| If you are an educator, guidance counselor, or | | | | |
| other school faculty member, then you | | | | One of the biggest hindrances to offering ABA in |
| understand the commitment you have made to | | | | school systems is that training is largely cost |
| providing every student that steps into your | | | | prohibitive. Sending every educator within a |
| hallways with the best education possible. With | | | | school system to special classes or seminars is |
| that in mind, what treatments does your school | | | | unaffordable for most school systems, and |
| system offer for children with autism spectrum | | | | educating only one teacher will prove largely |
| disorders? Are they herded into classrooms for | | | | inefficient. Many schools see this as a sign that |
| students with special needs? Are they | | | | they simply cannot offer ABA therapy, but this is |
| frequently punished for behaving in ways outside | | | | not the case. Through the use of a well |
| of the norm? Sadly, these are the most | | | | designed and well implemented DVD course, it is |
| common treatments in today's schools, despite | | | | possible for entire school districts to learn how to |
| the fact that offering ABA therapy could make a | | | | provide ABA therapy for autistic children. |
| real difference in behavior and learning. | | | | |
| | | | | While the notion of a DVD course might be |
| ABA therapy is more than just a bunch of | | | | surprising at first, it actually makes sense. A well |
| memorization and mimicking. While these are | | | | designed course will come with all of the materials |
| certainly integral aspects of the therapy, they are | | | | needed for both learning and providing ABA |
| designed to help the brains of autistic children | | | | therapy. It will also include information on how to |
| form new neural pathways and to literally develop | | | | contact someone with questions or to get |
| the ability to understand larger concepts. | | | | clarification on different aspects of the therapy. |
| Intensive ABA therapy is shown to help kids learn | | | | One of the best things about a DVD course, |
| not only acceptable behavior patterns and | | | | however, is that it doesn't just offer one-time |
| specifically taught concepts, but the ability to learn | | | | training. It can be used time and again to ensure |
| new things in much the same manner as their | | | | that new teachers are also taught this method. |
| peers. This is certainly remarkable, and with | | | | Ensuring that everyone in your school system |
| thirty years of evidence to support the | | | | knows how to handle autistic children is the key |
| treatment, the real question is why more schools | | | | to proper educating, and a DVD course in ABA |
| don't offer ABA. | | | | therapy can make that goal attainable. |