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Reinforcement and bribery…


Many a time parents ask me back “isn’t reinforcement mean bribery?”, when I talked to them about reinforcement and ABA. The answer is NO. Reinforcement works as a reward and it is given immediate after the completion of the expected … Continue reading

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Sensory activities for Olfactory system/ smell sense


Olfactory sense is associated with smell and it indicates what is good and bad smell. Smell sense is also associated with hunger and taste bud. Sometimes, we smell like pasta and we start drooling or likes to eat it. Most … Continue reading

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5 Sensory activities for children with tactile hypersensitivity


Kitchen time: The best functional and tactile stimulation place is the kitchen. Let him feel the vegetables and fruits. Once, he is comfortable, ask him to help in peeling, washing different vegetables and grain. If the child is asked to help on the … Continue reading

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Teaching the children with developmental delays


There are different types of teaching methodology followed by the special educators, parents and therapist. Though the goals and objective may be different depending on the child ability and target behaviour. 3 types of teaching methodology Direct teaching Activity based … Continue reading

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Play learn and grow


Play is an integral part of child development. During first few years of child development, he spends most of his time in playing and learns through it. It is the child’s work and he enjoys it because it is fun. … Continue reading

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5 things to move out to teach children with Autism and other childhood disability…


Parents are the best resource a child with Autism or any other childhood disability can ever has. Both the child and parents understand each other well.  I accept and understand that a parent may not have professional skills  but if … Continue reading

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Behavior modification and strategies I


Behavior can be acceptable and unacceptable depending on the cultural and social norms. The behavior which is applicable in one culture may not be valid to other culture or society. Behavior is governed by social norms as well. In my previous post, … Continue reading

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Behavior modification (basic)


Behavior is defined as the actions or reactions of a person or animal in response to external or internal stimuli. It includes any kind of action, visible/observable (eg movement) and non visible/non observable  (eg psychological frustration). Psychologist, specially the behavioral … Continue reading

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Development milestones 2 (4-8 months)


Every child is special and different. They have their own pace of learning and achieving developmental milestones. Some are fast and others are little slow. But, most of the children learn the milestone within the stage. Some babies sit by … Continue reading

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Happy playing!!!


Play is fun and always associated with children. This is the only job a child does in his developmental period. The parents, friends and every one love to play with child. Though play is always consider as fun or many … Continue reading

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