Getting Kids to Go to Bed with Liz Maher Liz Maher is a behavior analyst and a mom. Her oldest daughter, Sarah, was diagnosed with autism back in 1998. In addition to supporting her own daughter’s education and development, Liz also became a BCBA. She worked for close...
Over my 20-plus years in the behavior field, I haven’t heard a lot of talk about self-management. One place I did hear about it was in 2018 at the ABA International conference. I participated in a workshop called “Exploring the Systematic Use of Self-Monitoring as a...
Everyone loves parenting tips and advice, but where do you get advice you can trust? One of the things I try to do with my video blog is to give parents information that can help them become more successful with their children. I’m sharing some of the best tips and...
Last week, I covered how to teach a pre-verbal child to imitate sounds on request as we build toward teaching them how to talk. Here, we’ll cover the motivational aspects of learning language and how to teach children to ask for things they want in increasingly...
According to the CDC, an estimated 40% of children with autism spectrum disorder are non-verbal. And as many as 70% of childhood behavior problems come from a child not being able to adequately express their needs or desires. I’ve worked directly with many of these...
Reg Reynolds is an author with a Ph.D. in psychology. I’ve known about Reg for a long time, and he contacted me shortly after I wrote my first book. Reg has written quite a few books, including “Teaching Children with Autism: An ABA Primer”. Reg has since retired, but...
