Happy Holidays

We want to take a moment and thank all of our readers for following us on our journey. We are pausing this week to spend time with our families. We will resume our writing on January 2, 2012. May your holiday season be filled with love and tantrum-free.

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Attention Seeking Tantrums

Now we have proof that children engage in tantrums in order to gain attention from their parents! Have you fallen for this type of trick?

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Recovery from Autism IS Possible

“My parents were told to put me in an institution…They are… it’s called Harvard.  I am recovered thanks to them and TACA.” —Simran, CA In case you haven’t been following the news out in California, the LA Times recently ran a four-part series on autism. One part focused on recovery and you can read it [...]

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Feeding Intervention Works!

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. Today’s case is about a little girl named Bailey. Bailey was [...]

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ABA Assessment: What to Expect

Yesterday we discussed questions to ask an ABA provider during an assessment. Today we will address what to expect in an ABA assessment. We would like to clarify that this process should not be limited to ABA providers only. A full and initial evaluation of a child as part of the special education process should [...]

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ABA Assessment: What Should I Ask?

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 Tracy, who asks: “My child is having his first ABA Assessment soon, what questions should I ask? What should I expect?” Tracy, thanks for asking! You have been an amazing help [...]

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Parent Teacher Conferences

This cartoon is a classic. We have been using it in our parent and teacher training workshops for several years now. We know that it does not have to be this way. Research has shown that when children have challenging behavior, appropriate assessment and intervention will work to decrease the behavior. If you are the [...]

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Autism Around the World Conference Summary

Everyone has been asking us about our trip to Dubai so we thought we would provide a summary of our trip. First, we are both jet lagged and still recovering. It is a super long trip. We started the trip by taking a train in to New York City. We visited several fun places like [...]

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Behavioral Feeding Intervention Works

Hi and welcome to “What Works Wednesdays” where we share a success story from one of our clinical cases. Our intent is to show readers how successful ABA can be. Today’s post will be slightly different from our previous What Works Wednesdays. We received inspiration from a guest blogger over at Yeah.Good Times. If you [...]

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What Age is Too Young to Start Feeding Therapy?

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 a team of professionals who provide feeding therapy to children who are struggling with eating. The team writes, “Hi Missy, we run a feeding clinic and have recently been receiving calls [...]

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