Reaching Milestones

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  • Resurgence: Problem Behavior Occurs When Appropriate Behavior Was Taught

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    Submitted by: Lindsey Knopf, BCBA Resurgence has not been a term that has been frequently used in ABA, but it is very important because it occurs frequently. Resurgence describes the recurrence of a previously reinforced behavior following the extinction of the subsequently reinforced alternative behavior. This means that an appropriate behavior that used to be…

  • Motivation – What Fuels Your Fire?

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      Submitted by: Danica Samsin, QASP In the ABA world, motivation is a key component to helping our clients succeed. These learners need to stay motivated! Our instructors spend countless hours getting to know our clients in order to decipher what really intrigues them and keeps them interested in what we are teaching them. They…

  • Reaching My Milestones

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    Submitted by: Lara Lanza, M.Ed., BCBA Hi, my name is Lara and I have been working for Reaching Milestones for the past 4 years and I wanted to tell my story about how Reaching Milestones inspired me to “reach my personal milestones!” In April of 2013 I graduated from an undergraduate program at the University…

  • It’s Important to Listen

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    Submitted By: Chelsea Silva It’s Important to Listen! Children with autism often have a difficult time attending to the words given by other people. They can be distracted by other noises in the room which makes it difficult for them to follow the instructions given by another person. Parents or caregivers who are giving listener instructions…

  • 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…

  • Alphabet Soup

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      Submitted by: Katy Hudson, BCBA When I first began my coursework in ABA, my professor stated that this field is very much like alphabet soup in that many terms are shortened into initialisms so it seems that there are just letters floating around. As a parent it can be very daunting when your therapist…