ABA

[Guest guest]

<< That's really great that he can tell you that he needs

his inhaler. Brook is basically nonverbal and really can't communicate very

>>

Hi, Everyone..........Marisa......Gareth comes up and puts his 2 fingers to

his mouth like he's pressing the inhaler down. I will ask him if he needs

his air and he replies 'Yes'. Unfortunately, if he ever did that in public,

no one will know what he needs. It's something I worry about all the time.

Even the school knows that it's his sign for his inhaler.

Lesa............YES.........there are always crazy behaviors to deal with!!!

Once one goes away, you can bet your last dollar another will take it's

place!!! We didn't do ABA with Gareth. He's 12 and I think that is a newer

theory. We have done a lot of repetition to get him to learn new things,

but it has been on our own and I don't know if that qualifies as ABA. Sorry,

can't help you out much more than that. Hang in there.

Take care, Everyone.

Margaret

[Guest guest]

Loyd -

Applied Behavior Analysis.

It's breaking things down into small steps to teach a skill, and

doing physical prompts to guide them through the steps

and then fading off and letting them do it themselves.

1 on 1 several times during a day.

Sandi

> Sandi:

>

> I am interested in the ABA teaching techniques. Can you inform me?

>

> Loyd

>

>

>

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We have had Steph in an " integrated " school setting for 9 yrs. where she has

been welcomed,accepted, loved & cared for, but I'm sorry to say, not really

educated or challenged the way she might have been.

Gordon, we are starting to contemplate somthing similair, but nathan gets

challenged etc very well is learning to read etc, is 9yrs old, our prob is

that as he gets older he falls farther behind his peers, and the school

keeps trying to keep him wiht his peers, I agree we have seen many benefits

on both sides of the integration view, but how much is nathan really

understanding in that third grade classroom, he attends all specials with

them but is also attending music and art with the kprep kids too, soo gets

double the specials. He does his academics in a resource room type setting

where all the kids who need help in one thing or another go certain times of

day, he does them on a computer, they call it ILS, have to find out what

that means,lol, academically is around k-1st grade level in reading and

math, math is very hard for him, but it is for another boy same age with ds

there too. Anyways, sorry to get off the subeject, we are kinda thinking of

more of a self contained classroom and continue with specials with peers,

but our school doesnt have one, The idea was again brought up at the

parent/teacher meeting so we must continue to wait and see. shawna.

ABA

> Dear Sherry

> Your post from yesterday (Feb.8) gave me a hope & a lot to think

about. I'm one of those Moms who has dreams where her child is speaking,

but when your child is 13 & you've seen a certain pattern of development,

it's really hard to believe that it could happen. As many of you know, we

have lived through the leukemia thing, which involved 3 years of

concentrating on keeping alive, let alone anything else! We have

provided with private swimming lessons, music therapy & speech

therapy. Now we are faced with the challenge of getting her diagnosed with

autism as well as D.S., so that we can access some more services for her.

So far we have no professionals who see this side of her the way we do.

They keep saying, " She's simply a very low-functioning child with D.S. " as if

we are

>

>

>

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Dear ~ God bless you for making it thru the leukemia nightmare!

If it is any consolation at all our biggest setbacks and barriers have

always been 's medical problems. I find myself saying right now " oh

she's finally moving forward...if ONLY we can stay out of the hospital

this year. " I spent last year virtually paralyzed by depression and in

bed while that ever present clock ticked away on 's future. I'm 52

years old and have alot of medical issues going on myelf. She had a

second open heart surgery at 7 followed by severe infection that set her

back to stage zero. Then there has been celiac, uncontrollable

allergies, GI bleed resulting in transfusions last year. I don't know

why some of us get more to deal with than others. I don't know how a

friend of mine handles her 30 year old son (not DS) who is still in

diapers and immobile. I don't know how the moms of kids with seizure

disorders deal with it. This may be as good as it gets for us and she

may come down with some new crazy disease tomorrow. Because we've always

homeschooled and I know firsthand about burnout please don't think am

working an intensive program with her~ I don't think she or I could take

it. I have just seen her start to learn...finally! from this particular

method, which may or may not work for anyone else. I mean I thought I

was gonna faint when she actually grasped the idea of matching an

identical picture to another. I'm sure most kiddos even with the dual dx

have been able to do this long ago. None of us has failed our children

tho, believe me I know the feeling well. I began to believe that God had

failed us and that was the worst. Sorry gotta get a hok gog now. (hot

dog) Sherry

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In a message dated 2/9/01 5:03:07 PM Eastern Standard Time,

burnett@... writes:

<< Anyway, I feel as though I owe it to & to myself to investigate

ABA & see if it might be an option for us. However, I'm afraid to even start

to get information about it because I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to " keep

up " with the routine of it. I feel as though I've failed my child by not

insisting on more services for her. I'm venting & wallowing a bit, too.

