Autism Parent Support- ABA Therapy More Than Recalling Skills

(prHWY.com) September 4, 2012 - Usa, FL -- Alpharetta, Georgia Sep 02, 2012 - Humans tend to learn by observing others, and this is particularly true of humans in their very early years. Interestingly enough, when someone is born with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorders) they may not pick up on things in the same ways as others and may even fail to learn some expected behaviors. This is one of the reasons that Autism often manifests itself as behavior challenges in school.

It is important for school administrators to understand that this is not how ABA therapy works. While repetition and mimicking are certainly a part of initial treatment, they are not the end result. ABA is about forming new neural pathways in the human brain that can help children learn how to understand concepts and behaviors.

Autism Parent Support - Just like children often have to memorize spelling words when they are young until they eventually learn how to spell by using words they already know and applying the same principle, ABA requires certain behaviors to be repeated and mimicked until the brain develops the ability to learn new behaviors on its own. ABA is exceptionally effective and is an important tool for children with autism spectrum disorder.

Through these exercises and lessons, children are able to pick up the very fundamental concepts of learning and behavior, which opens the door to a lifetime of learning. So often these children are improperly taught or even disregarded as bad children or as children who are incapable of learning.

Autism Resources For Teachers - ABA therapy uses memorization to teach very important life skills and to help build neural pathways that leave children open to a full lifetime of learning and enjoyment. A well designed course will offer a large number of training lessons as well as supplemental materials, teaching tools, comprehension tests, and even the option to receive help if a lesson is not fully understood. Providing educators with access to these courses is very cost effective and can give your teachers the ability to better teach students with autism.
The parents and teachers might observe that the child preferred to play with a certain set of toys. This is information that could be used to begin teaching that child about the value of communication with a peer. Once that child begins to show signs of a change in behavior, such as seeking out a parent or teacher to play with the preferred toys, this would then be expanded upon to include an ever-widening set of peers or playmates. In this way, the child would have received positive reinforcement of their behaviors and also learned how to communicate more

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Autism Parent Support - Maximum Potential had developed a video based training program that enables school systems, parents and therapists with the ability to learn the skills necessary to provide ABA Therapy to their students and children. Our program was developed by two PhD BCBA's with over 25 years combined experience in both private and school settings.

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