ABA Therapy: The First Sessions of Therapy

[@karinaceniceros87]

Today is my first day as a behavior tech and this video was great! Thank you

[@anaarellano5114]

This is my son...... I love you!!!!!

[@GonzalesFamily-h9m]

You have a phenomenal son. Congratulations

[@mily87ful]

Your videos are awesome ! I am a nurse and work for early intervention as a DI. YOur videos are GoLD. I completed my 4 th session with a little boy, from hiding in a little corner to playing an entire 30-40 minutes with me.....his mom says he waits for me, and can’t wait to see me. Love it

[@ABAmadeeasy]

Awesome job pairing! You're definitely doing something right. Thanks for the encouraging words.

[@minushaganesh4626]

how informative....I'm just overwhelmed..just crisp and clear..it's really goid to know you believe in sharing your knowledge...that's truely remarkable..

[@GonzalesFamily-h9m]

Amazing content beloved ❤.

[@lincong2585]

Omg, you are great! Please do more video, these are really helpful!

[@MariaFlores-vi4ih]

Thank you so much! You've taught me so much in under 10 min. I'm just getting started as a Behavioral technician. 😊❤️

[@JJ-ux3zi]

How has it been in the behavior tec am just starting

[@SavageDicky]

@@JJ-ux3zi How has it been in the behavior tec am just starting

[@margriteharrisroseman8117]

Awesome teaching

[@margriteharrisroseman8117]

😊

[@margriteharrisroseman8117]

More videos please

[@samfrench4212]

going in for my first RBT session today! your videos are super insightful! thanks!! keep em coming

[@sreeves5131]

Thank you!!! got my first session today with a client today and this helps ease some jitters!!

[@Noctis198]

Thank you for this video! I graduated last year with my BA in psychology, but had no job experience so instead I had to work at target. Fast forward to today, I aced my phone interview for a Behavior Technician, and hopefully will get called for the in person interview. This video honestly is starting to help me brush up on my old skills. Thank you!

[@ABAmadeeasy]

Glad this worked as a refresher. Hope the interview went well!

[@stevenhulbert7540]

Have a Communications and LE background. Have dealt with mostly adults with various mental illnesses and some kids with autism. Considering becoming a Behavioral technician and your teaching me what methods are used and the importance of documentation, thanks for your information!

[@carlarose8117]

Simply, straightforward teaching. Good job!

[@AppliedBehaviorAnalysisABAMade]

Thank you for the educational information!!

[@renaharo5267]

I’m so blessed to find these ur the best to explain these terms :) Thank you so mich

[@Happy-r4t]

Watched your videos. U r soo good in explaining.

[@laritzafontela8863]

You are wonderful so happy that i found you !! Thank you continue doing great videos so informative like this one .!! U are the best

[@freepublicity467]

awesome job, great to see videos that promote the correct vision of ABA. Lots of misinformation out there

[@ABAmadeeasy]

Yes, it is unfortunate. Hopefully people will start trying these techniques on their own and benefit from this awesome field.

[@latonahooper6079]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. I'm studying your videos to help my son.

[@maryannsarapanan638]

thank you so much sir, i have girl twins and still non verbal. thank you for this video and would love to watched your other videos to help myself connect with my girls... new subscriber here. god bless...❤️

[@savannahbuckner1420]

This was helpful! I have a new client who has a harder time opening to others, and I’ve been trying to pair within her for a week. I’ve gotten a lot closer but needed some help in making myself more fun and enjoyable!

[@shantelj5355]

My first visit with a client today and im super nervous. Thank you for this video

[@sly5722]

How’d it go?

[@valeriehambly4180]

Excellent session. You left me no questions. You gave such thorough explanations. Thank you!

[@nancyreyes567]

I really like how the presenter delivers the details like "open hand, closed fist or chest hit" as differentiating and defining the behavior for baseline data and progress data collection.

[@jomolina9660]

Do you have a video showing or explaining how to fill out those assessments you mentioned? ABBLS-R? VB-MAPP?

[@fahmidacqa]

thank you so much. it is a good start for me as I am planning to arrange ABA therapy for my son

[@groomingjourney9853]

Fahmida Akhter .....r u from pakistan

[@CJvball]

Awesome refresher!! Thank you!

[@Joeyborduas]

Thanks for the video I am starting today with a very young child accompanying him at his pre school

[@월요일-k5c]

I am South Korean BCBA-D. In South Korea's ABA job environment, I know ABA teachers are get a job first job board. I heard South Korean can not acquire BCBA soon.

