Parenting with ABA Blog
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The Premack Principle
First do your homework, then you can play Wii. First eat your vegetables, then you can have a cookie. (Or Bark Thins in my case. Have you seen these? Dark chocolate with pumpkin seeds and sea salt. It will change your life. I eat waaay more vegetables now so I can...
Pairing
When working in schools as a special education teacher, I heard a lot about ‘pairing’ when you first start working with a child. This meant to pair myself with reinforcement so the student would find me reinforcing (and not hate my guts as their new teacher)....
ABA for Moms of Littles & SAHMs
Since becoming a new mom, I’ve felt like my brain has turned to mush. I’m pretty sure part of it has. Scientists- where is the research on mommy mush brain? I’m POSITIVE it’s a thing. In another lifetime, I spent my days managing a center that provided ABA therapy for...
Models with Disabilities
I loved this article about people with disabilities working as successful models. Have you seen the Target ads with the little kids with Down Syndrome? Or Gap? Or Nordstrom? I LOVE seeing disability awareness and equality in the ads in the Sunday paper. ALL people...
Site Updated
I was having some serious technical problems but it seems everything is up and running again! Please take a minute to check out the article studies offered- they should all be working now!
January 19th, 2015
Autism Rates
Lately, we hear about rising rates of autism in the news. But where are those numbers coming from? We spend a lot of time questioning WHY autism spectrum disorders are on the rise, but do we question the source of these numbers? I know many of them come from specific...
December 31st, 2014
Seeking Supervision?
Are you looking for BCBA or BCaBA Supervision? I can offer local options for those in the Dallas, Texas area but also offer distance supervision options!Working with individuals training to become Behavior Analysts is very exciting to me and I'd love to help you reach...
There is no science linking vaccines to autism
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