A few weeks ago I attended a workshop presented by a behavior therapist. As it turned out, I went to a conference on the same topic over a year ago. I will describe what I have taken away from these methods in my own words - but please take a look at the links I have provided below. After I learned about this, life with children made a lot more sense to me. Not that this is earth shattering material, but it helped me to better understand the hows, whats and whys of behavior in children, and occasionally husbands. I am in no way an expert in this - just a parent who wants to share a behavior strategy that has worked in our home. I hope to inspire others to explore it further. Any errors in information comes from me and cannot be blamed on the presenters. Also, you may have seen ABA - Applied Behavior Analysis - connected most often with Autism - please do not let this deter you if your child is not autistic. I use these methods with all my children, none of which are labeled au
so cool! I bet everyone was so proud of him!
ReplyDeleteHoly Cow! I am in tears watching that!
ReplyDeleteEveryone is really proud of him - even strangers at the pool understand that he is doing something special. And he does not want our hands on him any more - he pushes us away.
ReplyDeleteWow! That is awesome! Ben is walking and getting around in that pool so spectacularly! My son, who has ACC, has also been doing aquatic therapy for awhile, and I have been astounded and so surprised by the many positive results.
ReplyDelete*cheers for independent Ben, who looks like he is having a terrific time playing in the pool*