ABA pro point of view

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I think scaring parents away from ABA is detrimental. If you

haven't had your child in a program then it's hard to speak about

its benefits. Yes there are people who hang a shingle and claim to

do ABA floortime VB etc. If you have a PhD supervise then you can

have quality programs and see real measurable benefit.

Also you don't have to rob a bank. My son gets 10 hours of ABA per

week and I pay only $60.00. This is less than my insurance co-pays

for speech.

What does it do? It helped me see my son's receptive is much better

than his expresssive as I suspected. It helped his focus and

attention. It is good for oral motor exercises. It works with

potty training. Yes there are modifications needed for apraxic

kids. My therapist was not giving Dean credit for t-fly his approx

for butterfly or purty his approx of purple. I told them to go by

Kaufman best approximations and give him credit if it was his best

approx. So purple should be popo or purpo.

There is no PTSD possibility if parents monitor the professionals

working with their kids. Murder maybe but that is why you get

references from people you know and trust. Also autism is much more

common than apraxia and many of us are laboring under the impression

that our kids only have apraxia or apraxia is the primary. NOt

always the case and it doesn't matter how many experts you see. I

had 2 negative CARS tests for my son but the ADOS and ADI both said

autism without a doubt.

If you ignore ABA you are missing out on somehting that can help.