by abacnj_admin | Apr 29, 2019 | Fitzer's Corner, Read the Speakers Series
By Fitzer’s Corner Guest Writer: Professor Peter Sturmey, Ph.D. ABAC Resident Speaker and The Graduate Center and Queens College, City University of New York Many behavior analysts, psychologists and other professionals working with individuals with autism...
by abacnj_admin | Jan 13, 2019 | Read the Speakers Series
Functional Communication Training: Does It Work Or Not? by Professor Peter Sturmey ABAC Resident Speaker and Fitzer’s Corner Guest Blogger Tiger et al. (2008) defined Functional Communication Training (FCT) as “a differential reinforcement (DR) procedure in...
by abacnj_admin | Jan 7, 2019 | Fitzer's Corner, Read the Speakers Series
The practice of ABA currently focuses on autism a great deal – maybe too much. ABA is sometimes incorrectly defined as a behavioral treatment for autism. As we all know, ABA can be applied to any behavioral issue including human and non-human animal behavior, and to...
by abacnj_admin | Sep 6, 2018 | Read the Speakers Series
Anxiety in Individuals with Autism and Intellectual Disabilities When Maria walked up the stairs it was awful to see. She trembled, sweated, turned red and could hardly walk at all. If staff prompted her to move quickly she became visibly upset and sometimes struck...
by abacnj_admin | Apr 28, 2017 | Read the Speakers Series
Over the course of my career as a behavior analyst, I have been fascinated by the work of certain researchers. One of those researchers is Nancy Neef. It was her articles on ADHD, published in 2005, that gave me the language to explain to parents and teachers what a...
by abacnj_admin | Jan 13, 2017 | Fitzer's Corner, Read the Speakers Series
A long, long, long…. time ago, in what feels like another galaxy, I was a college student that signed on for an awesome paying gig ($7 an hour) as a tutor for a child with autism. As a psychology major looking into my future of inevitable graduate school...
