Yes, an AED can and should be used on a child in cardiac arrest. Pediatric pads or an attenuator are preferred for children between 1 and 8 years old or under 25 kg (55 lbs) when they’re available, and a manual defibrillator is the preferred tool for infants under one...
Behavior Skills Training (BST) is a four-step teaching package, instruction, modeling, rehearsal, and feedback, used to build real, demonstrated competence in a skill rather than just knowledge of it. It’s the go-to method for training ABA staff, coaching parents...
Differential reinforcement is an ABA technique that increases a chosen behavior by reinforcing it consistently while withholding or reducing reinforcement for other responses. It works by making the desired behavior the most rewarding option available to a child or...
The strategies that work best are visual schedules, timers, social stories, priming, consistent routines, and graduated prompting with a real plan for fading that prompt over time. None of these work in isolation. They need to be coordinated across home, school, and...
Shaping is the process of reinforcing successive approximations until a learner reliably performs a target skill that isn’t yet in their repertoire. Practitioners use it to build brand new behaviors, from a first word to independent handwashing, by rewarding small...
