| As many parents of autistic children know, | | | | basic ideas and principles in order to understand |
| children with autism spectrum disorders learn | | | | how they work. As ABA therapy is applied, |
| differently than other children. While a significant | | | | children learn how to understand new concepts |
| number of children with ASD are capable of | | | | and begin to learn from their environment. |
| learning and functioning well enough to keep up in | | | | Whether taught in a clinical environment or by a |
| public schools, many children need therapy to help | | | | devoted and committed parent, ABA is a very |
| them prepare for school. Many lessons, such as | | | | successful preparation for helping autistic children |
| social skills, vocabulary and communication skills, | | | | succeed in school. |
| and simple reasoning need to be taught before | | | | ABA also teaches children social skills by rewarding |
| placing the child in a structured classroom | | | | positive behavior and responses and ignoring |
| environment in order for education to be | | | | inappropriate responses. This discourages |
| successful. For many children Applied Behavior | | | | self-injurious behavior as well as anti-social |
| Analysis or ABA therapy offers the answer. | | | | behavior and helps prepare children for life in |
| ABA therapy is a scientifically proven method of | | | | classrooms, on buses, and in public. The skills |
| treating autism that can result in children | | | | developed through ABA therapy are lifelong and |
| functioning at their maximum potential, with many | | | | life altering. |
| children reaching normal levels of functioning. | | | | Many parents credit ABA therapy with enabling |
| ABA therapy teaches children basic and | | | | their child to enter and succeed in school. This |
| necessary skills through the use of repeated | | | | method prepares children for the social interaction |
| commands and patterns designed to teach core | | | | and learning environment they will encounter when |
| principles and ideas. These repetitive tasks help | | | | entering a standard school and often helps them |
| to literally rewire the mechanisms inside the brain, | | | | to develop fully enough that they become |
| effectively teaching children how to learn. | | | | indistinguishable from other children in regards to |
| Applied Behavior Analysis helps to prepare children | | | | their abilities. ABA therapy is by far the most |
| for school by preparing them to learn and | | | | recommended treatment for autism spectrum |
| understand complex ideas and concepts. While | | | | disorders and with the percentage of successful |
| many children learn from what they see occurring | | | | outcomes, there is little doubt as to the |
| around them, autistic children must be taught | | | | effectiveness of the therapy. |