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Analyzing and Removing Barriers that Impede Language Acquisition. Read more...

Analyzing and Removing Barriers that Impede Language Acquisition.
Presented by Mark Sundberg on August 2^nd at the Pennsylvania State National Autism Conference.

Impaired Verbal Behaviour
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First we need to identify that something is a barrier. Read more...

Below is a portion of my notes from Mark Sundberg's presentation. I will be posting these notes in chunks through out the week, as there was a lot of great information.

Analyzing and Removing Barriers that Impede Language Acquisition
Presented by Mark Sundberg on August 2^nd at the Pennsylvania State National Autism Conference Read more...

The terms “inappropriate... challenging... difficult... problem etc” are often used to describe behaviour that we (parents/society/peers) deem to be unacceptable. The debate around who defines and enforces these parameters is too big to fit into this blog space, even in three parts, so for the sake of time and space we must accept the use of terms such as the above and turn our attention to the practicalities, how do we deal with these behaviours? Read more...

The terms “inappropriate... challenging... difficult... problem etc” are often used to describe behaviour that we (parents/society/peers) deem to be unacceptable. The debate around who defines and enforces these parameters is too big to fit into this blog space, even in three parts, so for the sake of time and space we must accept the use of terms such as the above and turn our attention to the practicalities, how do we deal with these behaviours? Read more...

A common precursor to inappropriate  behaviour is having demands placed upon you. We all know this to be true because we all experience it from both angles on a regular basis. Here are my examples from yesterday: Read more...

When meeting with parents for the first time, I always ask them what their primary goals are. Sometimes parents complain to me about tantrums, and want ways of eliminating tantrum behaviour in their kids. This usually leads me to discussing how every behavior has a function (or purpose), and that in order to change any behavior, we must first determine the function of it. Once we assess what the function of the behavior is, we can than work on teaching a replacement behavior that is more appropriate. The replacement behavior should provide the child with the same or similar result that their inappropriate behavior previously resulted in. Read more...