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Category Archives: Important Info
Battle of tantrums vs meltdowns
I cannot tell you how many times that tantrums and meltdowns get mixed up by parents, professionals, teachers, etc. From my experiences as an autistic, I want to break down the similarities and differences between tantrums and meltdowns: Tantrums: goal-oriented (function or reason) and can be reduced by teaching communication or replacement behaviors. Meltdowns: caused byContinue reading “Battle of tantrums vs meltdowns”
Reinforcement vs Punishment
Did you know we use reinforcement and punishment all of the time, not just in ABA therapy? Reinforcement and punishment are used everywhere to shape our own behaviors. In ABA therapy sessions with autistic clients, reinforcement is used more so than punishment because behavior analysts and RBTs (Registered Behavior Technicians) are focused on strengthening behaviorsContinue reading “Reinforcement vs Punishment”
My autism diagnosis
I wanted to share my story again towards receiving an autism diagnosis, since I gained a lot of new followers on my blog website and tomorrow being my 25th birthday: I was born in Brooklyn, NY on January 18th, 1998. After I turned one years old, my parents noticed I was not meeting developmental milestonesContinue reading “My autism diagnosis”
Interview with Marissa Davila as a BCBA in ABA telehealth
Did you know there are ABA therapy companies who mainly use telehealth? Meet my first guest in the new year: Marissa Davila is a behavior analyst and founder of Blanton Behavioral Services LLC. She is not like most behavior analysts who run their own ABA therapy company because she mainly provides telehealth for clients onContinue reading “Interview with Marissa Davila as a BCBA in ABA telehealth”
New year goals
Happy new year! It’s that time of the year for autistic self-advocates and those who know someone with autism to create goals inorder to accomplish them this year. Want to learn how to set these goals? Here are the steps: 1. Make your goals achievable. This means to select realistic and age-appropriate goals while understandingContinue reading “New year goals”
Open letter to my middle school speech therapist: Mrs. Smith
Dear Mrs. Smith, I hope retirement has been going well and hope you see this letter one day online. If it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t have grown my social and communication skills. I’m so grateful you created a social skills program for students with disabilities when I was in middle school. I learned toContinue reading “Open letter to my middle school speech therapist: Mrs. Smith”
Overcoming the holiday season
The winter holidays can be so much fun! Although, a lot of autistic people deal with changes in routine, which causes them stress and other behaviors like meltdowns. How can you help an autistic person through the holiday season? Here are some tools and ideas to help autistic people get through the holidays that occurContinue reading “Overcoming the holiday season”
Beating misconceptions about ASD
I cannot even begin to tell you how many misconcpetions there are about autism spectrum disorder (ASD). I listed themost common misconceptions about ASD here: These are some of the many misconceptions about ASD, but I shared the most common ones around today. Now let me tell you the truth about ASD from my ownContinue reading “Beating misconceptions about ASD”
Providing choices/Choice making
Did you know when you provide autistic people with choices that it teaches them various skills? During ABA therapy sessions, behavior analysts and RBTs should allow autistic client to choose which programs they want to work on. It allows autistic clients to lead their learning while behavior analysts and RBTs are getting goals accomplished fromContinue reading “Providing choices/Choice making”