Great info!

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For those of you using DTI/ABA/AVA, whatever name you use, I ran across

a really fabulous group that posts only about therapies and ways to

teach particular tasks to children with autism. They are strict in

what postings they allow. Here is their Introduction, and below it is

their site if you would like to join. I would also recommend that you

invite your ABA trainers, teaches, etc. to join the message board. You

might not post, but the postings that the behaviorists write are very

interesting. It is a good place to post your Help Wanted messages. I

love to read their daily digest, it always has great ideas for

teaching:

One of the most complex tasks both parents and professionals face

is

developing and implementing an effective language intervention for

children with autism. Parents and professionals are finding that BOTH

Discrete Trial Training (DTT) and Natural Environment Training (NET),

together with the help of Skinner's (1957) Functional Analysis of

Verbal Behavior to be very effective for children with autism. This is

commonly referred to as Applied Verbal Behavior (AVB)which is a

specialty within the field of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). It is a

place where parents and professionals running home (and school)

programs can discuss concerns and share their knowledge of this type of

teaching. Other issues relating to autism will not be

addressed on

this list. (DTT-NET is not a methodology within itself.

DTT-NET is an

acronym used to describe this listgroup.)All posts are read and

approved

prior to posting by the list moderators. Rhonda Miga, founding member.

As of Jan 2001, this list is owned and moderated by Jenn Godwin, BCaBA

and Steph Hulshof, BCaBA

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DTT-NET

or send an email to subscribe to: DTT-NET-subscribe

Lynn

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