[@debrathomas4425]

Thank you, I'm a school based therapist new to the field and needed some help with some of my friends with autism. I'll be subscribing.

[@nadrizataveras8006]

My first session today, thanks God I found you. Your explanation is so insightful. Do more videos please to help us. You are a GOOD TEACHER.

[@mdehsanulislam7411]

Super video ... Really appreciate your videos.

[@michellelegg9144]

First shadow session tomorrow, what a lifesaver! Thank You :)

[@Barbies_playroom]

I love Mericio. He’s my best friend.

[@pronounceword]

I like your video very much. It's really great. I'll keep an eye on your channel. I am your fan and I will support you.

[@Sarikayacomesin]

What happens in a RBT competency assessment? What do we need to know

[@cbenya1113]

i really love your videos! very easy to understand and follow. Good Job! could you please make more videos about ABA?

[@temiymahs_World]

Any tips for working in a school setting as an RBT? What to expect? I start next month, working through Invo at a school. Very nervous.

[@keishaharris7763]

Thank you for sharing.

[@healthyhappymimi1978]

Hi everyone, if you're going to take the RBT Exam please watch all of his videos. I took notes from the videos where he breaks down each concept and all the exam review videos. I passed my RBT Exam on 12/12/24

[@perezlf25]

Would you have some insight on evidence based practice

[@ABAmadeeasy]

Applied behavior analysis uses evidence-based techniques to guide decisions. A good journal to look at for the more recent research is JABA. Let me know if you have any other questions.

[@michellesanchez1120]

Your videos are a lot of help ! Do you have any book recommendations for the Board exam ? Thanks.

[@ABAmadeeasy]

Applied Behavior Analysis (2nd Edition) by John O. Cooper is considered the best for understanding the concepts. Ethics for Behavior Analysts, 3rd Edition by Jon Bailey is great for the ethics portion. Good luck!

[@HowtoABA]

great tips!

[@shakun2828]

Thank you Mauricio.It was very useful.Pls tell what to do when child makes diff noises.

[@14vivoparacristo]

You explain so good with your face gesture.😉

[@manthapa5267]

Thank you for your helpful videos

[@nancyreyes567]

Who is this person. He's really good in my opinion.

[@MP-yo2fx]

Great info thank you!

[@srikanthdomala5914]

What is best online course of ABA therapy available online

[@Akshay_Tyagi]

Thanks a lot!! Very informative video. I am sure this information will help lot of parents out there. You are a great person👍

[@ABAmadeeasy]

Thank you for your kind words! The parents I have met have inspired me to do this. They are just plain awesome.

[@fatimajamalussama]

What r the two tests you mentioned for baseline assessment?

[@mohammadsayeed5553]

Can you help me for my son, he is 16 now.

[@fakingfrench]

Thank you so much for the info! I am starting my ABA therapist journey and was very helpful.

[@474batkins]

Krystal Villatoro How was is ur journey goin.

[@maxfeen]

please do more videos.. you really helped boost my confidence with helping children with autism. many thanks 😀

[@lovelybydecay7811]

spoiler alert: if you do aba, you are not helping autistic people.

[@claudiaswinkels9794]

Aba isnt much different from torture

[@Ragdoll00]

ABA doesn't help autism, all it does it make the children hate themselves and potentialy make them want to harm themselves

[@pixelpulse883]

“Helping”

[@jamesrichardanthonywoodwri6797]

I'm Survivor of ABA and am going through counselling to talk about the trauma ABA gave me as a child from repressed memories.

[@Bianca-tt6ji]

I'm going to start implementing next week and I'm so nervous 😓these videos are so helpful and make me feel more at ease about what I'm doing. Thank you!!

[@kathleenlopez8491]

How it was??

[@kathleenlopez8491]

I feel the same always that I'm goint to start with a new family

[@sethika_sus7576]

Thank you so much. Really helpful video....!!!

[@princesswarrior4797]

Yes conditional reinforcement ☺

[@rauyaalazzawi5458]

Thank you 🌷

[@iqramehmood9927]

Thankyou so much!!! I had a session and I had no idea of how to get started..😅

[@ashleyanderson1232]

are you going to make more videos by chance?

[@ABAmadeeasy]

Yes, new video on data collection and measures of behavior coming this week! Thanks for asking.

[@christinabach1574]

I am going to be taking my RBT Exam tomorrow!!! Your videos are very informative. Thank you for this! I do have a question I am also in school and I am wanting to find more research on ABA therapy do you have an recommendations on finding resources that provide this information?

[@mazenhamdy341]

Thanks for that great video

[@anita6728]

thank you!! very well explained!

