What is ABA? How can I find a good provider?
ABA stands for Applied Behavioral Analysis. It is considered an ‘educational’ treatment for Autism. Scientific testing has shown ABA to be a valid and helpful intervention for Autistic Children and has shown a percentage of children that have recovered with ABA alone. Most of this testing was done as biomedical research was emerging. The combination of healing a child from the inside while using ABA to make up for deficits, gaps in learning, or catching up a child to their peers may increase the percentage of recovered children. The value of a good consultant is that ABA can be a very complex program and having the expertise of a good consultant who has a deep well of knowledge to pull from is priceless. Thanks to advances in all treatments, today it is recommended to use a combination of approaches (e.g. biomedical and ABA, RDI, etc.) ABA alone cannot heal your child’s medical conditions and a medical approach cannot make up for deficits with your child’s peers. Many parents feel an a
