Bonding With The Autistic Child- A Fool-Proof Plan To Get The Most Progress, And The Most Cooperation

Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 05:31 in Psychology & Sociology

The first year I was working as a Behavior Therapist, I had a client named David*- a five year old boy with autism, who was my first case as a newly-promoted supervising Senior Therapist. My boss and I met the entire family at their home on an initial fact-gathering mission, in preparation for the beginning of an intensive 35 hr/week home therapy program. We asked David's mom the typical questions- age of onset of symptoms, verbal ability, what types of perseverative behaviors he had, etc. read more

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