[@maiteeibarra2908]

I’m struggling running the ABA therapy sessions. I just started working doing ABA therapy and the company is training me. I think that my accent is preventing me to run the sessions efficiently as the children may not understand the words I said. Is that possible or perhaps I’m overthinking?

[@ABAmadeeasy]

I have worked with many people in the past that have accents and it has worked just fine. It is actually good for generalization. You might have to do a little more homework if teaching new words to make sure you are pronouncing it as close as possible (and you learn at the same time, win-win). I recommend googling "cambridge dictionary" and using their website to find the words you want to teach, there's a button to hear someone pronounce it. You'll do great! The fact that you are already asking on how to improve is a sign that you'll be an excellent therapist.

[@halahalhuraibi3217]

After the experience, did your language get improved? I have the same problem and I will start next week. I hope you see my comment.

[@kathleenlopez8491]

How it was?

[@abeladamu5524]

thank you for the session

[@shajasayed1621]

It's really useful ..

[@luba312000]

I would like to apply for ABA certificate program. Please, provide me with your insight if there is a good market for a certified ABA. Also what commonly ABA are employed? Thank you.

[@ABAmadeeasy]

Definitely a good market, once I got certification, I received emails with job offers weekly offering to pay for me to relocate there. You should check out my video "Careers in ABA with Lisa Guerrero BCBA PhD" might have a lot of answers you are looking for!

[@mikemaldonado4446]

The prevalence of autism is increasing. See stats by CDC: used to be 1 in 150 kids in the year 2000 it’s now approximately 1 in 44 kids. This was his comment 3 years ago. I’m sure the demand has only gotten stronger.

[@functionalmeals1262]

Thanks for sharing

[@BelleKudo]

This feels highly manipulative. Why is that child hitting itself? Maybe because it’s over or understimulated. As an autistic person, hitting myself feels good sometimes. People interfering with that isn’t helpful at all. Does the child seem unhappy, by hitting itself? Or maybe because there is something else happening in the first place, that’s why hitting itself is the reaction? Why is everyone so focussed on behaviour? Our problem is not our behaviour -It’s how people react to it.

[@Maleaa]

Well, I am not going to tell you you're wrong because your opinions are 100% yours! I just wanted to say ABA Therapy is not necessarily wanting to "change behavior", in the clinics I have worked it has majorly been about how we can help that child understand and communicate their emotions and wants, different ways to show those emotions safely, and how to help them become as independent as possible overtime and reach their best potential. If you knew a child that hit their head on the wall, and overtime slowly learned how to ask for a squeeze toy instead when needed. I definitely see that being much more helpful for that child than potentially harming themselves.

[@shanesorensen7878]

To improve ABA try to focus on more intrinsic motivation instead of extrinsic motivation because autistic people don’t usually get a lot of satisfaction from extrinsic motivation sometimes and I think instead and try to teach more emotional regulation skills and also try to look at behavior on a more cognitive level instead.

[@fluffyllama6782]

thank you so much

[@anjanathapa4704]

thoughtful person

[@jewelpearl8126]

This was amazing thank you!

[@sonamyadav8321]

I From indian aba therapy book provides plz

[@anbukan2013]

Thnx for the valuable info

[@mdehsanulislam7411]

How to go about ABA therapy for a 1.5 year old kid ?

[@ameliadryden8063]

ABA is abuse. Please don't.

[@rachidanatoubi4529]

I want to become ABA , I need you advice please

[@ABAmadeeasy]

I will make a video on how to start a career in ABA but to get started, you want to contact the agencies in your area. Autism Speaks has a good database on the agencies in your area and you can call to see what they require to get started. If you have any more questions, let me know.

[@GlitteryPegasus]

Teaching children with autism what? Compliance and obedience. They learn what the "normies" think is correct. Nothing about gaining trust? "You will do what I say because I have control of you." Uh...No.

[@carryshinkel3044]

thank gosh we found your video s

[@MakiPcr]

I admit I'm biased from the horror stories from autistic people who survived ABA, but the description makes me very uncomfortable

[@GabrielTheMagolorMain]

In this case a bias is good.

[@Kolt77]

Please everyone consider a different therapy option. If you read actual autistic blogs and comments you will clearly see ABA in ALL forms is abusive and damaging in the long term

[@alexanderjimenez1995]

Please educate yourself. They may not like it all the time but “Abusive” is a bit dramatic

[@cassandramcbride242]

Sorry if you had any negative experiences with ABA. I don’t doubt it has been done wrong in some spaces, but it’s not the case everywhere. Blessings!

