A Rainbow of Lessons
A Rainbow of Lessons we’ve learned along the way, as parents of a young adult with autism: The benefits of using the Science of Applied Behavior Analysis to teach life-long skills. Lesson learned. Switching my daughter to a function-based curriculum and much needed life skills instead of continuing to work on academics with her […]
Realization
I had a realization a few days ago, and I wanted to share. Maybe as parents and caregivers of children with special needs you have all come to this realization already and I’m late to the party, but if not here we go…..Sarah is now 27 years old. Our goal is to have her be […]
Embracing Technology: Enhancing ABA Therapy and Supporting Individuals with Disabilities
Technology is amazing! There are so many products out there today that assist us to be more efficient and effective when it comes to assessing and programming for our clients with disabilities, as well as products that can help those learners with communication, skill acquisition etc. The list of technologies that can and will help […]
The importance of the EFL “Necessary Ninth”: The Teaching Of Leisure Skills
When I used to program for learners, I focused on communication and either catching them up to their peers if they were VB-MAPP kiddos, or that all important communication and daily living skills/functional academics/tolerating if they were EFL kiddos. Not bad things to focus on, for sure! However, when our Sarah left school at 21 […]
Understanding Skinner’s Analysis of Verbal Behavior and its applications in ABA, and especially in the VB-MAPP and EFL assessments/curricula
Here’s a little story…a true story. of when our daughter Sarah was first learning to speak. We were using the science of Applied Behavior Analysis when we were working with her, and she was making tremendous progress. We broke down tasks into manageable steps, we prompted errorlessly, we faded our prompts, and we reinforced correct […]
Data Makes The Difference and more…
Welcome to Data Makes the Difference, a company dedicated to improving the lives of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other developmental disabilities through our innovative products and services. Our company is proud to offer two unique products – the VB-MAPP app and Essential For Living app – that have helped countless professionals and […]