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Struggling with that New Year’s resolution? How to hang in there
It’s a time of year when many of us have made resolutions. The New Year feels like an ideal time to kick those old habits and replace them with habits that we hope will make us thinner/richer/younger-looking/insert-desirable-state-of-your-own-here.
Of those who make New Year’s resolutions, only one in 12 will achieve them. So what can we do to maximise our chances of success?
10 Behaviors Of Smart People
In a sentence, the ten behaviors of smart people all relate to a heightened sensitivity to one’s environment and increased tendency to changing one’s behavior as the situation demands. Keep in mind that, though the list was originally written for entrepreneurs, it can really apply to all facets of life.
How To Help Your Aspie Learn Social Skills: The 6 P’s To Social Skills Coaching For Parents
In this episode of Dr. G Aspie Show, Mary B. Moore teaches Dr. G some awesome social skills games. The key ingredient to developing and keeping friendships is having shared joy and conversation skills. These social skills games are great tools to help your child find shared joy with others and have a fun and interesting conversation with them as a result!
Science Vs. Human Behavior: Designing A Sustainable Culture
In Science and Human Behavior, in the chapter on “Designing a Culture”, Skinner (1953) writes about people’s social environment being the result of a complex series of events in which accident sometimes plays a prominent role and he asks questions relevant to current challenges, “Why should the design of a culture be left so largely to accident? Is it not possible to change the social environment deliberately so that the human product will meet more acceptable specifications?”
10th Annual Autism Conference
January 18–20, 2016 Hyatt Regency New Orleans; New Orleans, LA Welcome to ABAI’s 10th Annual Autism Conference: Translating Research Into Evidence-Based Practice. The conference will be held January 18–20, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans, located one mile from...
Walk Now For Autism Speaks
On November 14th, MyABA Today was proud to sponsor the Central Florida “Walk Now for Autism Speaks” event. It was a beautiful, crisp Fall day in Florida, and more than 6,000 individuals flooded the grounds of the Seminole State College campus. Our families and friends...
5 Behavior Tips When Flying With Kids!
With the holidays coming up, we have two flights planned with our son who is a toddler. He doesn’t ever sit still- how can I survive airports, security lines, and flights?!
Best Practices For Teaching Receptive Language
Receptive language skills — the ability to respond to the language of another person — is a crucial component of child development.
Gratitude, Autism, & ABA
Define what gratitude means to you.
