Tag: Task Development

Nonverbal Learning Disabilitiess: an Endophenotype Across Neurodevelpmental Disorders

October 30, 2018

I started working with a student and kept finding they had a pattern of strengths and weaknesses academically that was familiar to a nonverbal disability that I had studied in many neurodevelopmental disorders. In talking to this student’s parents, I learned that what I saw made sense. The student has a genetic disorder similar to … More Nonverbal Learning Disabilitiess: an Endophenotype Across Neurodevelpmental Disorders

Moving Beyond ABA: How to do a Functional Analysis…

November 20, 2016

#Ooh Ooh Ooh! They Finally Did It! “In all my years of doing Functional Analysis and treating problem behavior, I have never once, not once, been thanked by a parent for effecting a long-lasting, socially relevant change. None of them have been able to tell me I long-term changed their children’s lives for the better” … More Moving Beyond ABA: How to do a Functional Analysis…

Lack of valid outcome measures invalidates autism science…

July 6, 2015

Ooh Ooh Ooh! They Finally Did It! I have been waiting a while for a paper like this. Someone finally went and did a rather comprehensive analysis of outcome measures used in autism research. The evaluated whether or not the outcome measures were valid as endpoint targets for intervention studies. To give away the ending, … More Lack of valid outcome measures invalidates autism science…