ABA Treatment for Parents, Teachers, Psychologists, Students

Description of the core symptoms characteristic of children on the autism spectrum.

Be sure to download the glossary as it will help you to understand all the topics presented throughout the course. If you would like to further expand your knowledge and practical skills, you should also use the included list of references.

What to look for when selecting the best treatment for a child diagnosed with autism.

How to involve parents in the treatment team and motivate them to teach at home through a defined home program.

What does the term deficit area mean and how can you effectively assess a child`s deficits?
Practical advice is provided along with examples of how to assess deficit areas.

How to develop individual educational and treatment programs based on the assessment of deficit areas. Instruction on how to document intervention; including writing programs, establishing teaching steps when implementing programs, and collecting data.

Description of the most typical functions of problem behavior. Instruction on how to properly perform a functional assessment when providing treatment to children with autism to reduce the frequency of problem behavior.

Description of the importance of teaching alternative behavior and how it is one of the most effective methods of reducing problem behavior

Instruction on how to develop an individualized motivational system for a child with autism and use it properly during treatment.

Definition of the purpose of a reward choice system and how a choice board is used in everyday work with the child. Practical advice on how to prepare the choice board is provided, including step by step instructions.

Explanation of what is a token economy system is. Advice on how to prepare, introduce, and use a token board during treatment is presented along with strategies for modifying the token economy system when necessary.

Learn when and how to use behavioral contracts. Includes a discussion of how to prepare and implement different types of behavioral contracts.

A summary of the most important rules that should be followed to keep the motivational system effective. Learn how to properly deliver rewards to significantly speed up the learning process and reduce problem behavior.

Practical advice on how to arrange the treatment setting. Includes a discussion of the proper way of arranging the space so that it allows the child to focus on tasks and reduces the number of undesirable behaviors.

A summary of the basic rules that allow you to effectively focus on the selection and preparation of the instructional materials necessary to develop particular skills in the child.

What does the term "generalization" mean? Instruction in how to properly design the training process so that the student will use the acquired skills under new conditions.

What are manual prompts? A discussion of how to introduce and gradually fade manual prompts. Practical examples are provided of tasks for which manual prompts are best suited.

How do you efficiently introduce and fade vocal prompts? Includes an important discussion of how to develop new responses using vocal prompts.

What is modeling? A discussion of what skills must be acquired before introducing model prompts and how to conduct a teaching session for a new skill using modeling.

Description of the importance of using activity schedules and an explanation of different types of activity schedules. Instruction in how to prepare the very first daily activity schedule and how to modify schedules in accordance with the child`s progress.

What is a script and a script fading procedure? A complete explanation of how to effectively introduce scripts. You will hear about practical examples of tasks for which scripts are a very effective teaching technique.

A discussion of the value of incidental teaching. Detailed descriptions on how to implement incidental teaching procedures during treatment. Examples will be provided of how to use incidental teaching to develop speech and to teach important social behavior.

What is discrete trial training and what are the components of this teaching procedure? A discussion of what skills can be developed through discrete trial training will be highlighted.

Defining basic social skills is part of this course. Includes a discussion of how to shape eye contact in different situations and how to help a child with autism maintain this skill.

Features practical advice on how to teach a child to make requests and to ask for help. Examples of teaching situations in which these behaviors can be developed are highlighted.

This course focuses on how to use previously described teaching techniques to develop independent play skills. Various types of activities that a child with autism can learn so that he/she can appropriately spend his or her free time are discussed.

Imitation will be discussed and the importance of this skill as the basis for further learning.
Sample educational programs for shaping imitation of a variety of responses are discussed.

How to start developing speech in a child with an autism spectrum disorder is an important issue covered in this course. You will learn how to gradually shape vocal imitation skills and motivate a child to cooperate during language teaching sessions.

You will learn how to begin teaching matching, a critical pre-requisite skill for future learning and how to develop this skill most efficiently. Sample programs and teaching techniques to increase matching skills are reviewed.

Learn how to develop basic receptive language skills and how to start language discrimination training. The types of teaching techniques and programs that can be used when developing your student’s receptive language are discussed.

Practical advice on how to develop a child's expressive language skills is presented. Learn how to carefully plan tasks for beginners and how to choose the most effective teaching techniques for expressive language sessions throughout the intervention phases.

Learn how to teach a variety of play skills, including thematic and constructive play.
Sample educational programs and teaching techniques are reviewed.

This course will teach you how to implement educational programs that focus on developing graphomotor skills. Practical advice and suggestions for preparing teaching tasks and materials are reviewed.

Developing independence is one of the most important aspects of intervention. Learn how to do this with examples of tasks and solutions that are effective in shaping independence and self-care skills in children with autism.