Danny IEP 2006

What a beautiful little boy! He is very fortunate to have such a supportive family and team of therapist's. I am a first year elementary teacher and Psychology major. I saved your video as a favorite because I will definately be watching it again! Thank you for sharing :)

how could i view this video with sound... they have disabled the music...

I've been trying to get permission to use the music but I haven't heard back yet. The background music is "Beautiful" by Christina Aguilara. Sorry for the inconvenience.

I love this video.. i think everyone who is involved in an IEP should watch this.. were can i see (hear) it with sound. I would like to show the whole thing at my sons IEP.

Thank you - I hope your son's IEP team will find it helpful! I brought in my laptop to the IEP where I played it for the Team.

Thank you so much for your comment! Coming from someone with first hand knowledge, your comment is particularly meaningful! I would love to ask you, if you don't mind, what is your perspective on VB ABA?

Very good. I can't concentrate with any background noise, either. Writing is a much preferred form of communication for me.

What a beautiful little boy & wonderful video! Hopefully local schools will support ABA someday so that children on the spectrum can continue to receive these type of therapies while in school. I have faith it will happen! Your son reminds me so much of my 3 1/2 year old boy! I feel so blessed that he is in a wonderful private ABA/VB program and is finally talking. I hope that he will be mainstreamed in kindergarten & will just be seen as a typical boy with quirky traits. Thank you for sharing!

As mom to a 17 yo son with ASD I am so excited to see parents forging ahead with ABA and sharing their success. We did the same 14 years ago and our son is a fully included student with autism in 11th grade. He still needs lots of supports but was able to move from a screaming, head banging, non-verbal child to a person who belongs at church, school, in his community. He has friends and is in charge of his destiny because he has choices. The cornerstone of all of his learning has been ABA.

Thank you so much for your comment. We see way too much "in-fighting" in the autism community. Much better for all our children if we support every parent's choice and value each child for the individual they are. I'm so thrilled to hear about your son's success! You were a trailblazer!