Sensory Smart Parenting: Helping Your Child Thrive
By fostering a sensory-friendly environment, parents empower their children to navigate the world with greater confidence and independence.
Parenting with ABA
The Importance of Functional Literacy and Numeracy in ABA
When working with learners with intellectual disabilities, functional literacy and numeracy are critical components of long-term goal planning. These essential skills empower individuals to navigate everyday life with greater independence and confidence. As an ABA therapist with a background in special education, I’ve seen firsthand how these skills transform lives, enabling learners to participate …
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Spare the rod, and the child!
*This post does not promote the use of punishment. Use of reinforcement procedures must always be used prior to incorporating any punishment-based strategies. There must always be a parallel component of positive reinforcement when using punishment-based strategy. * The following episode is from a Kindergarten classroom. The teacher walks into the class, announcing that …
Life Skills in Preschoolers- Is there such a thing?
For most of us, play is the most interesting and essential part of a child’s life. It’s so fulfilling to watch your child engaged in weaving stories or building a house. But today we take up the less interesting but more important part- the tantrums! Most parents of young children aged 2-6 complain about …
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Taking agency of our lives
In times of lockdown as we remain indoors, we are bound to indulge in entertainment and social media for disproportionate amounts of time. We binge on television series and check our mobile phones every 3-4 minutes. As adults, unless we control our urges, we should not expect our children to be any better with …
Books and Emotions
As a practitioner working in the field of special education, I use a lot of books during therapy. These can be in the form of traditional books or social stories. I use them to introduce a new concepts like potty training, or functional communication training. I also use these to reiterate the concepts we …
ABA- Etymology and Contemporary issues
If you are a parent of a child with Autism, you have heard about Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) at some point- either while researching on the internet or from a medical professional. So, today, let’s share the etymology and contemporary issues of ABA. Behavior Analysis has seen an exponential growth in the past three …
Carrots over stick, Always!
As you probably know by now, I am a parent of a 5-year old boy. And like me, if you are a parent, you would definitely empathize with me on this. Getting things done from our child is really tricky. Several times in a day, I find myself stuck with him whining to complete …
No strings attached
In his book, A Good Enough Parent, Bruno Bettelheim writes, ‘The experiences I remember most strongest are when I was questioned, I felt very much put on the spot and I resented it’. This is true for every child. They do not enjoy being questioned about things they do not have an answer to, …