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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ABA principles are applicable to children who are having issues with behavior as well as

"...used around the world to help all kinds of people overcome all kinds of social and behavioral problems such as quitting smoking, addressing personality disorders, relationship counseling, obsessive compulsive disorders, and many other common issues. Behavioral principles only began being used for children with autism in the late 1960’s and 1970’s. Studies are available that support the use of ABA programming with children affected by any number of different disabilities including Downs Syndrome, CP, Emotional Disorders, General Developmental Delay, etc."
http://www.prioritiesaba.com/resources-links/myths-and-misconceptions-about-aba

Or read about how a SLP uses ABA.
http://www.speakforyourself.org/uncategorized/accept-behavior-towards-non-autistic-child/

The same goes for things like the Kazdin Method (developed with kids with ODD) or Social Thinking Curriculum was developed with kids who fall under, "Diagnostic Label
Attention Issues (ADD/ADHD), Anxiety, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Language or Learning Disability, Nonverbal Learning Disability, Social Communication Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury, No Diagnosis, Other..."

I guess people who are using definitions that were made nearly 20 years ago, may not understand what type of therapies are used today.[/quote]

Children with language issues often struggle with behavior, it's true. But that's because of their LANGUAGE issues. So if you get them into a good speech therapy setting, many of those issues go away.

The problem of pushing ABA is its massive expense which typically is not covered unless you have an autism diagnosis. It's also a huge time sink, and you're treating the symptom instead of the real issue.

We are one of the families who saw the Camaratas. They were able to give us many tips that solved most of our at-home behavior issues. At school, they recommended bringing in a board-certified behaviorist to do a support plan, and that worked right away. But that's different than ABA, which is discrete trial training. [/quote]

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