Chris Topham is a behavior scientist and the owner of Celeration ABA. Along with his wife, who is also a BCBA, Chris founded Celeration ABA in 2020. Here, Chris shares his background and how he became focused on precision-based teaching.
Teaching intraverbals can be hard, so we’re covering some of the best ways to teach intraverbals so we can set our learners up for success.
Peter Gerhardt and Shanna Bahry discuss their book, Make it Meaningful, and how to cultivate independence in the learners we work with.
Functional communication and replacement language are important skills to work on with learners. Are you incorporating appropriate protests into these teachings?
Leila Farshchian is the CEO of ABA Toolbox, a comprehensive practice management software system for agencies, schools, and private ABA practices that provide services to individuals with autism spectrum disorder.
Let’s face it, one-to-one ABA is awesome but it’s not realistic forever and ever. We really want our learners to start paying attention and responding and learning in group situations. Therefore, at some point we need to practice some whole group instruction.
In order for children to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks, they need good executive functioning skills.
Let’s be honest, teachers have a lot on their hands in the classroom. So how, as BCBAs, can we help support them and gain teacher buy in to help our learners without putting more on their plates?
A member of our Bx Resource membership community raised a question about teaching receptive language skills, specifically teaching receptive labels, as the strategies she tried weren’t working. Here, we cover how to teach receptive language skills and discrimination to our learners.
Once we have a program in place for our learners, it’s important to ensure that we’re using the information we collect to make data driven decisions. Here, we discuss how to make the best data-based decisions to achieve progress.
