My child had ABA services when he was younger and he frequently cried and ran away from the therapist. Doesn’t this indicate he won’t benefit now from this approach?
No. Your program was inappropriately designed and/or poorly implemented. A well designed and implemented behavioral program typically creates teaching/learning situations that the child wants to attend and produces therapists that the child runs to, not away from. We don’t start any formal teaching until the child readily approaches the therapist. The child is not ready to learn if he or she runs and hides from the therapist or therapy situation. This should be the case for any therapy (speech, occupational, etc.) – if the child runs away from the therapist or tries to escape therapy, there is little likelihood of progress.
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