What is the curriculum based on? Where did the specific program lessons come from?
rethink autism’s curriculum and teaching modules have been developed by a caring and committed team of trained clinicians and behavior analysts with years of experience in developing and overseeing ABA-based teaching programs for children with autism. The curriculum uses both an assessment and developmental guides to set individual program objectives. Click here to see the curriculum’s Developmental Milestones
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Is rethink autism’s curriculum VB or a Verbal Behavior curriculum?
The teaching interventions and curriculum are based on the principles of applied behavior analysis. Many of the lessons in the curriculum are based on an analysis of verbal behavior. For example, there are lessons to teach children how to imitate sounds and words (echoics), how to teach children to request preferred items (mand), to ask questions (mand), to label (tact), and to answer questions (intraverbals). There are also lessons that promote listener behavior such as following instructions from a distance or identifying objects based on attribute, category and function. Use rethink autism’s keyword search function under Manage Curriculum to identify programs according to Skinner’s elementary verbal operants. For example, type in the key word Tact and the curriculum will outline all of the programs that promote skills in that area.
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It seems like the sample videos are very discrete trial oriented. Is that the only intervention used in the curriculum?
No, in fact, most of our lessons provide helpful hints about ways to teach or address the lesson in an incidental, play context. In addition, there are specific programs that provide not only a video for discrete trial teaching, but also a video showing how to teach the skill in a play context using incidental teaching.
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What if I don’t want to use the assessment and tracking format?
You can always use Manage Curriculum function, which allows you to choose lessons at your discretion.
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I was told that my son didn’t need ABA, is this program still good for him?
Although our curriculum is ABA-based, the lessons outlined and the teaching procedures recommended can still be appropriate. The lessons and detailed program descriptions provide helpful strategies for any child who has difficulty learning.
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