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Dealing with Parental Guilt During ABA Therapy

When your child receives a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), it’s likely that you experienced a wave of emotions. Parents commonly feel concern, worry, sadness, anger, confusion and jealousy all at once. It’s also common for…
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How to Explain ABA Therapy to Grandparents

Family involvement is very important in applied behavior analysis (ABA therapy). In fact, it’s an essential component of ABA therapy, which is considered the gold standard of treatment options for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). When…
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How ABA Addresses Interrupting Behavior

It takes time to teach children how to take their turns in conversation and not interrupt others while they’re talking. Interrupting behavior is relatively common in most children, but it’s especially so for children with autism spectrum…
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Building Storytelling Ability with ABA

Telling stories is an important part of social interactions. Whether it’s long or short, stories play a number of roles in relationships — from recounting fond memories with friends, to establishing empathy and caring with new people, to…
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Tracking ABA Goals with Google Sheets

Applied behavior analysis (ABA therapy) is a science- and evidence-based approach to learning and behavior that’s considered the gold standard of treatment options for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). At the heart of all ABA…
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How To Stop Clingy Behavior in Autistic Children

Many children display clingy behaviors when they’re younger. They may have trouble leaving a parent’s side, always follow them around and have difficulties being without them, especially in new environments. Clingy behavior can be even…