Thanks for listening, everyone.

>>

Me too . I just found out that the therapy group Seth had for early

intervention is now able to do ABA. I think I am going to try this over the

summer here at home and not send Seth to summer school. I'm sure that a

couple of months of ABA and I will have a good idea whether it will work for

him or not. I think I am more afraid to not try it, than to try it and not

be able to keep up with it. Guess I won't know unless I try! LOL Keep us

posted on what you do?

Gail

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In a message dated 2/8/01 3:13:13 PM Eastern Standard Time,

efarrell@... writes:

<< For info on ABA contact _Saffran@...

A web-site to check out: http://members.tripod.com/~RSaffran/aba.html

He has a several links to check out, resources, books, etc. I'm so sorry

that I pulled this information off the web in 1999, and didn't do ANYTHING

about it until now. It may not be for everyone, but I can't go to my grave

knowing there was a chance out there to help him and I turned my nose up at

it. I HAVE to try it. I've tried just about everything else! Good luck.

>>

Gosh, another great site. Thanks

Gail

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In a message dated 2/9/01 5:03:01 PM Eastern Standard Time,

burnett@... writes:

<< The whole area of Sensory Integration is one field which has never been

investigated for . Now we're on a waiting list which is about

6-mos. long to get her assessed by an O.T. Whether that O.T. will be

experienced & knowledgeable reagrding S.I. is another story. Anyway, I feel

as though I owe it to & to myself to investigate ABA & see if it

might be an option for us. However, I'm afraid to even start to get

information about it because I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to " keep up " with

the routine of it. I feel as though I've failed my child by not insisting on

more services for her. I'm venting & wallowing a bit, too. Thanks for

listening, everyone. >>

,

Certainly, You've NOT failed !!! As you said you guys have been

through hell and back, just trying to keep her alive. As far as the SI

stuff goes, there are certain training courses that an OT must have achieved

in order to practice sensory integration. Maddie's SI therapist, IMO, is a

genius. But numerous times, we had others when Jeanetta couldn't take

Maddie, and some were quite flighty. I think you just have to go by your

gut, follow your instincts, and essentially stick with what is working.

donna

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In a message dated 2/11/01 12:13:12 PM Eastern Standard Time,

burnett@... writes:

<< Hi Sherry, Donna, Joan, Gail & anyone else who's child is doing ABA:

Do you recommend ABA4All as a good place to start to get info on ABA?

I'm a little hesitant to join another " list " . I'd appreciate your input.

Thanks.

>>

,

I am not doing ABA with Seth yet, and I'm still trying to gather info too. I

did join ABA4ALL a couple of weeks ago, but my membership is still pending.

I ended up joining 5 other lists last night, and got acceptance letters

already from them. Wow, have you seen that there are almost 500 groups on

special education? Gads!!!! Got through 250 of them last night. I went

through all the down syndrome lists and most of the autism lists as well. I

think 4 months to prepare isn't going to be long enough! LOL I'm going to

hit the library tomorrow and see what I can find. I want to know all the

pros AND cons of it. I just feel in my gut that there is more in Seth then

TEACH and PECS is bringing out. I know I have to try something else. From

what I have read, I will have to do a modified version of ABA for sure. The

reward part seems the toughest to me, as there is NOTHING that Seth cares

about, other than his shoe and videos. No candy, food or items would even

draw his attention, let alone be a *reward*. Keep us posted on what you

learn ? Seems to me someone on this list has a one on one aide paid

for by Medicaid too. I am going to check this out next month when I see

Seth's advocate again. That sure would be a help when I keep him home.

