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Different Roads to Learning

  • The Function Wheels

    The Function Wheels

    By Julie Azuma

    This month’s ASAT feature is a review of the Function Wheels, one of our Different Roads exclusives! To learn more about ASAT, please visit their website at www.asatonline.org. You can also sign...

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  • The Benefits of an Early Autism Diagnosis

    The Benefits of an Early Autism Diagnosis

    By Julie Azuma

    by Dr. Breanne Hartley, PhD, BCBA-D Children are being diagnosed with autism earlier and earlier. Some children are as young as 18 months when they receive an autism diagnosis. Identifying an...

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  • ABA Is Fun!

    ABA Is Fun!

    By Julie Azuma

    by Elizabeth Ginder, MSSW, BCBA, LBA  ABA is Functional. Unique. Natural.  Here’s a great process to create a FUN ABA goal: 1. ABA goals are functional. This means goals are chosen...

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  • Back to Basics:  Core Strategies in ABA

    Back to Basics: Core Strategies in ABA

    By Tatum Kenney

    Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is the practice of the science of behavior. Often misunderstood as a collection of techniques (or worse, one particular technique), ABA is much more complex and...

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  • Simplifying The Morning Routine

    Simplifying The Morning Routine

    By Julie Azuma

    ABA therapy can be used to teach/increase a variety of adaptive skills, such as tooth brushing, toileting, hair brushing, shoe tying, making a bed, etc. My favorite definition of an adaptive...

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  • Communication Tips!

    Communication Tips!

    By George Zhao

    This piece was originally posted at www.aba-interventions.com.  Reduce the amount of words used to explain yourself. During early learning, instead of “Tommy, I need you to pick up the green ball from...

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  • Are We Ready For A Play Date And Social Groups?

    Are We Ready For A Play Date And Social Groups?

    By George Zhao

    This piece was originally posted at www.aba-interventions.com.  Play skills and social skills should be a part of an ABA treatment plan and are absolutely important for children with autism or I/DD....

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  • Ethics Part Four: Considerations On Punishment

    Ethics Part Four: Considerations On Punishment

    By Julie Azuma

    Punishment procedures are, with reason, very controversial. Today, I’d like to clear up a few concerns and issues about punishment procedures, especially in regards to the ethical obligations of behavior...

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  • Are all BCBAs robots, or just mine?

    By Julie Azuma

    This piece by Leanne Page MEd, BCBA originally appeared on bsci21.org. “We recently hired a behavior analyst to work with our 4 year old son. She seems like a robot! Are...

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