If you are pursuing your degree in SLP, externships will likely be on your checklist. Supervision gained working in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) programs will provide you with real-world where you can apply the academic knowledge you’ve learned. Students are often encouraged to obtain well-rounded experience working with clients of different demographics and a variety…
If you have a passion for helping others and want to make a real difference in someone’s life, you may want to consider a career in Applied Behavior Analysis as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). This designation will take time and effort but can provide some of the most rewarding career experiences ever. Below,…
Children with autism often have food aversions and sensitivities. Behavioral issues complicate this problem and can make meal-time challenging. There is also a serious nutritional concern if the child is not taking in enough calories, vitamins, or minerals. This article will discuss some of the strategies we use at Verbal Beginnings to help kids and…
Do you have a passion for helping people? Are you looking for a career that will allow you to turn this passion into a career? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 in 68 children has been identified with autism spectrum disorder. These numbers show the increasing need for services and providers…
If you are on your way to becoming certified as a Behavior Analyst, congratulations and get ready! Along the way, there are many boxes that will need to be checked off. Getting your supervision hours and meeting all of the requirements and ratios is no easy task. In this article, we will review the 3…
Once you have finally completed your training in BCBA programs, you will be ready to dive in and begin putting all those hours of education to work! In-home jobs working with children with autism can be extremely rewarding allowing you to work with kids and families in an environment that is most comfortable for them. …
When clinicians are pursuing their BCBA certification, they must often decide whether to pursue a career in home based therapies or a clinic/center setting. There are many reasons for choosing either setting. In this article, we’ll discuss the 4 reasons clinicians often choose home-based therapies, along with some additional considerations if you choose this path.…
For people who like to help people, an Applied Behavior Analysis career can be extremely rewarding. But, sometimes, clinicians get exposed to one area of the field and never get to experience other opportunities. At Verbal Beginnings, our company is growing and so is our team. Here is a story of one of our employee’s…
When you begin working as an ABA Consultant, you no doubt have a passion for helping people. Now, it’s time to take all that you’ve learned and start putting it to work! Will you work in an in-home setting, or do you prefer a classroom environment? Will you do some hours in a center and…
For parents of children with autism, Verbal Beginnings Center offers hope. Created in 2016 the program offers Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy in a center-based environment. ABA Therapy is a successful method of helping children diagnosed with autism to overcome many of their challenges and is particularly successful when you begin providing services to children…
The procedure of planned ignoring involves deliberate parental inattention to the occurrence of target child behaviors. In other words, parents identify behaviors that function as a means of getting their attention and selectively ignore them. One example of planned ignoring might be with the child who engages in tantrum behavior whenever his mother is on…