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Three Years of Intensive Applied Behavior Analysis: A Case Study
Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention, by Healy, O., OConnor J., Leader G., and Kenny N., published in 2008, summarized Jul 3, 2009

The Comprehensive Application of Behavior Analysis to Schooling (CABAS®) applied behavioral analysis (ABA) system may be helpful for children with autism.

The CABAS early intervention program is a school-wide system for using ABA methods. It applies ABA methods to help the whole child. This case study describes one girl who started intensive ABA therapy in a CABAS system at the age of 2 years 10 months of age. Her communication and socialization skills were at the level of a 1 year-old. The intensive therapy methods were evidence-based, using recent methods that were reported to be potentially helpful. Researchers tested her progress over a 3-year period. When she started, she had a low IQ and had trouble learning. After 3 years of intensive ABA therapy in a CABAS® system, her cognitive and communication skills were average for her age group. She was still behind for her age in social skills. She was able to move into a mainstream classroom.


Parents’ Experiences of Home-Based Applied Behavior Analysis Programs for Young Children with Autism
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, by Grindle, CF, Kovshoff RP, Hastings RP, and Remington B., published in 2009, summarized Jun 11, 2009

Home-based therapies may be more beneficial to children with autism if therapists also provide parent support.

Parents are often involved with home-based early intensive behavior intervention (EIBI) for their children with autism. They say it helps them, their child, and the rest of the family. But there are difficulties: daily life activities along with the added therapy duties made some parents more stressed and they had less energy to continue the therapy. If therapy providers help support parents, home-based therapy may be carried out longer and be more helpful.


IDEIA and the Means to Change Behavior Should Be Enough: Growing Support for Using Applied Behavior Analysis in the Classroom
Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention, by Bloh, C., and Axelrod A., published in 2009, summarized May 27, 2009

Many schools in the United States are now training school staff in applied behavior analysis (ABA) methods.

This review article describes the guidelines of ABA therapy and looks to see how ABA is being used in the schools. ABA can be used to help teachers study the classroom and predict the behavior of the child with autism in response to the classroom. People who practice ABA are guided by five documents that describe the ethics of ABA therapy. ABA methods have been used in education, health, and parenting. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) in the United States requires that schools provide ABA therapy to students who need it.


The Cost of Fad Treatments in Autism
Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention, by Zane, T., Davis C., and Rosswurm M., published in 2009, summarized May 26, 2009

Children with autism and their parents may be best served by only using proven autism therapies such as applied behavior analysis (ABA).

The authors note that parents really need therapies for their children that work. This review article describes two fad autism therapies: sensory integration therapy and Relationship Development Intervention (RDI). They define fad treatments as treatments that do not have quality research showing that they work. Fad treatments cost money, can be hard on the emotions of the parents, and give false hope. Many parents turn to fad treatments because they want to do as much as they can for their child as fast as they can.


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Opening Doors for Behavioral Analysts

Nov 30, 2006

Sixty Ontario university students are taking part the first Master of Applied Disability Studies program in the province. They are preparing to work in the government funded regional Intensive Behavior Intervention (IBI) programs encompassing 1,000 children with autism.

Until recently, ABA was used primarily in the clinical realm; however, this new graduate program is leading the way for ABA to become its own profession. Students who graduate will have a specialized masters degree and the opportunity to apply for certification as board-certified behavioral analysts by the BehaviorAnalyst Certification Board (BACB) in the U.S.

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