Clinic Notes: New Discussion Board and Questions and Answer Feature

My on line ABA course will feature a discussion board in the near future. Students taking my on line course may posts questions, observations they have made while applying ABA procedure, or ask for help with specific behavioral problems. Other students may respond to posts or I may respond when necessary.In additions, I will require my on campus ABA students to post weekly to the discussion board. Caregivers who visit www.ABA4autism may ask questions about ABA and autism or ABA and other neuropsychological disorders. Of course, questions and comments are always welcome on my blog.

Clinic Notes: Pictorial Prompts and Autism

Several years ago my student, Leigh Grannon and I, presented a paper titled "The Effect of Pictorial Prompts on Verbal Interactions in a Child Diagnosed with Autism." This study used a personalized set of pictures with verbal prompts to establish verbal social interactions in a child with autism. Results indicated that the number of verbal social interactions made by the child with peers in a daycare setting increased and generalized to children and adults and in other settings.
I am now working on a paper that will use pictorial prompts to teach children with autism and other neuropsychological disorders how to behave at Christmas time. Many parent who bring their children to my clinic complain that the Christmas holidays are an especially difficult time for them. I plan to have the paper on my web site in time for the holidays.

New Autism Survey

ABA4Autism.com and the Psychology Department at the University of Tennessee at Martin are conducting a second survey on the causes of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). This survey is for mothers of children with ASD as well as mothers of normally developing children who are ten years of age or younger. Mothers who participate in the survey will receive a free ABA program to teach their child to follow directions as well as free ABA mini programs for common problems like sharing. To take the survey please go to http://www.aba4autism.com

The preliminary results of the first survey may be found at http://aba4autism.blogspot.com/.

ABA4Autism's New Web Page

Check out ABA4Autism's newly designed web site at http://www.ABA4Autism.com. For three years we have been trying to reach families with low costs ABA eBooks, Case Histories, and an online ABA course. Our old web site was not professionally designed and no doubt many visitors had problems navigating the site. Now our web site is professionally designed and easy to use. We will be adding new features soon such as a question and answer feature with Dr. Brown and a chatroom option. Both of these new features will be free. Check us out and take our new survey on the causes of autism if you have not done so already.