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Autism and ABA
1 in 50 children are diagnosed with autism
What is autism?
Autism is a lifelong, complex neurodevelopmental condition that affects sensory processing, social interactions, language and communication skills. These differences can also combined with rigid and/or repetitive interests. Since everyone has different experiences and characteristics, the type of supports needed should be adapted to individual needs.
How does autism affect their educational journey?
Diagnosed usually by the age of 3. Early intervention is crucial to their development.
No two children with autism display the same skill sets and/or challenges.
Most educators are not trained to address complex needs and lack resources.
What is ABA?
ABA stands for Applied Behaviour Analysis. It is a branch of psychology that involves analyzing and modifying human behaviour/responses. ABA is the application of the science of behaviour to increase or decrease a particular skill/response, to improve the quality of a skill/response, or to teach a new skill/response.
ABA focuses on breaking skills down into small discrete steps, and then teaching each step in a structured and hierarchical fashion, providing guidance in the form of prompts with a reinforcement based approach.
The principles of ABA have been around for some time, and have multiple uses outside the scope of teaching children with autism. ABA can be the basis of programs addressing a wide range of human behaviour.
It is simply just good teaching practices!