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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the uninformed person who keeps insisting ABA isn't appropriate for a child with MERLD, you really are full of it.  ABA is for behavior and people who are certified are of course qualified to deal with MERLD as well as autism.  If you want to get someone who specialize in speech you get a speech therapist.  DUH.

http://bacb.com/bcba-requirements/[/quote]

I was told to stay away from it for my MERLD child by the professionals who saw him.

Now, we DID have a Functional Behavior Assessment done and put in some school supports that modified his behavior there.  But full-on ABA is wicked expensive, very time consuming (12 to 15  to 25 hours a week) and doesn't increase receptive language.  And the expressive language it produces is often very scripted -- I've witnessed that firsthand with kids who have had intensive ABA.

Really, most MERLD kids don't need ABA. A good behavior support plan, a speech therapist and parents who understand modeling and recasting goes a long way. We saved that ABA money and went on fabulous vacations that truly sparked his conversational language.

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We tried ABA too.  The provider was sweet and my child liked seeing her.  However after 6 months we saw no benefit and her work was very simplistic vs. the speech therapy.  The speech therapist really catered their work to my child's specific needs vs. the ABA would spend weeks working on one word.  ABA is good for behavioral issues and other task oriented needs, but it is not good for language as they are very different needs.  You cannot force receptive or expressive language to come.  You can give a child the tools they need and when they are ready they will use those tools and talk.  There are many things we knew our child grasped the concept of but someone else may not know.   It didn't come out till the language came to see the success of it.

Vacations and travel also help with language here as well.  That and colds.  For us, the money is better spent saving for college.[/quote]

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