Something I do regularly as part of clinical consultation, is what I call Quality Assurance. Basically, providing clinical guidance to a family or fellow professional who wants to know: “Is this normal? Is this what ABA should look like? What should I expect from ...
“She’s/He’s just a bad kid” Dig deeper. Have you considered: Maybe you just don’t know how to teach him? Maybe he has a trauma experience you know nothing about? Maybe he’s misdiagnosed? Maybe he’s undiagnosed? Maybe he’s undermedicated? Maybe he’s ...
Recently, there were many publicized and non-publicized mass closings in the ABA industry. This means many people lost their jobs. It also means many clients abruptly lost access to needed services.Since this happened, I've talked to parents from all over wanting to know how ...
Birthday parties. Let's talk about it.Parties, gatherings, events, picnics, etc., where there will be lots of people, noise/music, activity, chatter/laughing, and hidden, unspoken rules for "appropriate" behavior.The event may even be outdoors, which brings a whole host of ...
I have been presenting/speaking, writing, and training on the topic of ABA Reform/anti-ABA sentiments for some time now. I have spent time engaging in intentional community and dialogue with people who disagree with ABA, and even have traumatic experiences from therapy services ...
"McABAs" is my own created term to refer to the low-quality, murky billing practices, mass produced interventions ("cookie cutter" programs), undertrained or nontrained RBTs, and overworked and harried clinicians, kind of ABA providers.Similar to how when your body is hungry ...
Autism Awareness 2022.It's April again.If you haven't read my thoughts on moving from awareness to action, see HERE.Advocate. Support. Inform. Educate. Accept. But please do more than just be awar ...
Across multiple industries, staffing deficits are a big problem right now. There are many different explanations for this, but certainly in a post-COVID world all of us are redefining work, evaluating our priorities, and learning how precious our time is…..if people are ...
"The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting" Plutarch"Autism isn't something a person has, or a shell that a person is trapped inside. There's no normal child hidden behind the autism" J Sinclair There used to be a school of thought in the Autism ...
Recommended Read: Toxic Staff If toxic staff is 1/2 of the conversation about what creates and perpetuates sick, dysfunctional work culture, then toxic leadership is definitely the other 1/2 of the conversation. You can't discuss one without discussing the other.Unhealthy ...
