ABA and kids!

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In Mics school they separate the classrooms Your apraxic child would not be in

the same classroom as a severely autistic child.They use typical oral motor

therapy. They always use rewards or they ignore some behaviors. Some of the

aggressive children are restrained but they are held and spoken to very softly

compassionately and calmed down. If they cannot calm the child in a few minutes

they remove them from the environment and they go to the gymn or the

playground.It works.All of these kids are apraxic and I am seeing amazing

progress in speech.Mic is beginning to talk and he is dxed severely apraxic.I

have had intense therapy from EI and after we aged out Mic stopped until I found

this school. And Mics slp from EI used basic ABA methods not intense.Yes its

based on Skinner and Lovaas and that works for children, but 90% of these kids

do not need intense ABA.So they are modifying ABA and you just have to find the

right school. Our school district pays for ABA if it benefits the

child.They get $26,000 a year a child in NY. In Mass they get $70,000. Believe

me I have done my homework.Pain or abuse of any kind is not used in anyway.

Thats what I thought until I did my homework. Please do not pass judgement until

you actually see it for yourself.Its going to help alot of children. Laurie