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Funding Home Programs and Private Schools – Possible, Yes! Easy? Not Exactly
…for example: “John requires an intensive level of intervention with no less than 40 hours of 1:1 ABA therapy and 4 hours a month of ABA program supervision with a…
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Parents: Give the IEP Team Quality Evaluations with Recommendations
…often heard from parents that they are told that ABA cannot go on an IEP or “there is no way” that a specified level of ABA can go on an…
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Strategies to Teach Key Foundation Skills to Young Children with Autism
…to learning/teaching techniques that can be utilized with children with autism. Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) ABA is an empirically based approach to teaching, and data shows is efficacy. The technique…
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How Preparing Early Improves Independent Living in Adulthood
…how to use cash or cards at the store, how much common items cost and even using a banking app on their cell phone or an ATM. Thankfully, ABA programs…
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Autism Spectrum News Spotlight on Excellence: An Interview with Rita Gardner, President & CEO of Melmark
…we see people pulling their kids from school to go to ABA clinics. And then when insurance runs out, we’re still right back where we started. I think ABA insurance…
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Bringing Autism Insurance Mandates into Compliance with the Affordable Care Act
…words, under the new regulation, children 0-8 years old would receive just 4.4 hours of ABA therapy per week and children 9-19 years old would receive just 1.48 hours of…
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How to Combine Cooperation and Advocacy at Your IEP Meeting
…student with autism, recommend 40 hours per week of 1:1 Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy, five 60-minute sessions of speech and language per week, five 45-minute sessions of occupational therapy…
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Interventions for Individuals on the Autism Spectrum and How Best to Evaluate Their Effectiveness
…many interventions have emerged with disputed claims of effectiveness. Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), sensory integration, specialized diets (e.g., gluten-casein free diets), pharmacological interventions (e.g., Risperdal), and mercury detoxification procedures are…
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Public Schools and the Autism Epidemic: A Preliminary Report on Consultation Services
With the recent rise in the incidence of autism, there is a growing need for effective, ABA-based intervention programs in public schools. In 2006, the number of students with autism…
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Applied Behavior Analysis and Verbal Behavior
In 1981 O. Ivar Lovaas published his groundbreaking ABA manual, Teaching Developmentally Disabled Children: The ME Book. Countless therapists and families have been able to help their children learn life-altering…
