Re: ABA

[Guest guest]

I homeschool my son and do ABA and other therapies myself. I use the

Maurice manual, here is the Amazon.com direct link for it.

This link is very long, you will have to copy and paste. If it does

not work, just go to www.amazon.com and put Maurice into the

author search engine.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0890796831/qid=984245797/sr=1-1

/ref=sc_b_1/105-1131222-4527932

You can also write to this group requesting information.

http://www.lovaas.com/

People who implement their own ABA program generally do not

homeschool like I do, they recruit and train college students to do

the ABA program. You would pay an hourly rate, or depending on your

country your school might do that. But I have heard it is very

expensive if you don't have any financial assistance or school to pay

it.

Hopefully others will give you good information also.

Dana

> Thank you very much for your help. Do you know if at the USA there´s

a place

> to buy an ABA program. My sister lives in Michigan and she told me

she could

> buy it. A friend of mine that has come from the USA told me those

Programs

> were very expensive. She has heard something about $800. Are they as

> expensive as that?

> At my country tere´s only one person (a Psychologist) that has made

studies

> in ABA. When I called him he told me he was very busy but that he

could find

> some students who could do it. My question is, are students prepared

to do

> ABA? Could parents do it by themselves, by reading the whole program

or is

> it necessary to be done by a Psychologist.

>

> Sorry for so many questions. Carmen.

[Guest guest]

Carmen,

I do my own type of ABA. True ABA ppl would laugh, but I use the

Maurice book and the Work in Progress I wrote about earlier. I used

to be a teacher, and I think that made it seem less overwhelming. I

sit down and do weekly plans just like I have for years. I only spend

about 1 to 2 hours a day on ABA. I also have a 1 yo and that makes it

harder to spend as much time as i would like...I also use every

teachable moment. Driving in the car- " Name animals that live on a

farm " . Bouncing on her therapy ball- " Jumping up and down on the big

red ball... " . I guess that is sort of what everyone does, but I just

wanted to give you some ideas as we're only months into the dx and

new, too.

Janelle

I ordered both books from Amazon.com.

type in Maurice like Dana said and that will also lead you to the

Work In Progress. Order now bc I had to wait about 3 wks and ended up

going to barnes and noble(bookstore)to buy the Maurice book.