| y parents of a child with Autism or an Autism | | | | time and again until the child can answer without |
| Spectrum Disorder, there are a large number of terms | | | | prompt, ABA Therapy is not rote memorization and |
| that are thrown at you rather quickly. While you are still | | | | children are eventually able to answer questions that |
| struggling to come to terms with the diagnosis, it can | | | | they have not been provided the answers to. ABA |
| be frustrating to have all of this information given to | | | | Training works to teach children how to weight |
| you quickly and before you can process it all. One of | | | | different stimuli in regards to importance, how to react |
| the terms you are likely to hear is early intervention. | | | | and behave properly, and perhaps most importantly, |
| This term applies to the idea that catching and treating | | | | how to critically think and come up with ways to solve |
| Autism early, through a method such as ABA | | | | problems and answer questions. |
| Therapy, can make a significant difference in your | | | | Many people shudder when told that ABA teaches |
| child’s chances of recovery. The truth is that | | | | children to think or learn, but it is not insulting. Children |
| early intervention truly does make a large difference. | | | | with ASD are exceptionally bright and filled with |
| It is important to understand that there is hope for | | | | potential, but they are born without the basic ability |
| children with ASD. Even if your child is older, ABA | | | | many of us have to express themselves or to show |
| Training can have a remarkable impact and can | | | | their creativity and independent thought. It is simply a |
| change the lives of your child and your family as a | | | | part of their brains that did not develop and thus must |
| while. Early intervention, however, does offer the most | | | | be trained, and not a measure of inferiority or |
| potential. When started early, during your child’s | | | | difference. Early intervention helps this rewiring to work |
| most formative years, ABA Training offers significant | | | | by introducing it as the child’s brain is still forming, |
| hope of helping to rewire certain synapses in their | | | | often allowing them to enter school on time and |
| brains, effectively teaching them how to learn and to | | | | maintain grades and behaviors on par with their peers. |
| think critically and creatively. | | | | Early intervention through ABA Therapy is an excellent |
| ABA Therapy works through repetition and rewards. | | | | way to teach children. In fact, it is the only treatment |
| While this does mean that the same question is asked | | | | covered by most insurance companies. |