Using ABA Data to Help Guide Treatment

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 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?

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 and Teaching 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: Many families seek improvement in at least one of these categories. This is because many children with autism spectrum disorders have trouble controlling, recognizing,…

Sequencing: A Key Element of Pediatric ABA Therapy

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

Start Strong: Do Not Settle for Less than 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 treatment is certified by…

How Functional Behavior Analysis Helps in ABA Therapy

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: A functional behavioral assessment seeks to determine what children are trying to accomplish by taking certain actions. In short: why…