#applied behavior analysis

[3ternalxspirit]

My first week as a new BCBA

Where do I start! The journey to this was not an easy one. It was long and there were moments I felt like giving up and didn't think I would be here. BUT I'm here, I did it. I passed my BCBA exam last December. I am a multiple time test taker, a lot of it was because of my anxiety, but now I'm done, and I don't have to worry about it anymore.

How did my first week as a BCBA go? Well, it went way better than I thought it would. I deal with anxiety and especially to new things even fi I know what I'm doing new experience and etc. make me so nervous and I realize it because I want everything to go perfect.

During the first week, I had three initial assessments, One on Thursday and two on Friday. The first one I was really nervous but as it went on it was good. The second assessment went to awesome. but the last one I felt like I was in my element. One of the things i did to keep myself going was just telling myself I am bigger than my thoughts and that everything will be okay. The parents were nice and everything. and the kids were awesome.

I do have another potential client, but they had to cancel last minute so I don't know when I'll be doing their Initial assessment and its through telehealth.

I love my new job. They are big on work and life balance. Most of my work is from home and I just go into the homes and schools/daycares for supervision and etc. I am also a new mom to a beautiful 1 year old boy, and I get to spend way more time with him, and I think he is enjoying it. I love working but I also love being with my son. So, I wanted a job that paid good, I get to work less hours and be with my son more. I only have to do 20 billable hours to get my salary, anything lower, I just an hourly rate and I can also add more hours if I want too.

[theravenflies]

As someone who has cat behaviourism education, I would never treat a cat that way, either.

Fascinating article from a recommendation I got on another of my posts!

The author is Autistic, has a background in psychology, and as the link says is a professional dog trainer.

And she absolutely rips into ABA, right down to their code of ethics:

In fact, in a 24-page document detailing ethical codes of practice for [certified Behavioral Analysts] working with human beings, including children and disabled adults, the word “abuse” is used zero times.

The word “humane” is used zero times.

The word “positive” is used zero times.

[emphasis original]

To sum it up, as Millman so eloquently puts it:

[ABA] it is NOT “dog training” for children.

…I would never treat a dog that way.

[emphasis original]

[autball]

An actually good use of the ABCs of Behavior.

[nonevahed]

After hearing all the "ABA is abusive autistic conversion therapy" stuff, it was facinating running into two austistic ABA therapists at a party. they claimed it wasn't like that at all

They said it was about giving low-functioning autistic children who were unable to communicate, constantly self-harmed and/or lashed out violently, the tools to actually be able to communicate, and stop self-harming, etc. They encouraged stuff like stimming. Tried to give kids both non-verbal and verbal ways of communicating, like pads that could say phrases. one of the therapists was a trans girl who wears a manta ray onesie all the time, has a house filled with stim toys, and constantly infodumped about her interests, she did not seem particularly converted.

maybe it's a case of different clinics having wildly divergent practice? They said standards have changed a lot over the years, the modern methods really only got popular circa ~2010 and a lot of the people talking about ABA online were talking about the old stuff.

[willowreach]

Collaborating ABA with Nutritionists: How to Overcome Feeding Challenges for Children with Autism

Mealtimes should be enjoyable, but for many families with children on the autism spectrum, feeding challenges can turn it into a stressful experience. In this blog, we explore how ABA therapy and nutritionist collaboration can address common feeding issues like food aversions, restrictive eating, and sensory difficulties. Learn how a multidisciplinary approach can help improve feeding behaviors, ensure proper nutrition, and reduce family stress.

[yourfourthgradepetrock]

hey! *knocks on your window at 2am, waking you up from a peaceful sleep* hello! *knockknockknock* can I-*slides open your window* have you seen don't hug me I'm scared? doesn't matter, hold on, *contorts my body ungracefully through your window, smacking my head on the frame, lands in a heap on your bedroom floor* everyone talks about--stop yelling, its okay, I go here---how many easter eggs the show has, and the complex "behind-the-scenes" lore *I am now sitting criss-cross applesauce* and how its a metaphor for xyz blah blah blah and that's fine, they're not WRONG, it's just *I pull out a container of hubby bubba bubble gum, cut myself an egregiously long strip, and begin chewing* what about the AUTISM. no one talks, genuinely, about how its so autistic, aside from the "me and the bad bitch I pulled by being autistic" memes. What about yellow guy trying constantly to conform to a society with rules and norms that are contradictory and confusing? what about red guy being awkward and outcast from his family because he acted strange in family gatherings? what about the "lessons" yellow guy has to learn being basically ABA? what about every episode ending in a horrifically overwhelming way reflective of a sensory overload/meltdown? what about--

[spookietrex]

My partner works for a university and I've slowly been watching them take down the DEI protections and today they changed their special education specialization to one on ABA and I lost my shit.

