The following are examples of what educational needs, SDIs, and Goals could look like for a child with autism who needs ABA.

This does not have to be an ABA or VB classroom!

The following is just so you can get a taste of what should be individualized in the IEP.

Let’s first define

1.  Educational needs
2.  SDI’s (SPECIALLY DESIGNED INSTRUCTIONS) and
3.  Goals

•  Educational needs

 Academic, behavioral, functional, or social needs that...

MAINTAINING  SANITY IN THE MIDST OF NEGATIVE BEHAVIOR

If it is well established that all behavior is a form of communication that does not always translate easily and can be quite obscure. Why is it then that behavior frequently can send otherwise rational adults to the brink of mental and/or emotional breakdown with irrational behaviors of their own? Do you really think that child is deliberately trying to make you crazy?

Our job as adults is to understand what the child is trying to...