How do you discipline your children? Just kidding- I don't want to know. To each his own.Discipline isn't what I'm here to talk about. Discipline is what happens AFTER a problem has already occurred. I'm here to talk about strategies to prevent problems BEFORE they...

Here is a great infographic about some of the common misconceptions of Applied Behavior Analysis. I wish I could take credit for creating it, but the real creator is at the bottom of the image. 

Errorless learning means that we don’t let our kids make mistakes. We fully prompt them to prevent them from making the mistake or we physically change the situation to block the behavior or mistake from happening. I'm not telling you to do everything for your child...

As moms, we want our kids to want to have good behavior. They should want to behave because it’s the right thing to do, right? Yeah right. Have you met a 3 year old with an innate desire to good for this world? It’s in there somewhere but at age 3, it’s more like...

Today is World Autism Awareness Day. My family is all decked out in blue as we raise awareness for Autism Spectrum Disorders. Children with ASD will always hold a special place in my heart. I have learned so many important life lessons while working with students and...

'Rewards' do not equal positive reinforcement. By definition, positive reinforcement occurs when something is presented immediately following a behavior and as a result, that behavior occurs more often in the future. Behavior-->Something is added-->behavior...

A very scaled down version of the scientific definition of behavior (Johnston & Pennypacker) states: “…that portion of an organism’s interaction with it’s environment…” Behavior does not occur in a vacuum. It’s all about the environment. We cannot physically...