, that this was another lingo

being used. Question, did you happen to read his original book and do

you still own it? I believe its red with Verbal Behavior in large

letters. Could be a collectors. : )

Who would of thought that what you had learned by taking this class

was going places in this generation. Then have Trisha taught this.

Life is such a circle of surprises.

I wish the Universities, colleges,etc. would make sure that many

future professionals working with any developmental delay

students/clients would make sure that " Behavior Modification " was

still part of their requirements.

Irma,17,DS/ASD

> When ABA is used correctly it uses many modalities including VB

and DTT

> along with many others and it does not use adversives. The sad

part is that many

> people still read the old information from 20 years ago and

believe it is

> still the same. Just like in anything else, as the time goes by

improvements

> are made or adjustments to the teaching to reflect what has been

learned over

> the years. Trisha has made so much improvement using the ABA

technique

> along with other modalities that after careful assessment were

incorporated. ABA

> like anything else needs to be geared to the needs of the

individual

> child/person so that what you see with one child might not be the

same with what you

> see with another child but they all use ABA methods. I studied B.

F.

> Skinner back when I was majoring in Mental Health Tech. in College

and back then

> what we now call ABA was called Behavior Modification. See what I

mean about

> how things change with the times? I was doing Behavior Mod

before it was

> popular to be doing it in my practicums. lol

>

> Carol

> Trishasmom

> She isn't typical, She's Trisha!

> If you always do what you always did, you'll always get what

you've always

> gotten.

>

February 7, 2006

Well Carol,

Seems like this one came through. I was agreeing to your post and yes

remembered that you had shared that this was all a new lingo with

the " Behavior Modification " that has been taught. Just to know that

this generation has made the topics of many issues with it.

Question that I had asked was if you had a chance to read Skinner's

book? If you still had it? Sort of red with large letters of Verbal

Behavior and if so, some of us believe it may be a collectors item in

the future. ; )

How life was such a circle of surprises with what you had applied

yourself at school with on getting educated on this and now Trisha

being part of learning from it and of course you being so creative

modifying around it.

Another question the school that Trisha attends are they implementing

Floortime? I believe you mentioned RDI, any other interventions/

techniques/strategies? Just awesome!

Sorry Miss forgetful here, so I'll end here trying to remember what

else I had posted.

Irma,17,DS/ASD

>

> >

> > When ABA is used correctly it uses many modalities including VB

and

> DTT along with many others and it does not use adversives. The sad

> part is that many people still read the old information from 20 years

> ago and believe it is still the same.

>

February 9, 2006

Thanks for the sights, I will check them out. Yes Zach also has Downs.

Last night we celebrated his 21st birthday. It is always a day that is hard

for me. and I both love Zach to peices and celebrate his special day

and what a blessing he is to us in so many ways but at the same time the

birthday brings so many memories or the day he was born and sadness and

grief we felt. Not over him but over our situation and the fact we were

being told he had Down syndrome. So grief also resurfaces along with the

joy and celebration. It is very strange and a real head trip because you do

not feel like you should still have those sad and grieving feelings yet and

there is some guilt to that. It seems to feel like a mind battle in my

head. I think I am better today. Because Zach has no real friends to hang

with, his sister got some of her friends together (she is 18) and they all

took him bowling. His " old " babysister who was 16 at the time and now is

thru college,married and working also came with her husband. She was like

the most precious sitter we ever had with both kids. That was pretty

special also. Then the family and a few others went out to eat. It was

cool, and the celebration was great. Zach is very hard to get presents for