Dr. Jonathan Tarbox will engage you with “Practical Solutions for Addressing Challenging Behaviors”. Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) often display challenging behaviors such as stereotypy, aggression, self-injurious behavior, tantrums, and property destruction. Several decades of research have conclusively shown that addressing the function, or cause, of the behavior is an effective approach to decreasing challenging behaviors and replacing them with positive alternative behaviors.
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The A- word Part 12: Learning How to Self Feed
Jack Riley has been in ABA therapy for the last ten weeks and they are finally tackling one of his biggest behavioral issues, feeding. Jack RIley doesn’t feed himself food and eats a very limited variety. RIght now his diet consists primarily of pancakes, applesauce, and yogurt. In part 12 we see how his therapists and parents begin to work on this skill with Jack RIley.