Thursday, February 27, 2014

UC Davis MIND Institute Helps Parents Find Right Treatments For Autism « CBS Sacramento

UC Davis MIND Institute Helps Parents Find Right Treatments For Autism « CBS Sacramento: But the therapy given to each of their children is very different. Both incorporate play and parent interaction, but the techniques have separate foundations.

Jackson Vestal’s mother started with the well-known and scientifically studied method of applied behavior analysis. It focuses on rewarding her 7-year-old’s good behavior.

“We tried ABA for four years,” she said, “and I’m not saying it didn’t help. It did help to a certain point, and then we got stuck.”

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