Teaching Language Skills (Lovaas method 4 of 7)

Early studies by Dr. Ivar Lovaas applying basic principles of reinforcement (applied behavior analysis or behavior modification) to the treatment of autism.

This clip shows differential reinforcement of verbal behavior in an autistic child. (see clips 1 - 3 first)

For more information see:

National Autistic Society (UK)
http://www.nas.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=297&a=3345

Lovaas Institute
http://www.lovaas.com/

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• Psychology
• behavior

[Zuliechiq]

This method of teaching gave my son language and a life , he now has friends and loves listening to his mp3 and playing video games with his brother! Call it what you want, it works . We all respond the postive and remember it. For example , your boss gives you a raise for work well done... will you continue to work hard ? Yes !

[PrincessSparkleLives]

They are communicating with the children at a level they understand. It is more insulting to attempt to use language and methods which the children do not understand.

[jaymers25]

@Neilgs: I agree with you actually. ABA should be backed up with other EBP like floortime and DIR to create naturalistic settings. However ABA does provide the foundational steps to encourage early educational responses, the 'window of opportunity'. ABA is clinically proven effective. Yes I agree that ABA alone isnt the key to improve naturalistic response. But DTT with ABA helps improve IQ cognitive skills up to 28 points in ASD children.

[Neilgs]

@Neilgs necessary emotional-developmental foundation for true integrated social/language communication, not robotic responses. Parents whose child were not responding at all, are understandably quite grateful to something rather than nothing; so that is why ABA is so appealing. But it is resoundingly Non-Developmental; as it fails to cultivate social emotional meaningful relating and true (pragmatic) language and communicating, Dev/Relationship based approaches, i.e., DIR/Floortime does.

[Neilgs]

@jaymers25 With all due respect, this has NOTHING to do with genuine language and communication. Verbal behavior and applied behavioral analysis in general creates functional Robotic language responses. Going to where your child is, doing of what is of interest to him; create mutual back and forth pleasurable based engagement around with what s/he like with facial nuanced emotional and body expression; joining in with a child natural sounds, movements and slowing adding to it creates the

[mamalusk]

I wonder what Brendan was thinking.... (this lady must be raving mad, but lets do what she asks......)

[donovan5120]

lol omg

[TheMelmel1]

they treat these poor Kids like animal. she says to Brenden good Boy then when he does something right she says Good Boy and then she gives him treates. thats just wrong. those poor people.

Melissa

[Warsie]

so...how's torture and genocide supporting people doing?

[Warsie]

+1 to you. This doctor has a reputation for torturing autistic people to make them 'normal'

[AspergiaKidd]

No. If you're an NT, you become more sociopathic and tend to 'leech' more; making this method of enforcing 'conformal behaviours' on us hypocritical when you know-nothing confidence-men are SICK yourselves. CEOs are most notorious for this.

[Maikku15]

thosekids are not like animals >:( they feed them like dogs