Reaching Milestones

Author: Bryan Foster

  • Tacting – Way More than Just a Label

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    Submitted by:  Star Lipe, M.S., BCBA A great way to increase production of spontaneous language is to encourage and develop your child’s tacting repertoire. Tacting is a fancy term for saying labeling. For example, if you ask your child, “What is this?” while showing a picture of a dog and they respond with “It’s a…

  • I Pinky Promise!

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    Submitted by: Emily Dale Garcia, BCBA As a society, we utilize contracts in basically every environment and situation that one can think of. Anywhere from employee manuals, house mortgages, marriages, insurances agreements, doctors’ offices, etc., contracts have been used to explain the expectations and consequences of meeting (or not meeting) the agreement. What if I…

  • Avoiding the “Summer Slide”

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    Submitted By: Desiree Lawrence, BCBA The school year has finally come to an end. It is hard work maintaining a tight schedule during the school year. I know this, because I have 3 sons, 2 of which are school-aged. There have been times (closer to the end of the school year) that if they had…

  • Making the Most out of Your Child’s IEP Meeting

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    Submitted by: René Tomey, M.A., BCBA Have you ever attended an Individualized Education Program (IEP) meeting? Or maybe you are the parent of a young child preparing for your first IEP meeting, and you’re wondering what to expect? As a former special education teacher, I have a unique perspective on IEP meetings, and have attended…

  • The ABCs of Verbal Behavior

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    Submitted by: Maria Whiteway, M.Ed., BCBA In 2010 I became a special education teacher for children with autism. Given that my classroom was part of the Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) program, I sincerely needed to learn a thing or two about ABA. Since I had several students who were non-verbal and others with limited verbal…

  • So Many Cures, Which One Should I Try for My Child?

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    Submitted by: Lauren Green, BCBA Receiving a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is imaginably difficult. As a parent, answers are what we seek. What additional supports are there for my child and how do I go about knowing what sources of information to trust? I have social media and I see articles, blogs, and…