Organizing Your Space for Applied Behavior Analysis

Organizing Your Space for Applied Behavior Analysis By Samuel Bowman

Applied behavior analysis (ABA) uses the principles of learning and positive reinforcement to improve the skills and behaviors of children on the autism spectrum. As a therapist, you must be prepared to meet each child exactly where they are on the path to learning new behaviors each time you see them. Whether your space rotates from room to room in a building, is the same all the time, or you visit the child in their home, being organized is pivotal to your success and the child’s ability to engage.

Before we dive into a few tips for getting your room (or rolling briefcase) in order, here are a few basics you need to know about ABA and autism. Continue reading Organizing Your Space for Applied Behavior Analysis

The Shadow of Freud: Is Daniel Stern still a psychoanalyst?

Click Here to Read: Review Article: The Shadow of Freud: Is Daniel Stern  still a psychoanalyst? The creative tension between the present and the past in psychoanalytic and existential psychotherapies, in Daniel Stern’s The Present Moment, and his humanistic— existential partners in dialogue In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOTHERAPY, VOL. 8, NO. 3, NOVEMBER 2003, pp. 235–254.