A common misunderstanding of Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) is that we only work with Autism – It is so much more than that! It is the application of behaviour principles to a much wider range of population, conditions and situations! Brain injury has been referenced in many behaviour analytic literature over the years. Of the…
Gemma has been part of the Skybound Team for a considerable time as a Behaviour Technician, now Gemma has increased her role to include Occupational Therapy Assistant and now she is going back to her roots as a teacher! Gemma is assisting with tribunal cases, scoring P-Levels and developing appropriate literacy and maths programmes using…
We are very pleased to now have a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst based in Cardiff! Here you can read about Lynette and how she found the field of ABA. Lynette started working as a one to one for children with autism and challenging behaviours in 2010. Not yet knowing Applied Behaviour Analysis existed; she studied…
Here at Skybound Therapies, we have been fortunate to have received funding through Jobs Growth Wales to create a new position for an 18-24 year old who was out of work. We have loved being part of the scheme and here Cazine tells her story! My Journey When I was younger I couldn’t see what…
I began my role as an ABA therapist with Skybound Therapies in May 2015, working with children and adolescents’ with autism and related conditions in West Wales. I began to work towards my Registered Behaviour Technician qualification, completing 40 hours of theory training and was due to have my competency assessment observation session on the 7th October….
Many people cannot go for long without checking their media devices. Sometimes this can get in the way of everyday life. There are apps to control our time on our devices but also there is the Kitchen Safe! This week we have been experimenting with the Kitchen Safe for controlling iPad access, for a child…
This book recently arrived at our centre, after a recommendation by Kelly Taylor, BCABA. It has lots of lovely ideas, but we were truely blown away to discover that Skybound is listed in the resources section of the book! https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=s1GxCgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_atb#v=onepage&q&f=false
After the success of last year’s Pembrokeshire County Show, we will be there again this year! Whether you would like to meet some of our team members, discuss our services or how we could help, or if you just need a space for your child to have a rest or a play, please come and…
NAP (Note, Alternative, Practise)The following is a guide to teaching functional appropriate behaviour when a behaviour which challenges occurs. A full functional behaviour assessment is always recommended. However the following can be a a helpful process when a behaviour occurs in the moment and you need to work out how to respond in that moment….
I recently attended the above course facilitated by the Sensory Integration Network. The course outlined the link between sensory integration, sensory processing and autism. A brief overview of the neuroscience relating to the sensory systems was provided linking the development and learning within the brain. Finally a link was formed between the sensory systems with…