This step-by-step guide provides a wealth of information about how to help children develop better language and speaking skills using Verbal Behavior methods. Written by a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, who is also the parent of a child with autism, Mary Lynch Barbera explains all the ins and outs of Verbal Behavior and how to implement and structure a program. With clear language and multiple examples, the information provided enables both parents and professionals to put the techniques into practice immediately.
Chapters include: Starting with ABA; Assessing Your Child; Developing Reinforcers; Manding; Increasing and Improving Speech in Non-Vocal or Minimally Vocal Children; Errorless Teaching and the Use of Transfer Procedures; Teaching Receptive Language Skills and Other Non-Verbal Operants; Putting It All Together; Teaching Toileting and Other Important Self-Help Skills, among others.
Soft Cover, 176 pages, by Mary Lynch Barbera, RN, MSN, BCBA with Tracy Rasmussen. Foreward by Mark L. Sundberg, PhD, BCBA