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teaching self-advocacy

Episode 189: Teaching Self-Advocacy

When our learners are faced with an uncomfortable situation or presented with something they don’t want, they don’t always have someone there to advocate for them. Because of this, it’s critical for us to teach them how to advocate for themselves at an early age. Here, we discuss teaching self-advocacy to our learners.

Episode 188: Teaching Tolerance and Communication

When things don’t go as planned or we experience sudden schedule changes, we become disappointed or frustrated. For children with autism, unexpected disruptions in routine or a person’s actions often lead to them demonstrating challenging behaviors. In order to help our learners become more flexible, we can work on teaching tolerance.

incorporating trauma-informed care in ABA

Episode 185: Incorporating Trauma-Informed Care In ABA

Individuals with trauma histories often feel on edge or misunderstood. As practitioners, it’s important to take trauma into account when designing behavior interventions for our learners. It’s our job to ensure we’re not only shaping behavior but taking an approach that focuses on long-term healing and empathy. Here, we discuss trauma-sensitive behavior interventions and how to incorporate trauma-informed care in ABA. 

2024 year in review

Episode 183: 2024 Year in Review

After our students learn to answer WH questions, the next step is to teach them inferencing skills. Understanding the hidden meaning in stories and social interactions can be challenging, especially for those on the autism spectrum. Here, we discuss the best ways to teach inferencing to these learners. 

teaching inferencing

Episode 182: How to Teach Inferencing

After our students learn to answer WH questions, the next step is to teach them inferencing skills. Understanding the hidden meaning in stories and social interactions can be challenging, especially for those on the autism spectrum. Here, we discuss the best ways to teach inferencing to these learners. 

challenging behaviors

Episode 129: Compassionately Targeting Challenging Behavior with ABA

As BCBAs, part of our job is to target challenging behavior. Here, we discuss how to do so in a compassionate way so that our learners feel safe. Our conversation includes how reframe our perspective to a more compassionate approach, how to build trusting relationships, and how to make environments more enriching and fun.