The Issue Of Aba Therapy

Let’s say you have a box of crayons. It represents ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder), now inside the box you have different colors of crayons. Each color/crayon is a different disorder. The color we want to talk about today is teal, the official color for autism. Stuart Duncan once said, “Autism, like a rainbow, has a bright side and a dark side and even though it can mean rough waters it can be beautiful.” Autism isn’t a label, it’s a diagnoses. People with autism can be just as successful as neurotypical people. People with autism have been the subject of stereotypes and neglect for decades. Only in the last 150 years or so have things started to change. We don’t know what causes autism, but thanks to increased research and awareness we’re making more progress than ever. People with autism face many challenges everyday, autism is a spectrum. It’s not the same for everyone. Due to it being a spectrum it can be hard for people without autism to understand the challenges autistic people face, and how to go about interacting with autistic people. There are lots of autistic people worldwide, it’s time we start making them feel more like people.

Autism has been made to seem like this huge issue, something that needs to be stopped. While there are many issues that come with autism, it is not something that should be getting such negative attention. People with autism seem to be the most extraordinary out of any of us. “They are usually intelligent, gifted, honest, hard workers when interested in a task and excellent problem solvers. People with high-functioning autism are thought to become excellent scientists and engineers or enter other professions where painstaking, methodical analysis is required. Some believe this particular assertion is a stereotype, as some high-functioning autism adults tend to struggle with the traditional work setting and the surrounding societally accepted ways of behaving,” (Synapse, Pg 2). There

Applied behavioral analysis (ABA) is the leading scientific method that helps patients with Autism to overcome their condition. In order to improve their condition, ABA specialists focus on a system of reward, which encourages positive actions like speech, social activity and life skill improvements. This works mostly with children as they are more likely to absorb and accept new challenges; this is commonly referred to as "positive reinforcement" in the literature and has become one of the leading directions for treatment. ABA therapy was devised and implemented by Dr. O. Ivar Lovaas at UCLA in 1987. Since then, ABA therapy has become a leading branch of psychology - behaviorism.

Abby Powers’ “Speaking of Autism” presents a convincing argument to convince her audience into agreeing and believing in her thesis. She utilizes rhetorical elements such as simple sentence structure, pathos, ethos, and logos to adapt to her intended audience and to keep the reader engaged in her essay. By providing a personal story of the tribulations she experienced with an autistic twin sister, she proves the fact that people with this disability deserve equal treatment from those around them. The majority of “Speaking of Autism” deals with Powers’ personal history with autism; however, before she delves into her own experiences, she establishes the ethos by discussing the idea of human communication.

This is why it is important that parents become trained in ABA. However, it is important that parents do not think that one approach will solve any child 's autism difficulties. The idea of using a “cookbook recipe” to fix their child is something that must be thrown out the window and techniques that encourage parents to become educated about the broadness of autism should be used. This includes learning how their child functions and ways to help design a ABA for their child rather than basing it off of statistics (Dillenburger et al.,2004).

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It is important to establish and maintain effective communication, professionalism, and a scientific relationship with clients. It is essential to always preserve the relationship because it is vital to the client’s success of treatment. It is also imperative to consider the way in which information is delivered to clients and their family or caregivers. One must eliminate jargoning while attempting to communicate with clients. The use of scientific terminology of a particular study can become lost when engaging with a client or family members. By eliminating jargoning we are reaching them in a way that is easily understood by those not proficient in those terms of the field. Those that understand the intervention are more likely to adhere

Anne Dachel is a major contributor to numerous autism websites, such as “Age of Autism”, a daily online newspaper dedicated to the topic of autism. In this

Children with autism have difficulties understanding social models and so many of them have difficulties acquiring social skills while children with health development normally gain social and appropriate behavior by observing a model (Mash &Wolfe, 2010). If a child with autism is able to acquire social and adaptive skills they still need to learn how to generalize correct behaviors to different situations and tend to need consistent practice in maintaining those skills. To an autistic child generalization can be extremely difficult to break down and understand. Because of this ABA is

The hallmarks of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) involve marked deficits in social interaction as well as engagement in repetitive behaviors and language difficulties (Leblanc, Richardson, & Warnie, 2005). Although autism can have a profound impact on the capabilities and functioning of the individual, emerging research indicates that applied behavioral analysis (ABA) can be an effective tool for addressing many of the deficits that children with ASD face (Boutot & Myles, 2016). In fact, emerging research indicates that when ABA is utilized for the treatment of young children with ASD many of the challenges faced by this group can be ameliorated (Boutot & Myles, 2016). With these issues in mind the current investigation considers the seven elements of ABA identified by Baer, Wolf, and Risley (1968) in their seminal article on applied behavioral analysis and their application to individuals with ASD. Through a critical review of the seven elements of ABA in relation to ASD it will be possible to illustrate how this approach can be effective for improving outcomes for individuals diagnosed with autism.

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“To treat one particular group as the normal or default group inevitably serves to privilege that group and to marginalize those who don't belong who don't belong to the group.” (p189) Walkers purpose for composing this text is to protest against the idea of normality and the hidden oppression of many groups such as autistic people. He refers to the hidden oppression as outposts. Walker goes on to explain how outposts represent the things that neurominorites go through when they accept what society thinks is normal, which is as Walker describes a phenomena of internalized oppression. The main key to a paradigm shift is to first solve the issue of internalized oppression, this is a complex issue to solve because people with autism have been treated differently and seen as diseased so they will now think that they have been

For many years people have discussed whether autistic children or teens should be placed in regular classes, given special aides, or if they should be placed in special classes. In the book, The Spark, by Kristine Barnett, it talks about how Kristine’s son, Jacob, otherwise known as Jake, was diagnosed with autism at age two, yet he overcame all of the stereotypes placed on autistic children. Jacob was in a special Ed class, but his mother pulled him out because he was not making any progress. She decided to prepare Jacob for mainstream kindergarten, all on her own. She knew that the special Ed class was helping him learn or retain the information being taught to him, it wasn’t helping him at all, it was hurting his education. They had focused

Overall, I thought that the information provided in this article was informative and it helped me to understand more about ABA. It is shocking to me than many educators are not taught about ABA when it can be so useful to not only teach students with autism but also special education students in general. I am very glad that I have the opportunity to learn about using ABA in the classroom because it will be very beneficial to me in my future career because I want to teach students with learning behavior disorders and moderate-severe disabilities at the elementary

Have you ever received lackluster services from a company to the point that you said to yourself, “you know what? I can do this better?” Nearly three years ago my wife and I found out that our youngest daughter Karly was diagnosied with being severely Autistic. Obviously, we were both devastated, but what we were completely oblivious to was the fact that we were going to be in for the battle of our lives in order to get Karly the services that she desperately needs in order to function in society. Immediately after her diagnosis, we were introduced to Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), which is a scientific way to treat the behaviors associated with people on the Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD).