Take 'HOH' (Hand Over Hand) Out of BIPs
BIPs should not reference the use of 'HOH' (Hand Over Hand) but Prompt Fading, or Most to Least prompting. This is going to the maximum...
Insurance Authorization for Autism Services Must Prioritize Parent Support/Education
Parent support and education should be fundamental to all insurance authorizations for autism services. This, since we do not operate as...
Creating Functional Communication through Associating and Shaping Sounds Combined with a PECS-based
Skinner taught us that verbal behavior is not just spoken language. Yet, that knowledge has barely been utilized as part of our...
The Continued Medicalization of Autism: 'Pathological Demand Avoidance'
So many who rail against stereotyping people with autism are the first to stereotype people with autism. Autism is not a disease, but...
Discontinue 'Sensory' Strategies in BIPs; SIB and Related Behaviors are not 'Due to' ASD
SIB is not unique to ASD. 'Sensory regulation' (et al.) is a mentalism rather than behavior analytic function. Often and so identified...
On The Use of Electric Shock in ABA
I've been in the field for decades specializing in high intensity, high risk individuals both children and adults and have never had to...
Comprehensive Police Reform: Reorganizing the Interconnected Missions of Law Enforcement
I read another commentary this morning about 'defunding' the police. This one specifically looked at the Baltimore City Police Department...
Comprehensive Police Reform: Reorganizing the Interconnected Missions of Law Enforcement
I read another commentary this morning about 'defunding' the police. This one specifically looked at the Baltimore City Police Department...
Passing The BCBA Exam: Know the Language. Understand the Field. Avoid Misrules. Prepare Correctly
If you are not learning the correct language and concepts of Applied Behavior Analysis, if you are not talking the language of Applied...
Passing The BCBA Exam: Know the Language. Understand the Field. Avoid Misrules. Prepare Correctly
If you are not learning the correct language and concepts of Applied Behavior Analysis, if you are not talking the language of Applied...
