Anyone familiar with Yasko?

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Hi all,

I have been considering the Yasko protocol for a while now. We've

had a great DAN dr. for several years and my child is doing well, but

I feel there is something we are missing, somewhere. He's progressed

very well thanks to him and some of my mommy instincts, but

inevitably at some point or another, we hit a downslide (usually

behaviors). I can find some antecedents at time, but for the most

part, nothing I have personally witnessed. I know ABA quite well by

now and have received some professional training. I

constantly " pound " on the school to remind them to keep track of

things in order to identify why behaviors seem to come and go. He

(we) had a terrible kindergarten experience with a 1:1 Aide that was

loving but pretty inept, so in my opinion, this set the stage for his

finding out how he could really " push anyone's buttons " . Here is one

example: he knows it is dangerous to run out to the street, but he

will do it out of a thrill every now and then just because he

remembers having done that a couple of years before and having had

received a LOT of attention for it (at school). This kid has an

incredible capacity to recall events even from 3-4 years ago and will

remember them in detail (whether positive or negative) and it seems

he re-creates things like this just to get attention. OR will, again

for example, remember having ripped a page or two in a book and will

talk about it and attempt to do it, and sometimes will ultimately do

it (as a dare, to get attention, whatever!). We've addressed this at

school and through his ABA program as well doing social stories,

drills to walk outside and keeping safe, talking about caring for

books, etc. We've TRIED to ignore, put on extinction (when possible)

when he talks about it and we try to always be a step ahead of him to

make sure we can " see it coming " so we can stop it altogether. But

the fact is I know my kid very, very well, but I have not developed a

capacity for " ESP " , so I can't 100% of the time stop him on time from

attempting to do things like this. And you all know how things can

sometime work out at school...I automatically assume that no one else

will advocate for your child like you personally will! It's hard to

see your child do so well in so many areas and look almost age-

appropriate and then, for example, he runs out into the street and

you feel like all that hard work and the incredible gains made have

gone down the drain in just a couple of minutes! He behaves quite

well (except for moments like this which don't happen often but the

STILL do) He likes school, is quite smart, friendly, and well-liked

by his classmates/teachers and family members (but not when he gets

himself in trouble!), so he has a great support system.

I need to find what it is we are missing so this little guy in

elementary school will finally STOP behaviors like these. I've

called RCOC to ask for help, since this is of a " behavioral nature " ,

but I am skeptical, since we've tried many ABA principles to address

this issue through our provider having worked on them diligently, but

we still see some of these behaviors still happen on occasion with no

antecedents. So this is why I am loooking at biomedically finding an

answer to my " we are missing something somewhere feeling " .

Any advice, ideas, words of wisdom very much appreciated! You can

email me privately if you feel it's best, but others may learn from

this post here.