4 Best Strategies to Teach Washing Hands
4 Best Strategies to Teach Handwashing Handwashing is a self-help skill we use in our daily life and is a prevention method to decrease the spread of COVID-19. When teaching handwashing, here are 4 best strategies that will assist to successfully accomplish the skill: Before we start to teach handwashing, it is important to create a task analysis. A task analysis is breaking down the skill into multiple simple steps. After breaking down the skill into smaller steps, we can review which steps the individual struggles with and plan […]
Best Considerations for Summertime During COVID-19 Using the ACT Bullseye
Best Considerations for Summertime During COVID-19 Using the ACT Bullseye Last week the focus was on considerations for summertime during COVID-19 using the ACT matrix (links to blog) as a tool. This week we will discuss narrowing those topics using the ACT Bullseye, because there are many ways to spend our summer, even with social limitations in place. For the person seeking self-care: Listen to your body. […]
4 Considerations for Summertime during COVID-19 using the ACT Matrix
4 Considerations for Summertime during COVID-19 using the ACT Matrix The life we know has abruptly changed as a result of COVID-19 and now we are left to figure out what to do during summertime. For some people that means varied amounts of free time, for others that means an increase in work obligations, and then there are some people that are living a very similar life as they were 6 months ago, […]
4 Great Ideas to Teach Social Distancing
4 Great Ideas to Teach Social Distancing During COVID Adjusting to a new routine such as social distance due to COVID-19, can be stressful for everyone, especially for neuro-diverse individuals. When teaching social distancing, it is important to: According to the CDC, “Social Distancing, also called ‘physical distancing,’ means keeping space between yourself and other people outside of your home.” This means staying 6 feet apart from other […]
BEST WAYS TO SAFELY CONDUCT ABA SESSIONS IN HOME SETTINGS AS A RESULT OF COVID-19 PART 2
How to Safely Conduct ABA Sessions in Home Settings as a Result of COVID-19 Part 2-Ideas for Implementation Previously, we discussed preparation and discussions for how to safely conduct ABA sessions in home settings as a result of COVID-19. We may have now learned about our employer policies and are now preparing to enter into homes. However, with safety measures such as physical distancing in […]
Best Ways to Safely Conduct ABA Sessions in Home Settings as a Result of COVID-19 Part 1
Safely Conduct ABA Sessions in Home Settings as a Result of COVID-19 Part 1- Preparation and Discussions How can we safely conduct ABA sessions in Home Settings during COVID?Returning to behavior analytic services in homes can be both exciting and scary with everything going on in the world and the uncertainty of a cure. There should be a great deal of […]
Safely Conducting ABA Sessions in Home Settings as A Result of COVID-19
Part 1- Preparation and Discussions Returning to behavior analytic services in homes can be both exciting and scary with everything going on in the world and the uncertainty of a cure. There should be a great deal of preparation prior to entering into homes again. The behavior analysis community has put a lot of effort […]
