Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 24, 2008 - 06:41.
Like anything that we try to get accompished at the social-ecucational level in our American society. Our knowlege and insights out-pace our implementation by a good 30 years at least. ABA is successful because it took a research basis to its approach and was grounded in behavioral theory. Americans like the control and predictability that behavioral approaches offer.
Nevertheless, those with any long-term experience with children and persons that live with autism understand that they benefit most(as does any growing person) from a multi-pronged approach to healing and education; this includes nutrition, specific sensory and physical experiences, social skill and friendship-development training, as well as help in self-development; not to mention the possible aid of supplements or medicine because of anxiety or other neurolgically-driven issues.
Education for these children is quite expensive - but with more enlightened physicians, community, and educational administrators, programs could be set into place within the public school framework. People should be very careful just jumping to ABA as being the answer. The developmental work of Arnold Miller and Stanley Greenspan come much closer to healing the WHOLE child, along with the very important work of occupational and speech and language therapists.
Autism
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 24, 2008 - 06:41.
Like anything that we try to get accompished at the social-ecucational level in our American society. Our knowlege and insights out-pace our implementation by a good 30 years at least. ABA is successful because it took a research basis to its approach and was grounded in behavioral theory. Americans like the control and predictability that behavioral approaches offer.
Nevertheless, those with any long-term experience with children and persons that live with autism understand that they benefit most(as does any growing person) from a multi-pronged approach to healing and education; this includes nutrition, specific sensory and physical experiences, social skill and friendship-development training, as well as help in self-development; not to mention the possible aid of supplements or medicine because of anxiety or other neurolgically-driven issues.
Education for these children is quite expensive - but with more enlightened physicians, community, and educational administrators, programs could be set into place within the public school framework. People should be very careful just jumping to ABA as being the answer. The developmental work of Arnold Miller and Stanley Greenspan come much closer to healing the WHOLE child, along with the very important work of occupational and speech and language therapists.