Author Archives: Louise Savoie

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Using Positive Reinforcement for Children with Autism

Positive reinforcement is an effective technique that can serve as a powerful motivator for children with autism. It involves praising and rewarding a child for their efforts and progress, regardless of whether or not they have initially succeeded in...

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Differential Reinforcement in ABA Training

In Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), the goal is to encourage positive behavior while reducing negative behavior by manipulating the consequences of those behaviors. Differential reinforcement involves using positive reinforcement to increase the like...

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Empowering Children Through Successful Potty Training

Potty training is an essential developmental milestone for children. Any reputable learning institute can teach it. It instills in them a sense of independence and responsibility as they learn to manage their bodily functions. Appropriate potty train...

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Potty Training a Child With a Developmental Disability

Children with developmental disabilities may learn differently. Sometimes, they require a personalized set of instructions or special handling techniques to make them understand what they need to do. As a provider of ABA training and other behavioral...

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Defining the Early Start Denver Model

The empirical knowledge base of infant-toddler learning and development principles, as well as the detrimental effects of early autism on early development, form the basis of the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM). Interventionists with professional tra...

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What Is Stimulus Generalization?

Stimulus generalization occurs when unfamiliar or untrained stimuli elicit the same reaction as familiar or trained stimuli. The same response is elicited by multiple stimuli. In other words, in the presence of a variety of trained and untrained stim...

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