Verbal Behavior Approach

Mary Lynch Barbera, RN, MSN, BCBA is the mother of a son with autism as well as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) and the author of The Verbal Behavior Approach: How To Teach Children with Autism and Related Disabilities. Mary's blog will cover information to help parents and educators work with children with autism more effectively.

Monday, June 11, 2012

Chicken Camp: What it is, Why I Went, and What I Learned!

I recently went to Seattle and, while I was in beautiful State of Washington, I went to Chicken Camp. Since posting a few pictures on ...

Sunday, February 19, 2012

I Wrote a Blog on that Autism/ABA/Verbal Behavior Topic!

It’s been over a year since I wrote my last blog but I’m officially re-starting writing my blogs today! During my blog-writing hiatus, I fi...

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Teaching Children and Adults with Autism to Answer “Yes” and “No”

The ability to respond “yes” or “no” to questions is a very complex skill involving different operants. It has been my experience that a chi...

Friday, September 3, 2010

Programming for Happiness in Clients with Autism

I attended a Keynote presentation last fall at the Autism New Jersey conference where Dennis Reid, PhD, BCBA spoke about the importance of p...

Monday, July 5, 2010

Mia’s Journey with the Verbal Behavior Approach

I am happy to announce a series of you tube clips that I posted a few days ago that may make getting started with the Verbal Behavior Approa...

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

TAGteach and Autism

Last spring a friend of mine asked me if I had ever heard of TAGteach. When I said that I hadn’t, she asked me if I knew anything about clic...

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Teaching Children with Autism to Indicate When They Are in Pain

I recently received a question related to my last blog on the importance of looking at medical issues before treating problem behavior. The ...

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