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If you live in Califonia then the ABA programs are free and are paid for by the school districts, along with the Regional centers. The children get 40 hrs/wk of it, starting in home, then slowly moving into a "normal" classroom as the child progresses.

2006-07-04 17:41:21 · answer #1 · answered by Melissa 7 · 0 0

Check with local universities that have a special education or behavior analysis program. They may have undergraduate or graduate level students who might be good teachers for your son. Local Autism Society groups or parent support groups may also be good sources.

The main things that I would consider in hiriring an ABA teacher are making sure that they are caring, patient, responsible, and knowledgeable about applied behavior analysis AND special education/child development, becuase many are not. This is very important because I have seen ABA teachers using methods to teach reading (and other) skills that were not only ineffective, I believe that they actually delayed the child's reading development, because they did not know anything about teaching reading, only ABA.

2006-07-02 07:27:14 · answer #2 · answered by special-education-teacher 3 · 0 0

Where do you live? I work for a center in Indiana that does ABA therapy...actually AVB (Applied Verbal Behavior). Check out Vincent Carbone's web site. You want to get involved with a person who is a board certified behavior analyst . Many centers already have one in place that they contract with.

2006-07-01 10:15:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

first and maximum nicely-known, i think your frustration. As a 27 year previous college instructor, i actually had a baby with Autism in my lecture room. in basic terms the mummy and dad did no longer desire to confess that he had it. He could throw himself on the floor ands scream and yell. So, i could first desire to assert which you're via no ability a failure. you have completed him/her an incredible justice via dealing with the subject and searching for intervention. If the mummy and dad in my lecture room had completed a similar, maximum in all threat he would not have had the behaviors that have been occurring. I commmend your efforts and via no ability are you a failure. Having a baby with particular desires is greater beneficial than an entire time interest. consistent with threat you could seek for care once you're able to be able to desire to circulate out. verify into county centers and spot in the event that they are in a place to provide you a destroy so which you wont experience so down on your self. Secondly, I examine a e book those days written contained in direction of the eyes of an Autistic baby...you need to have examine it too. that's called, The Curious Inciden of the canines interior the nighttime. that's a superb tale contained in direction of the eyes of a baby dealing with the rigidity of Autism. If he sees 3 black autos on a thank you to college he's conscious this is going to likely be a foul day as against seeing on purple automobile. This e book ought to instruct you a thank you to appreciate the international that your baby sees each and on a daily basis. propose on your baby via fact no person will do it for you. tutor your self and understand there are help communities. What ever you do, you're able to be able to desire to discover time to get breaks out of your baby. you're no longer coping with a typical (a be conscious that I hate yet at times use) baby, you're confronted with a baby who has particular desires. i visit circulate away you with this. In each and all of the scholars with various levels of ASD in my school rooms, people who get help in social skills, habit, and gross and nice motor are people who do surprising. Intervening early is so extremely clever. via the time they arrive to me in third grade, it isn't obvious that they even have some variety of Autism Spectrum ailment. commonly young toddlers that have had help from little on instruct astonishing progression. provide it time and remember all toddlers at 2 and a a million/2 are monsters!

2016-11-01 01:14:58 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

Nathan, there's a guide to accomplishing this at (beware: long URL coming)

http://www.behavior.org/autism/index.cfm?page=http%3A//www.behavior.org/autism/autism_select_ba.cfm

2006-07-01 07:03:24 · answer #5 · answered by John Wills Lloyd 1 · 0 0

http://www.daylon.com/autism/

that's a link to a paper I wrote about autism.

2006-07-07 04:00:28 · answer #6 · answered by nolyad69 6 · 0 0

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