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Why Some Skills Take Time to Learn With ABA Therapy

It can be frustrating waiting for applied behavioral analysis therapy to help develop skills. We completely understand this. You might be anxious to prepare your child for school. You may be at your wits’ end when it comes to certain problem behaviors at home. Know that, by choosing ABA, you are doing more than just…

Using ABA Data to Help Guide Treatment

As a parent, you can integrate applied behavioral analysis (ABA) therapy techniques into your daily-life interactions with your child. However, ABA treatment is based on scientific observation. Unfortunately, that means you cannot simply find a list of effective techniques online or in a book. The key to success is ABA data. Using information from this…

How Many ABA Therapy Hours Should Your Child Receive?

How Many Hours Of ABA Therapy Is Needed? For some children, treatment for autism spectrum disorders is a full-time endeavor with as many as 40 hours per week of ABA therapy. For others, all it takes is a consistent, significant investment of time and effort. Many children benefit from intensive, long-term applied behavioral analysis therapy.…

Does Your Child Need Pediatric ABA Therapy?

Pediatric ABA Therapy In general, children who start pediatric ABA therapy early get more out of applied behavioral analysis therapy. Most researchers and practitioners of ABA suggest that children start before they turn five years old, if possible. There are many compelling reasons to choose ABA Therapy: the scientific basis, the track record of success,…

ABA Therapy and Teaching Emotions

ABA Therapy For Emotions Emotional behavior — more specifically, emotional expression and receptiveness — is certainly an area pediatric applied behavioral analysis has been shown to make improvements. Common treatment goals associated with this include: Perceiving and understanding emotional expression in others Expressing emotions in a constructive, communicative way Developing verbal and non-verbal skills to…

Sequencing: A Key Element of Pediatric ABA Therapy

Pediatric ABA Therapy Sequence analysis ABA — the concept that there is a linear structure for activities and behaviors — is deeply important to applied behavioral analysis treatment for autism. It is a focal point of ABA therapy and an organizational element of the process. Everything happens for a reason, and everything works towards a…

Start Strong: Do Not Settle for Less than ABA Therapy for Autism

ABA Therapy For Autism Your child deserves the best possible start in life. ABA therapy for autism is the gold standard for helping young people with autism and it is more effective the earlier you begin. Please do not hesitate if you believe this treatment could be an option for your family. This type of…

How Functional Behavior Analysis Helps in ABA Therapy

Functional Behavioral Analysis in ABA Therapy Understanding the role of a functional behavioral assessment in applied behavior analysis therapy starts by learning some individual definitions. In an ABA context, these terms have very specific meanings: Behavior: Any action a child takes to interact with the self, another or the environment Function: What a behavior does…