Gail

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In a message dated 2/11/01 3:46:33 PM Eastern Standard Time,

jmedlen@... writes:

<< those of you withhome programs, did someone else set the stage for you and

you pick up the momentum or did you have to do all the schedule and

expectation changing with your child by yourself >>

Joan,

Well, this is not a problem for us, since Maddie gets ESY. Her ABA

program will continue at school throughout the summer (you guys don't KNOW

how grateful I am that I don't have to do the camp search that some of you

have to go through). But my neighbor, who has a 5 yo son with autism is

doing the full blown ABA home program. It took LOTS for her to get it set

up, but it's a great program and they do have a school, where she hopes

she'll get Luke into once he's done the home stuff. He currently gets 40

hours a week of ABA. They gradually worked their way up and have only just

started the full program two weeks ago. Most of the teaching is done by

the therapist, but mom/family is included in many aspects, in terms of trying

to incorporate the learned skills into family life.

Joan, if I had to do this solely with Maddie, I'd get nowhere!! Floortime

was way easier because the other family members could help. ABA is not

something I'd ever expect my other kids to do with Maddie, and honestly, I

don't want to do it with her. It still seems to me to be something I'm not

comfortable doing personally. I feel like I can take what they teach

Maddie and reinforce it (and we do), but I'm not going to sit down with her

and do trials. Home is home for us. ABA has brought Maddie around for us,

in a big sense and we're enjoying the eye contact and playfulness and

interaction. As you know, I've become a fan of ABA, but I still adapt it

to our life, just like we've done with every other mode of treatment we've

tried.

Donna

[Guest guest]

Well.....I subscribed (or tried to) when it was announced, but I've yet to

be approved. Sherry? Did you make it on there?

j

At 12:18 PM 2/11/01 -0500, you wrote:

>Hi Sherry, Donna, Joan, Gail & anyone else who's child is doing ABA:

> Do you recommend ABA4All as a good place to start to get info on ABA?

>I'm a little hesitant to join another " list " . I'd appreciate your input.

>Thanks.

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

~ the ABA4all list doen't appear to be attracting much traffic AT

ALL. I would try the group- not too busy but you get

access to great archives and files where you can read up at your

" leisure " haha.The MeList is very strict ABA but has a wealth or

archival info too.

Neither one is very big and is especially doable on digest. Joan Medlen

is the only one with a huge gigantic list that is impossible to keep up

with. LOL Sherry

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At 12:38 PM 2/11/01 -0500, you wrote:

Joan Medlen

>is the only one with a huge gigantic list that is impossible to keep up

>with.

:PpPpPpP ( " thhhpppppbbbbt " )

So sherry...youp lanning to answer my quesiton I sent you a while ago?????

j

[Guest guest]

So....

Who here can tell me what the very first step in developing a routine for

teaching in the home would be...that also allows one to work, do the

laundry, and attend to the other child (husband? sex? sleep? exercise?

what's that?)

I want our summer to have structure and go well. I want to do more with him

that is purposeful and teaching him things. But I am the WORST person for

teaching my own kids, particularly before they really know how to

participate with me. I get frustrated and give up in a huff. That's not

good. So....folks....help me past my disability.

those of you withhome programs, did someone else set the stage for you and

you pick up the momentum or did you have to do all the schedule and

expectation changing with your child by yourself?

j

[Guest guest]

Sherry,

I'm very interested in how you are teaching how to speak. Could you

tell me what techniques you find effective? He is very low functioning and

has always been very hard to work with!! Brook is just starting to talk and I

want to be able to work on this at home. Thanks a million

Marisa

Mom to Miles 14yrs, Brook 11yrs, Gennie 3yrs

[Guest guest]

To Joan~ Oh My... this is a difficult question for me to answer as I am

just one of those nutsos who " wants " to teach her own child and who

doesn't really mind not having a life (or clean clothes or clean sex

hehe) plus I have been doing it for 12 years (the homeschooling,not the

sex) so it's not really a question for me of where to start. I know for

homeschooling in general (and I realize this is not exactly what you are

asking about) it is always suggested that the parent (who nearly always

doubts they can teach their own) take some good old fun time off with

the child... thereby " deschooling " the child and in verbal behavior ABA,

making yourself the prime reinforcer. In other words you are paired in

the child's mind with fun things.

