When you talk about the treatment of autism for children, a name will keep coming back. Applied behavioral analysis, or ABA, is probably the most common treatment for autistic children, as well as being the most scientifically backed.
Naturally, the decision of that kind of treatment of autism to proceed to their children is always difficult. There are so many different types, and trying to separate what therapies are safe and effective and which are snake oil can be difficult. You should also consider how much money you have to spend with the therapies that will not be covered by insurance, and how long you have to spend Managing and directing the therapies. Autism has no cure, but can be improved. Different children, however, will improve the different rates and with different levels.
ABA divides tasks into simple steps
ABA is often a good starting point for the treatment of autism in children. It was developed by Ivar Lovaas and based on the theory of teaching a child to do simple tasks on a step-by-step method. With the ABA, the child is rewarded for achieving goals, usually very small targets that get incrementally more difficult and more complicated as time goes on.
ABA is a behaviorally oriented theory of autism treatment. Based on the idea that if you want to see a certain behavior on someone, you reward them, do it in incremental steps. As a result, they learn to do it more. Behaviorism originally said that negative behaviours should be punished, but it is rare that aversives, or negative consequences, are never used in the treatment of autism anymore.
Since children with autism have difficulty learning environment, ABA break things into smaller pieces for them.
How does the ABA
The therapist sits with a child in a room and asks the child to do a task of some sort. For example, asking his mother for a glass of juice. The child is requested on how to do it, and if he does, he is rewarded (by some chocolates perhaps, or a hearty "good job!")
If the child does not respond or do not complete the desired behavior, the request is repeated until the child is able to master it. If the desired task is too difficult, it is divided into smaller steps.
ABA involves keeping a large amount of data. The therapist registers how many times the child was able to accomplish the stated goal. This data is used to measure how effective is the therapy.
ABA aims to be a very intense therapy and usually requires about 40 hours per week so that it works well. This can be expensive, as well as a little tedious to many people. Modified versions may sometimes work as well, however.
There are many different forms of autism treatment for children, but tab is, for many children, a good place to start.
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