tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307033994734368284.post2114726554870673633..comments2024-01-01T18:27:31.618-08:00Comments on Learning to dance in the rain: Down syndrome, drugs and depression and shame.jennymohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17067569775121493935noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307033994734368284.post-50075362892480030362019-11-02T07:34:08.458-07:002019-11-02T07:34:08.458-07:00I LOVE your honesty. I apologize for my field in ...I LOVE your honesty. I apologize for my field in taking so long to provide you with effective help. I started my career in traditional psychology (meds/talk therapy). I then became a foster parent of children with serious behavior issues. EVERYONE in my field failed me. I could not get them help, nor could I find someone who would help me and tell me what to do. I went back to school to become a BCBA. BCBAs practice ABA. Good ABA is 30-40 hours a week of intense therapy. We use positive reinforcement to teach skills and practice socially appropriate behavior. I have been doing it for 2 years and I have watched the miracle of it change more lives than I can count. Medicaid JUST started covering ABA. It is a very new field in AL, but there are new practitioners becoming licensed all the time. <br /><br />I’m not sure where you live, but if you are not near an ABA clinic here are some options...<br />1. Request for in home ABA through DHR. <br />2. Call every ABA clinic within an hour of you and request services. The BCBA would only see JoJo once a week. The Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) would work with him daily. Some clinics have RBTs in smaller towns to provide services.<br />3. Ask the school system for ABA-some systems are beginning to provide this in IEPs. A BCBA coming to do a behavior intervention plan is NOT ABA. Please do not let them convince you otherwise. ABA is therapy-a BIP protects everyone. Jojo needs the therapy.<br />4. Ask every BCBA office you can have parent training. This is when we go into your home and create a plan for every maladaptive behavior. Then you will know EXACTLY what to do for every problem. It is much to much to explain here, but there are functions of behavior and extinction bursts that are probably making you the “trigger”. There is help for that.<br /><br />Please email me if you have any questions. I’m praying for to find transformative help immediately. Get on EVERY waiting list and don’t become discouraged. We do move people if they call us frequently. We are ethically bound to offer services to children who need it the most first. His Downs and ASD should qualify him for services quickly. <br /><br />I’m praying for you and your family.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11182221063574559057noreply@blogger.com