The Sundberg Partington method has the person who will be working with

your child spend the first few sessions playing. This is not the old

fashioned " Sit at the Table " " Look at me " drill after drill after drill

approach. When our CBA who only comes twice a week first came, she sat

in 's room and watched videos with her and put absolutely no

demands on her. She had this great big black bag (like Poppins)

full of interesting stuff I now know. shoved her out of the room,

kept waving bye bye, went back in her room and slammed the door. In a

minute or two she came out lugging the black bag and put it by the front

door, again went back in her room and slammed the door. (This is why

certain people with low self esteem seem to think that doesn't

like them LOL)

Well, who is used to much worse treatment than that just calmly

went back in (after knocking) and calmly sat with and took all the

abuse j could dish out. (I suspect behavioralists have to be latent

masochists). Day two, heather shows up with the evil bag and unzips it

and brings out a real stimmy puzzle piece. By the end of the 2 hours

was sitting with her and going thru everything in the bag and

hugged her goodbye.

She began as did I with just one little demand from the program (We had

already assessed her and been given the first few tasks by the masters

CBA who sets up the program). We start always with stuff we know she can

do and constantly set her up for success. Some tasks have moved along at

a snail's pace and others she has grasped amost immediately. But we

ALWAYS stop before she wants to even if she will only tolerate one

trial, followed by 10 min. of swinging or videos...(her biggest

reinforcer is the TV and videos~ she could care less about food or

toys).

I have to work with her on a catch as catch can basis. She can actually

tolerate a 2 hour session (interspersed with lots of fun stuff) with

heather or I but for ME...I have to multitask. The materials are out and

available and i grab her as she runs by...do a couple of trials, make

sure she is pleased with her success, high fives the whole thing, then

let her go watch TV. I've got alot of cooking for her diet to do, and

alot of phoning with some other folks I am working with...it's pretty

freeform for us.

BUT we ARE having fun. I used to get so pissed off at her and myself

when doing NACD that I'd just give up and quit for a couple of weeks. It

got so we both hated it. So I know what you are talking about believe

me. There are days especially since puberty when I don't even try to

work with her. Dad and just got home...ask more of what you want

answered and I'll try to write more. K??

DISCLAIMER~ I am not trying to suggest this progrm is for everyone,

please trust me on this! Sherry

[Guest guest]

Ahhh Sherry.....

sounds totally familiar, except I tend to be the one with the big black

carpet bag. Works better with other people's kids.

Today, I set up a few activities to try to do while was here.

1. Choose his friends for his party,

2. cut out a red heart for valentines

3. draw on a red heart with a vibrator pen,

4. frost some heart-shaped sugar cookies. (he liked this!)

We accomplished all that plus putting stickers on the heart he colored on

with teh vibrator pen and drawing on his black dry erase board with

flourescent pens. He also put a gift tag on the cookie he frosted for

after I put it in it's box. In addition to this, got him interested

in his viewmaster. He was doing the end part of taking the reels out and

putting them in as well as trying to figure out how to advance the picture.

We worked for almost two hours non-stop. I'm exhausted. Interestingly, when

she first came he was a little on the grumpy side. I did'nt think he was

going to even try. Getting him to choose his friends for his party was

hard. He didn't want to play that game much. (he has to put the kids'

picture on the YES folder or the NO folder....

This is the very very beginning spot....we chased him all over the house.

Whenever he sat down, or even if he didn't, we had something for him to do.

Once he started, he had to do three things before he could stop. He

actually liked putting the sticker son the heart (not that it really looks

like anything). And, he liked the finished heart he cut out. He kept giving

it to with a huge smile.

So....without starting at " sit in the chair, look at me " with nothing for

him to do, I don't think we did too bad. We agreed we need to do this each

time we're together. It was helpful to have two of us because one could set

up the next thing while the other entertained or followed or helped him

wash his hands, etc during the between time.

Could kill me, of course, but it was a start.

I have the Ron Leaf book. I'll have to read those articles. Thanks for

sharing that, Sherry.

j

[Guest guest]

geez...I " m answering myself:

I gotta find a way to get Andy to come to US, huh.

Ok...so it' was a start.

j

[Guest guest]

" ok so it was a start " ~ sounds like a good start to me. And yes, it sure

works quicker and smoother when there are two of us. Sometimes I just

take the data so heather can go faster with . I need the feedback

of knowing can do the stuff for other people too.

In verbal behavior they also talk about pairing yourself or even a word

with a reinforcer. In other words~ and i haven't tried this yet but

supposedly if you just say the word you want the child to say; that is,

say it yourself and then reinforce him/her, sooner or later she will

come to say the word. I'll let you know on this one.

