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Practical guidance and updates from our clinical team for families navigating ABA therapy.
Welcome to the Prisma Behavioral Center Blog! This space was created to share helpful, easy-to-understand information about ABA with parents, caregivers, providers, and anyone who wants to learn more. Our goal is to answer common questions, clarify important topics, and make ABA more accessible to our community.
Consistency is one of the most important elements for helping a child learn new skills, reduce behaviors that interfere with development, and use what they have learned across different settings.
When families hear about ABA, two words often raise questions or concerns: punishment and rewards. Some people think ABA is about “rewarding a child so they obey” or “punishing them when they misbehave.” However, this idea is incomplete and can lead to confusion.
Waiting may seem like a simple skill for adults, but for many children, it can be a major challenge. Waiting for a toy, attention, food, a preferred activity, or a turn can lead to frustration, crying, screaming, elopement, or other challenging behaviors. In this article, we will discuss why waiting is important and how to teach it in a gradual, respectful way.
In ABA, an important idea is that support should teach rather than replace the child’s effort. The goal is not to leave the child alone with a difficult task, but to provide the right amount of help and gradually reduce it when the child is ready.
Starting ABA services can be a time filled with hope, questions, and many expectations. For some families, this may be their first experience with a structured intervention. For others, it may be a new stage after receiving other services or recommendations.
At first, it can be confusing to understand who does what, who to contact with a question, or how the clinical work is organized. In this article, we want to explain in simple terms who may be part of a child’s ABA team and what role each person plays.
In this article, we want to explain in a simple way what happens during an ABA assessment and why this step is so important for designing an appropriate intervention plan for each child.
In this article, we want to explain why progress in ABA can take time and why small steps are also big wins.
When families hear about ABA, two words often raise questions or concerns: punishment and rewards. Some people think ABA is about “rewarding a child so they obey” or “punishing them when they misbehave.” However, this idea is incomplete and can lead to confusion.
When a child screams, cries, runs away, throws objects, refuses to complete a task, or hits, adults may quickly think, “They are misbehaving.” However, from an ABA perspective, it is important to understand that behavior is not the same as misbehavior.
Consistency is one of the most important elements for helping a child learn new skills, reduce behaviors that interfere with development, and use what they have learned across different settings.
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