In a calm, comfortably furnished room that looks like someone’s living room, a patient with eyeshades on lays down on the couch. Sitting next to them, a professional dressed casually in street clothes hands them a small cup. Inside the …
There are many fears confronting a parent when they learn their child has autism. And each stage of development brings its own set of challenges and new concerns. When a parent first receives the diagnosis, the initial weeks and months …
Your friend just graduated from college with a BS in Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA). She’s excited to start working at the local clinic downtown helping kids with autism. What you’ve learned from her has given you a great respect for …
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past couple of years, you’re well aware that the United States is facing a drug addiction crisis of immense proportions. Opioids are cutting a swath through America. No class, no race, …
Although the discipline of ABA has been around for more than 50 years at this point, it’s still not all that unusual to run into people who have never heard of it. “The American Bowling Alliance, man? What’s that got …
Every two years, like clockwork, Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) go through the same drill: submitting their recertification applications with the Behavior Analysis Certification Board (BACB) to keep their credentials current. The most time-consuming part of the whole process is …
During the now-infamous $35 billion Sprint-Nextel merger of 2004, things didn’t go as smoothly as the execs might’ve hoped. The merger would make Sprint the third largest telecom company in the world, and was supposed to level the playing field …
On August 31, 1997 Great Britain lost a princess. Diana had been enjoying a carefree summer of lavish fun alongside her new beau, Dodi Fayed. She was scheduled to meet her sons, Prince Harry and Prince William the very next …
At a large high school in Southern California, a freshman named Andrea sat alone on the steps near the gym. Far removed from the main campus, the spot was a popular hangout for kids during lunch. As she peeled her …
Many parents seek out ABA therapy because they have been told that it will help their autistic child, but have no idea what to expect. Lauren Rubin published a blog post on the Huffington Post in which she dispelled three …
