This video shows the progress Sean made during 2014, his first year of ABA intervention. It is quite distressing to begin with, however it is well worth watching to the end as it goes on to show you how far Sean has come in only a year.
The Behaviour Analyst Certification Board has just announced the results from the November exam sitting. On of our ABA supervisors, Hannah Downing, sat the exam for the Board Certified Assistant Behaviour Analyst during November and we are absolutely delighted to announce that Hannah has just found out that she has passed!!!! Hannah worked extremely hard…
The latest edition of the Autism Eye magazine is out and you can get your free digital copy here. Home Risca has written an article about perspective taking for this edition. There are also articles about verbal dyspraxia, apps for autism, gastrointestinal issues and many more! Autism Eye is a great resource run by Gillian…
When teaching skills, whether these are new skills or maintenance and generalisation of mastered targets, it is essential that the reinforcement level is correct to keep the student motivated and learning. Reinforcement happens when a consequence is applied after a behaviour that cause that behaviour to increase in frequency in future. Many people believe that…
Carys Jenkins, Speech and Language Therapist at Skybound Autism Therapies, is one of only three speech therapists in the UK who have completed PROMPT Level 2. PROMPT is a technique to develop speech that we have found to be very beneficial within our practise here at Skybound. Here Carys reviews the latest research study demonstrating…
Is your child preverbal? Does your child have difficulties articulating sounds and words? Or does your child just have a specific articulation difficulty? At Skybound we utilise a range of different techniques/programmes to develop speech, or to correct any errors included within your child’s speech. So, what programmes do we use? Talk Tools Talk Tools…
Dan has severe autism and a number of other diagnoses. One of the things we enjoy as a family is going out for Sunday lunch. Today we enjoyed going out to a restaurant that was very busy. Dan was excellent! Going out for a meal would not have been possible without ABA. Originally we could…
Sara & I recently attended the Introductory Workshop to the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) in Porto, Portugal. The event had been organised by a local charity, established by parents of children with autism. Sally Rogers, one of the founders of the ESDM, had been invited to present and also launch the ESDM curriculum in…
We received this poem today from one of our families, we are all deeply touched by it! When you first met me I was pretty bad And all I did was make everyone sad You came to my house and I was hitting my head, I was so frustrated, I could only see red. All…
We received this poem today from one of our families, we are all deeply touched by it! When you first met me I was pretty bad And all I did was make everyone sad You came to my house and I was hitting my head, I was so frustrated, I could only see red. All…