aba vs. teach

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HI ALL,

I JUST MOVED FROM NEW YORK CITY TO WARWICK IN ORANGE COUNTY NEW YORK. I HAVE A

7YR.

AUTISTIC DAUGHTER WHO HAS ALWAYS HAD AN ABA PROGRAM 1ST HOMEBASED AND THEN SHE

LAST ATTENDED A PRIVATE ABA SCHOOL. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE NEW SCHOOL DISTRICT

DOES NOT HAVE AN ABA PROGRAM WITHIN THE DISTRICT UNTIL A NEW ABA PROGRAM OPENS

NEXT SEPTEMBER.

THEY ARE TRYING TO PLACE HER WITHIN HER DISTRICT BUT THEY ONLY PROGRAM THEY HAVE

IS WHAT THEY CALL THE STRIVE PROGRAM AND MY UNDERSTANDING OF THIS APPROACH IS

BASED ON THE TEACH PROGRAM. HOW CAN A CHILD WHO HAS BEEN LEARNING WELL IN AN

ABA PROGRAM LEARN WITH A TEACH PROGRAM? I AM AFRAID TO EVEN TRY THIS BECAUSE I

DO NOT WANT MY DAUGHTER TO REGRESS. WHEN I FIRST CHOOSE ABA OVER TEACH IT WAS

BECAUSE I FELT TEACH WAS NOT EFFECTIVE ENOUGH. SOMEONE RECENTLY TOLD ME THAT

TEACH IS ACTUALLY A STEP UP FROM ABA BECAUSE IT HELPS THE CHILD GENERALIZE WHAT

THEY LEARN FROM ABA AND BE MORE INDEPENDENT.

IS THIS TRUE? ALSO ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE I WAS TOLD IS THAT IF I PUT MY DAUGHTER

IN ONE OF THEIR PROGRAMS I SHOULD REQUEST AN ABA CONSULTANT AND THEY WOULD HAVE

TO CONTRACT AN ABA PERSON TO TUTOR MY DAUGHTER WHILE SHE IS IN SCHOOL. I AM NOT

SURE IF THIS IS A GOOD IDEA. WILL SHE BE GETTING ENOUGH ABA . I JUST DO NOT

WANT TO WASTE ANYTIME ON MY DAUGHTERS LEARNING BY EXPERIMENTING WITH DIFFERENT

PROGRAMS JUST BECAUSE THE DISTRICT DOES NOT HAVE AN ABA SCHOOL. ANY HELP WOULD

BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANKS.

DAISY