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Teaching Skills During Typical Daily Activities

It is common for parents that have a child with autism or other developmental disabilities to feel they do not have the time, lack knowledge and sk...

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Expanding a Child's Vocabulary

Children develop their communication skills in many different ways. Typically, they start small and build into more complex language and strategies...

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Using Prompts When Teaching Kids With Autism — Common Problems Encountered When Prompting

The experts at Partington Behavior Analysts understand that it is common for children with autism to require additional guidance, support, and anal...

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Using Prompts When Teaching Kids With Autism — Removal of Prompts

All children have unique learning needs, but children with autism require extra dedication, guidance, planning, support, and analysis in the educat...

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Teaching Kids with Autism — An Introduction to the Basics of Good Teaching

Welcome back to the Partington Behavior Analysts blog. Today’s post marks a turning point in the focus of our articles. Previously, our focus was o...

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Using Prompts When Teaching Kids With Autism — Part II

Welcome back to the Partington Behavior Analysts blog. Our mission in writing articles and publishing them online is to help parents, teachers, and...

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Using Prompts When Teaching Kids With Autism — Part I

Teaching kids with autism requires dedication, planning, and analysis on the part of everyone involved in the education process. As the leading sou...

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Intervention Strategies and Behavior Goals for Autism

Undesired and problematic behavior is one of the biggest challenges that parents and educators face when teaching children with autism or other de...

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Behavior Goals for Autism — Understanding Problem Behavior

Teaching children with autism and other developmental delays requires patience and a sound teaching plan. Parents and teachers often encounter ins...

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Learner Cooperation — Establishing Instructional Control

As someone who works with individuals with developmental delays, you want to teach your learners the skills they need to be independent in the worl...

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Reinforcing Relationships and Teaching Children with Autism — Part III

As we reviewed in part one and part two of this series, identifying and establishing appropriate reinforcers is key to motivating students with aut...

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Reinforcing Relationships and Teaching Children with Autism — Part II

Teaching children with autism requires skill, knowledge, and a well-defined teaching plan that addresses key behavior patterns to ensure the best p...

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