One funny story. heather told me about a 13 yr old she works with who

had never said a word. Then one day out of the blue he says (quoting

from a 3 year old tv commercial) " You're paying too much; get Meineke "

(mufflers). His poor parents almost fainted. Lord what is going on in

these little brains? Your valentine project sounds like fun! Sherry

[Guest guest]

Oh one other thing~ I am told by these verbal behavior therapists that

if they can get even a grunt or a snort or a scream they will start

there and work toward speech. Sherry

[Guest guest]

what does the ABA exactly stand for? I know its for behavior, and nathan has

been doing behavior therapy since 3yrs old, we even go back here in march

for about two week behavior management session with nathan at UIHC, plus his

usual stuff. shawna

Re: ABA

> Well.....I subscribed (or tried to) when it was announced, but I've yet to

> be approved. Sherry? Did you make it on there?

>

> j

>

> At 12:18 PM 2/11/01 -0500, you wrote:

> >Hi Sherry, Donna, Joan, Gail & anyone else who's child is doing ABA:

> > Do you recommend ABA4All as a good place to start to get info on

ABA?

> >I'm a little hesitant to join another " list " . I'd appreciate your input.

> >Thanks.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

when i homeschooled nathan when we lived away from home, I was the only one

with a disabled child to home school, I did lots of research, and had lots

of inuput, even attended a thing at a homeschooling convention about HS

disabled children, I even bought some books on the issue, these helped the

most, maybe i could send them to you, let you barrow them or something. The

first year was the hardest but then the second year things fell into place

well, we worked on many life skills and he mastered them well, and

incorporated things like counting and speech into these life skills, we had

ST,OT, come to our house for sessions 1-2x's/week, and he had activities

like swimming lessons and boyscouts, and ARC, plus respite weekends and SCL

too. We were part of a big homeschooling group, this is very helpful, have

monthly meetings and feildtrips and activities certain x's per month, the

kids get great socialization etc. shawna.

Re: ABA

> So....

>

> Who here can tell me what the very first step in developing a routine for

> teaching in the home would be...that also allows one to work, do the

> laundry, and attend to the other child (husband? sex? sleep? exercise?

> what's that?)

>

> I want our summer to have structure and go well. I want to do more with

him

> that is purposeful and teaching him things. But I am the WORST person for

> teaching my own kids, particularly before they really know how to

> participate with me. I get frustrated and give up in a huff. That's not

> good. So....folks....help me past my disability.

>

> those of you withhome programs, did someone else set the stage for you and

> you pick up the momentum or did you have to do all the schedule and

> expectation changing with your child by yourself?

>

> j

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

i agree with the play stuff, not at the table, when we use to homeschool, we

did many things right on the livingroom floor, have a big wipe off board i

set on the flloor and did our activities at that that required sitting and

doing anyways. There are times i really miss homeschooling, even my normal

8yr old misses it but there isnt a supprt group or homeschooling group here

in our home town. They are doing good in public school for now. shawna.

Re: ABA

> To Joan~ Oh My... this is a difficult question for me to answer as I am

> just one of those nutsos who " wants " to teach her own child and who

> doesn't really mind not having a life (or clean clothes or clean sex

> hehe) plus I have been doing it for 12 years (the homeschooling,not the

> sex) so it's not really a question for me of where to start. I know for

> homeschooling in general (and I realize this is not exactly what you are

> asking about) it is always suggested that the parent (who nearly always

> doubts they can teach their own) take some good old fun time off with

> the child... thereby " deschooling " the child and in verbal behavior ABA,

> making yourself the prime reinforcer. In other words you are paired in

> the child's mind with fun things.

>

> The Sundberg Partington method has the person who will be working with

> your child spend the first few sessions playing. This is not the old

> fashioned " Sit at the Table " " Look at me " drill after drill after drill

> approach. When our CBA who only comes twice a week first came, she sat

> in 's room and watched videos with her and put absolutely no

> demands on her. She had this great big black bag (like Poppins)

> full of interesting stuff I now know. shoved her out of the room,

> kept waving bye bye, went back in her room and slammed the door. In a

> minute or two she came out lugging the black bag and put it by the front

> door, again went back in her room and slammed the door. (This is why

> certain people with low self esteem seem to think that doesn't

> like them LOL)

>

> Well, who is used to much worse treatment than that just calmly

> went back in (after knocking) and calmly sat with and took all the

> abuse j could dish out. (I suspect behavioralists have to be latent

> masochists). Day two, heather shows up with the evil bag and unzips it

> and brings out a real stimmy puzzle piece. By the end of the 2 hours

> was sitting with her and going thru everything in the bag and

> hugged her goodbye.

