| For decades, ABA Therapy has been the most | | | | understand format that lets you see at a glance how |
| effective form of treatment for Autism Spectrum | | | | progress is being made. By using these forms you |
| Disorders. With many years of research having been | | | | can truly see all of the remarkable progress that your |
| conducted and showing time and again the | | | | child is making from the objective viewpoint of hard |
| effectiveness of the method, there is little doubt why it | | | | data. |
| is the only treatment for Autism that most insurance | | | | Many data collection packages come with a number |
| companies will cover. One of the things that make | | | | of different types of forms. From graphs and probe |
| ABA Training so effective is the rigorous data | | | | sheets to reinforcement lists, there are many forms |
| collection that occurs at every step along the way. | | | | that can really help you maintain accurate data. While |
| With ABA Therapy, data is collected after each | | | | important for all providers of ABA Therapy, they can |
| section of teaching on a daily basis. This data is | | | | be especially important for parents to help them to see |
| charted and typically graphed over a certain period of | | | | progress and hang-ups as data and to separate the |
| time. This helps parents, counselors, and teachers | | | | emotional aspect of parenthood from the teaching |
| understand what areas of learning are progressing the | | | | aspect in order to best help their child. |
| most for a child as well as what areas need the most | | | | In all, data collection is a very important part of ABA |
| work. This helps significantly in designing an effective | | | | Training. Key to developing a curriculum that |
| curriculum and can be the key to ensuring that a child | | | | constantly teaches and pushes a child to learn and |
| learns everything they need to stay on par with their | | | | stay ahead, data collection helps children to learn as |
| peers. | | | | much as they can as quickly as possible. This can |
| For home providers of ABA Therapy, data collection | | | | make a significant difference when preparing a child to |
| forms and graphs that are pre-made can be rather | | | | enter school with their peers. With proper data |
| effective in helping parents form a curriculum that will | | | | collection, you can develop a curriculum that truly |
| be most effective. These graphs allow you to fill in | | | | works, and when everything runs optimally, you can |
| the different things you are currently working on and | | | | often help your child to not only go to school with their |
| help you to chart them in an easy to read and | | | | peers but to excel when they are there. |