Positive parenting for autism : powerful strategies to help your child overcome challenges and thrive / Victoria M. Boone, MA, BCBA.
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TextPublisher: Emeryville, California : Althea Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 133 pages ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781641521239
- 1641521236
- Proven-effective applied behavior analysis techniques [Portion of title]
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's | 616.8588 B724 | Available | 33111009372372 | ||||
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Discover strengths-based strategies to help your child with autism build life skills starting today
It can be a challenge to manage life as a special needs parent and feel like you are doing all you can to support your child's growth and development. Positive Parenting for Autism offers proven techniques for helping your child with autism develop the foundational skills they need to thrive and live a fulfilling life.
Using scientifically supported strategies based in applied behavior analysis (ABA), this practical guide provides concrete tools for developing personalized behavior change plans aimed at both increasing your child's positive behaviors and decreasing unwanted or problem behaviors associated with autism spectrum disorders. Take a deep dive into topics like punishment alternatives, the power of reinforcement, communication and cooperation, and teaching complex behaviors in straightforward ways.
All parenting books on autism should include:
An introduction to ABA --Learn more about applied behavior analysis, including how and why it's used to treat people with autism, how you can get your child on board, and what you need to get started. Strengths-based strategies --Explore techniques that are positive and strengths-based, rather than punishing or pathologizing, so your child is empowered to meet, and even exceed, the goals you envision for them. Examples of ABA in practice --Read real-life examples of these techniques in action to help you understand how these new skills and strategies address the everyday situations you and your child with autism face.Support your child with autism as they build necessary social and life skills with help from these practical, evidence-based techniques.
Compassionate and effective, Positive Parenting for Autism offers: Clear, easy-to-understand explorations of core ABA strategies such as using positive vs. negative reinforcement, teaching complex behaviors, practicing social skills, coordinating with educators, and more, to help your child manage daily life with autism. Real-life examples of these techniques in practice to help you understand how these new skills and strategies address the everyday situations you and your child with autism face. Guidance for creating a program of action for your child based on the proven strategies and techniques of ABA that are tailored to the unique needs of your child with autism. -- from Amazon.com
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How to use this book -- What is your child telling you? Using ABA to decode hidden messages -- Choosing the power of reinforcement -- What is punishment, and should you use it? -- Extinction: a powerful alternative to punishment -- Differential reinforcement: reduce problem behaviors and reward good ones -- It's complicated: straightforward ways to teach complex behaviors -- Your child's social skills: communicating, cooperating, and contributing -- It takes a village: coordinating with teachers, trainers, and other caregivers -- A bright future.