>

> She began as did I with just one little demand from the program (We had

> already assessed her and been given the first few tasks by the masters

> CBA who sets up the program). We start always with stuff we know she can

> do and constantly set her up for success. Some tasks have moved along at

> a snail's pace and others she has grasped amost immediately. But we

> ALWAYS stop before she wants to even if she will only tolerate one

> trial, followed by 10 min. of swinging or videos...(her biggest

> reinforcer is the TV and videos~ she could care less about food or

> toys).

>

> I have to work with her on a catch as catch can basis. She can actually

> tolerate a 2 hour session (interspersed with lots of fun stuff) with

> heather or I but for ME...I have to multitask. The materials are out and

> available and i grab her as she runs by...do a couple of trials, make

> sure she is pleased with her success, high fives the whole thing, then

> let her go watch TV. I've got alot of cooking for her diet to do, and

> alot of phoning with some other folks I am working with...it's pretty

> freeform for us.

>

> BUT we ARE having fun. I used to get so pissed off at her and myself

> when doing NACD that I'd just give up and quit for a couple of weeks. It

> got so we both hated it. So I know what you are talking about believe

> me. There are days especially since puberty when I don't even try to

> work with her. Dad and just got home...ask more of what you want

> answered and I'll try to write more. K??

>

> DISCLAIMER~ I am not trying to suggest this progrm is for everyone,

> please trust me on this! Sherry

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 2/11/01 8:04:50 PM Eastern Standard Time,

jmedlen@... writes:

<< geez...I " m answering myself:

I gotta find a way to get Andy to come to US, huh.

Ok...so it' was a start.

j

>>

Oh Joan. You sure made it sound fun enough; he will.

Donna

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 2/3/02 3:45:10 PM Pacific Standard Time,

writes:

> Thanks Irma,

> I asked the Independent Psychologist about ABA for Rochelle. He thought ABA

>

> was for children who had very challenging behavior problems. He did not

> recommend it. I will look into it though it other methods don't work out.

> Thanks for the list. I will use some of it for IEP. Rochelle's behavior has

>

> not worsened but it gave me a kick in the pants to get the most appropriate

>

> education. When she started to bite I realized she was frustrated.

> Diane

>

>

This is so frustrating to me that some many professionals interpret ABA to

mean such specific things. You will find many different programs all saying

that they do ABA and they all look different.

ABA stands for Applied Behavior Analysis. The backbone of it is looking at a

behavior and analyzing it for purpose and antecedents (triggers). Then

finding ways to replace this behavior with another acceptable one. It also

includes finding ways to elicit the behavior we want- such as finding a way

for a person with a disability to tie their own shoe. This means breaking

down the task into steps and motivating the person to do each step until it

becomes independent.

ABA can be used for people with no disabilities or someone with a profound

disability. It is good basic teaching practice valuable for everyone. It

isn't a technique that needs to be used in isolation. It works great in all

situations.

DTT (discrete trial training) is one teaching technique that is sometimes

used as a part of ABA. Functional analysis of behavior is also a part of ABA.

A wonderful book called " A Work in Progress " by Ron Leaf and McEachin is

a great resource for explaining ABA and for giving examples of addressing

teaching specific skills and behaviors.

OK, I'll get off my soap box now. Yes, we use ABA at home with my son with ds

and autism.

Karyn- who was using components of ABA before she even knew it existed.

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In a message dated 2/4/02 11:33:33 AM Eastern Standard Time,

KVanRyzin@... writes:

> A wonderful book called " A Work in Progress " by Ron Leaf and McEachin

> is

> a great resource for explaining ABA and for giving examples of addressing

> teaching specific skills and behaviors.

> OK, I'll get off my soap box now. Yes, we use ABA at home with my son with

> ds

> and autism.

> Karyn- who was using components of ABA before she even knew it existed.

>

>

>

Thanks Karyn, I will read up on it some more. The Psychologist said Rochelle

needed to be motivated to engage in her environment. He suggested the sensory

to organize her. The school is just now on a structured schedule for

implementing the sensory stuff.

Diane