Hi and welcome to “What Works Wednesdays” where we share a success story from one of our clinical cases. All names have been changed to preserve the privacy of the child and family. Our intent is to show readers how successful ABA can be. Nathan Today’s success story is about a little guy named Nathan. [...]
Archive for November, 2011
The Devil in The Milk
Posted in Feeding Intervention/Feeding Therapy, Picky Eater, What Works Wednesdays, tagged Applied Behavioral Strategies, Autism, dairy free, Eating, feeding difficulties, feeding intervention, feeding therapy, food selectivity, milk, Picky Eater, picky eating, self injurious behavior, SIB on November 30, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Help! I Think My Child Has ADHD
Posted in Assessment, Intervention, tagged ADHD, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Mental Health, Psychologist, School psychology on November 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Here at Applied Behavioral Strategies, we are concerned with helping children who have behavior challenges using Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) as the treatment. While most people think of ABA as a strategy for children with autism, we serve a variety of clientele, including children without disabilities. Thus, we are frequently contacted by parents who need [...]
My Child Won’t Stand Still
Posted in Ask Missy Monday, Intervention, tagged ABA, ADD, ADHD, Applied Behavior Analysis, Behavior, stand still, whole foods, wiggles, Wii on November 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Hi and welcome to Ask Missy Mondays where I respond to email questions from readers who have questions about behavior. Today’s question comes from Shannon and Gary who write: “This feels like an odd question because we know there are many families who work hard to help their child(ren) learn to maintain appropriate eye contact [...]
Happy Black Friday
Posted in Funny, tagged Black Friday, challenging behav, shopping on November 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We hope you have a wonderful shopping experience free from challenging behavior shoppers.
Happy Thanksgiving
Posted in Funny, tagged Happy Thanksgiving, Holiday on November 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Gluten Free Op-Ed
Posted in Feeding Intervention/Feeding Therapy, Intervention, tagged allergies, Autism, Eating, feeding difficulties, feeding intervention, feeding therapy, GFCF, GFCF Diet, gluten free, nutrition on November 22, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Today’s post was developed in response to an article that originally appeared in the Austin American Statesman. You may read it here. You may read the original research article discussed in the paper here. This post is the original opinion letter that we sent to the editor at the Statesman. We were ultimately asked to [...]
Should I Allow My Child to Cheat with Gluten?
Posted in Ask Missy Monday on November 21, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Hi and welcome to Ask Missy Mondays where I respond to email questions from readers who have questions about behavior. Today’s question comes from Anne, a mother of a newly diagnosed child with autism and gluten intolerance. Anne asks, “My 4-year-old daughter with autism loves pretzels, bread, and crackers and we recently found out that [...]
When to Complete an FBA?
Posted in Assessment, SPED Procedural Safeguards, tagged ABA, Applied Behavior Analysis, Applied Behavioral Strategies, BCaBA, BCBA, challenging behavior, FBA, functional behavioral assessment on November 18, 2011 | 3 Comments »
We’ve been talking about Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) all week. By now you should know that parents/guardians should provide written permission before an FBA is started. You should also know the main components of an FBA. You should also know that schools are required to complete FBAs under certain conditions. Finally, you have seen, in [...]
Legal Cases on FBA
Posted in Assessment, Research Review, tagged Applied Behavior Analysis, Applied Behavioral Strategies, BCBA, FBA, functional behavioral assessment, legal issues on November 17, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Each week we try to review a research article related to a topic of interest. Since our posts this week have all focused on Functional Behavioral Assessment or FBA, we thought it would be interesting to readers to share an article about FBA. This article was authored by Eric Drasgow and Mitchell Yell and it [...]
Why Assessment Matters
Posted in Assessment, What Works Wednesdays on November 16, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Hi and welcome to “What Works Wednesdays” where we share a success story from one of our clinical cases. All names have been changed to preserve the privacy of the child and family. Our intent is to show readers how successful ABA can be. We did not realize how many of our readers had an [...]
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