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I Am Looking For Parents's Feedback On ABA Therapy. Did It Help Their Child And If Yes What Is It That They Liked Most About It?
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Our Milwaukee, WI clinic is entertaining the idea to offer ABA therapy in addition to the OT services we provide in gymnastics and pools facilities. We are looking to receive feed back from parents who's child is/went through ABA therapy. What did they like/ did not like about it? What did they feel was helpful or not, were they satisfied with the skill level of the line therapists who came into their home and how did the implementation of the process helped their child
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posted October 31, 2012
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My son had ABA for a year, and the only reason I stopped it was because of the school schedule for both of us.
When we first started ABA, we had one person 3x/week, and a different person 2x/week. At first, I thought it was a good idea as you can learn new things from different people. The coordinator did a good job of keeping everyone on task with the program, but it felt like a revolving door at home "okay, who's here today?" When I cut back to 3x/week for ABA (long story), it was much easier to work with the main skill trainer who was OUTSTANDING! I think most people can tell when someone is working, and when someone is pursuing their passion in life. Our skill trainer was great to work with because she listened to my input and concerns, and sought creative ways to reach a compromise but still keep within the boundaries of ABA. The programs were tailored to my son, and reinforced many of the same skills he was learning with speech, OT, and special ed preschool. The list of programs was similar to what you may have seen with an IEP in that there are multiple goals in the works at any given time, and data is recorded on everything. I learned quite a bit on how to keep behavior logs on my own which is very useful! One of the main things my son learned was emotion; how to recognize the variety of emotions, why might someone feel this way, and what he can do when he feels like that. We also worked on personal safety issues (memorizing vital info, and practicing stopping at certain places like the curb of a parking lot and foot of stairs.) I could spend an hour talking about all the stuff my son learned over a year with ABA, but the most beneficial factor was in what I learned as a parent. I learned how to successfully redirect my son's behavior, how to predict, prevent, and manage meltdowns. I was shown that encouraging good behavior was more effective than waiting to punish bad behavior, and I learned how to help my son with social interactions with peers. I really believe my experience with ABA has taught me how to be a better mom.

posted October 31, 2012
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Hugely helpful for my son. But be careful when selecting the provider. Everyone and their brother hangs out the ABA consultant shingle these days. Some our not qualified and give poor service. Our first consultant was very poor but the one we've had for the last several years is very very good. The best thing about a well-run ABA program is that you should also get trained and will be able to implement the concepts too. And then you feel like you actually know what you are doing with this child. You become an effective part of your child's team and you can parent him better, It was very empowering.

posted November 1, 2012
A MyAutismTeam Member

My son has benifitted from ABA at school, and we keep using it since it is still in his IEP. On the other hand my daughter who is severly autistic and non verbal has not only aba in school but three hours a day after school as well. and she has benifitted from it somewhat, but she is at a point where she needs severe behavior modification, so it depends on the level your child is at.

posted November 5, 2012
A MyAutismTeam Member

Talk with WEAP I'm sure they will be willing to get you going. My son gets services through WEAP. I REALLY LOVE my therapists. All of them have ben great asnt well trained.

posted November 2, 2012
A MyAutismTeam Member

My son just started an intensive ABA program about two and a half months ago and I have already seen major changes! I am so thankful that I got him in there. For starters, he began the program with very little receptive language and even less communicative skills. He now can follow simple directions with ease and seems to understand about half of what we say to him! He also takes initiative to communicate his needs. He has also started saying random sentences! Eye contact has also improved and they are helping us with potty training through ABA techniques.

posted November 1, 2012

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