[@mrdadar2594]

Elaborate, and give someone alternative

[@alexlery2831]

It's mostly learning and playing, not different then being in kindergarten.

[@hwngozinwaoha3870]

ABA has done wonders for my autistic child. I am an ABA tech today because I found ABA super useful for my little princess. You LIE 🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥

[@echogrey7029]

Autistics ( such as myself) do not endorse ABA, neurotypical people want ‘normal’ behavior, or what they think is normal. You do realize that applied behavior analysis is nothing more than glorified dog training? Replace the word dog every time he says child, and positive reinforcement. It is the same principle.

[@ABAmadeeasy]

I actually made another video specifically about autism and ABA and that is a common misconception. ABA should NOT be centered around what neurotypicals define as normal. ABA should be centered about teaching skills that center around independence such as communication. You can imagine how frustrating it would be to want something but not being able to articulate what you desire. And you are correct about ABA being used for dog training. ABA is a set of tools that can be used in many different settings including a school, work, and business environment. The same principals apply but implemented in different ways with different goals in mind. Thank you for bringing up these thoughts as I'm sure some others may share similar concerns!

[@borninussr7242]

@@ABAmadeeasy The only reason ABA is applied to autistics is because they can't say no. Same principles have been applied when they created gay conversion therapy. Somehow, that therapy is no longer in use.

[@jamesrichardanthonywoodwri6797]

​@ussr7242 ABA needs to end there are plenty of Autism Advocates pointing out why it is wrong. I am going through counselling because of repressed memories from going through this. #SayNoToABA .

[@TheGabtastic]

Wow. This is torture and goes against healthy child development theories and practices. As a person on the spectrum with an autistic child, I wholeheartedly despise this abusive practice. Holy crap. I had no idea how wrong the neurotypical approach is for autism education. This is so sad and horrible. You have no idea.

[@plantspit518]

May I ask how it is horrible? How would you prefer the programs to be like? What is considered help? Generally these practices are to help individuals with harmful behaviors like hitting as he’s mentioned in the video.

[@borninussr7242]

@@plantspit518 A kid isn't born hitting themselves. The behavior of hitting oneself is acquired. The solution isn't to torture the kid into compliance (not hitting themselves), but to identify the cause. ABA is abuse and causes the exact behaviors it claims to treat.

[@IcanSeeMyselfOutThanks]

@@borninussr7242 Usually, a clinician wouldn't take a client if there's nothing wrong...so....they were already exhibiting the hitting behaviors beforehand. ABA's whole idea is to identify the cause, or the function, of why a learned behavior continues to occur, and under what antecedent conditions. Sorry you got some bad information, hit me up if you want to chat

[@borninussr7242]

@@IcanSeeMyselfOutThanks How does ABA determine the cause of behavior when they deny the existence of inner world (under the skin)? What if ABA is what has caused the SIB in the first place? Can they really fix it by applying more of it?

[@IcanSeeMyselfOutThanks]

@@borninussr7242 why would you get behavioral services if you didn't have behavioral issues? Also, Radical Behaviorism, BF Skinner, said even private events are behaviors. Look up Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Has its roots in ABA and focuses on all the feelings your little heart can handle

[@borninussr7242]

Pairing sounds very much like love bombing, and love bombing is part of a typical narcissistic abuse cycle.

[@maryannghoson9724]

Seems like you’re projecting

[@borninussr7242]

@@maryannghoson9724 aren't we all?

[@mal1cious_]

ABA is abuse

[@auntigingy8666]

It’s not if the therapist knows how to be gentle and not force a child to do things. Autistic children have the capacity to learn and ABA therapy with the right person allows the child to be able to learn. I definitely have seen abusive contact though.

[@ameliadryden8063]

ABA is abuse. It is a traumatizing, horrible experience. If you care about your children, please do not subject them to this torture. It's disgusting that it's still promoted and encouraged.

[@plantspit518]

May I ask how it is traumatizing? Isn’t that a misconception based on unfortunate past events? Like how in ABA they used to use the electric chair as a form of punishment but how does that apply to the practices of today?

[@borninussr7242]

@@plantspit518 ABA forces compliance on a child. Same cycle as narcissistic abuse.

[@valerielord1088]

I’m sorry that you experienced “ABA therapy” that was not done correctly.

[@darseystraub4247]

I am sorry you had a bad experience!!

[@jenny-DD]

You sound very Angry and Traumatized- you need Therapy Might not be to late for you. If you are 90 and senile we might not have enough time to get results - but everyone has improvements