My ASD Child

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"As I am researching Autism Spectrum Disorders, I hear a lot about ABA therapy for children with Aspergers. What is ABA exactly, and is it something I should look into for my Aspie." It is often difficult to understand why a child with Aspergers or High-Functioning Autism behaves the way he does. However, there is a reason for his behavior, and applied behavior analysis helps us understand the behavior and determine a method of support for the child so that he no longer needs the behavior to meet his needs. Using Applied Behavior Analysis, you can determine the antecedents to behavior, identify the behavior, and identify the consequence for the behavior, or what is currently maintaining the behavior. Using this process, you can determine alternative behaviors that are more appropriate, yet will meet your child's needs, without displaying the inappropriate behavior. This aids parents in understanding their child better and helps outline a method to change his b...

"I'm interested in Aspergers children and their language skills deficits. Do you have any information on this topic?" Sure... Below is a handout on "Impairments in Language Skills" that I used in a recent workshop for parents with children on the spectrum: Impairments in Language Skills-- A. Impairment in the pragmatic use of language: This refers to the inability to use language in a social sense as a way to interact/communicate with other people. It is important to observe the individual’s use of language in various settings with various people (especially peers). Since the impairments are in pragmatic language usage. 1. Uses conversation to convey facts and information about special interests, rather than to convey thoughts, emotions, or feelings. 2. Uses language scripts or verbal rituals in conversation, often described as “nonsense talk” by others (scripts may be made up or taken from movies/books/TV). At times, the scripts are subtle and...

Aspergers Children and Difficulty with Reciprocal Social Interactions-- A. Inability and/or a lack of desire to interact with peers. Parents are concerned with the child’s reciprocal interactions with others and the quality of those interactions. It is very important to observe how the child interacts with same-age peers. This category comprises two separate issues: the ability and the desire to interact. 1. Displays an inability to interact because she does not know how to interact. She wants to interact with others, but does not know what to do. Observes or stays on the periphery of a group rather than joining in. Initiates play interaction by taking a toy or starting to engage in an ongoing activity without gaining verbal agreement from the other players, will ignore a negative response from others when asking to join in, will abruptly leave a play interaction. Lacks conversational language for a social purpose, does not know what to say — this could be no conversatio...