[awetistic-things]

awetistic things {1086}

being an autistic girl with an autistic younger brother and constantly being irritated at how unapologetically autistic he’s encouraged to be while you were taught to be not yourself, but a lady, for your entire childhood

[theconcealedweapon]

ABA should instead be called ABUSE.

I haven't decided what the letters should stand for.

[chronicsymptomsyndrome]

fuck ABA

that’s all thank you for listening

[neuroscotian]

The usual trigger warnings for child abuse and ableism when talking about Lovaas, now featuring, more Nazis….

"People who do not want “to know” usually find a way not to know. That has been amply shown in histories of Nazi Germany. In terms of the histories of autistic people and those who treat them, most of us have chosen not to know."

[...]

Those who work in the multibillion-dollar ABA industry will undoubtedly deny the relevance of his Nazi past. It is not far-fetched, however, to see some ideological continuity between Lovaas’s teenage years and his adulthood. Consider how Lovaas addressed parents of autistic children in his 1981 book: “No one has the right to be taken care of, no matter how retarded he is.” Children, Lovaas insisted, “have no right to act bizarrely, many professional opinions notwithstanding. On the contrary, you have a right to expect decent behavior from your children.”

[lalanautism]

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[babyspacebatclone]

@autistic-af

I wanted to reply to your tags on that one post for the article about the (lack of) efficacy of ABA. It’s me, though, so this is going to be a wall of text and out of respect I’m not adding this to the notes of an important thread.

I believe you when you say your parents truly, and with the best compassion in the world, believed the therapy you went to as a child was “beneficial.”

Success for these kinds of treatments are measured on three different types of outcomes

Usefulness and comfort to the patient.

Usefulness and reduction of effort to the parents or other people in direct authority to patient.

Matching the expected behaviors of the surrounding culture - that is, “fits in.”

Traditionally, sadly, the primary viewpoint of ABA therapy is that achieving success in points 2 and 3 obviously means success for point 1.

I mean, obviously.

…..

Except in the wealth of experiences from other minority groups, look at (non radical) feminism and replace “parents” with “spouse” for point 2 for an easy case study.

The thing is, “fitting in” with “expected behaviors” and making life “easier” for the people in authority over you….

Doesn’t actually mean you’re living your best life.

Just that you’re not upsetting the people with power.

Now, and this is important, society as a whole lies about this.

We see this regularly, of course, and there’s never ending cycles of pushback between disenfranchised groups and the existing status quo over this.

But even seeing it play out in our own lives… If you do manage to at least break even in the status quo, it’s easy to slip into the complacency of believing the lie of “fitting in.”

That of your child who is struggling just - stops looking like they’re struggling, obviously they’re doing better.

The sad thing is, however, ABA and related philosophies sees “stops struggling” as the end goal.

It doesn’t matter why the patient has “stopped,” it just matters that it happens.

Compliancy, over actual healing.

And so, the patients are literally forced to lie for self protection.

You can’t show struggling, because you’re only going to be punished more for struggling.

You have to accept being broken, as the only alternative to being regularly hurt on top of being broke.

And parents who mean well? Parents we love, who honestly want the best for us, who we see hurting when we are hurting?????????

Well, one thing ABA teaches is how to lie about suffering.

And so, while it was happening, a child in ABA has every single reason in the universe to not tell their loving, well meaning parents that that are being made to hate themselves.

And this ends up with neurotypical people in authority - especially Applied Behavior Analysts- to think it worked.

Achieving compliance meant success, so obviously the patient is also now able to lead their best life.

Which is also why people who do mean well but have been experiencing the system from the professional end honestly believe it has been helpful, and the people complaining are either an insignificant minority or have ulterior motives.

Success was achieved. They saw it.

You have to convince them that, well….

Testimonies under torture usually can’t be trusted.

[wingsrehabilitationcenter]

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[willowreach]

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[mainenorth]

what aba would u assign to Hawkeye during the war