| Children are very diverse. If you walk into any | | | | us, however, is that the brains of these children are not |
| classroom and ask students to tell you what they | | | | simply stuck in this state. With proper ABA therapy, |
| most enjoy doing, you are going to get a very wide | | | | these connections can be developed and these |
| range of responses. What most of these children will | | | | students can often learn to perform as well as or |
| have in common, however, is the ability to easily learn | | | | possibly even better than their peers in a classroom |
| concepts taught by their educators. For children with | | | | setting. |
| autism spectrum disorder, even this basic ability is | | | | So, why ABA therapy? There are a number of |
| hampered by the fact that their brains simply work | | | | different therapies available for students with autism, |
| differently. In order to learn in a classroom, they must | | | | after all. The difference, however, is that ABA is |
| first work on learning how to learn. ABA therapy is a | | | | proven to work on many levels. Not only does it teach |
| proven method of doing just that. | | | | the fundamentals of learning, but it can help to condition |
| The brain of a child with autism spectrum disorder | | | | behavior, teaching these students how to act in a |
| works very differently than the brain of most children. | | | | social setting and what to do in a certain scenario. |
| Essentially the neural pathways that help children make | | | | These are skills that will have a lifelong impact on your |
| connections between behaviors and consequences | | | | child. |
| are simply not there. One thing that science has taught | | | | |