Index
To review any of the mentioned topics in the modules, please click on the provided links. All hyperlinked content should take you directly to the place within the training website. Read as much information within the linked section as you need to.
Adding new foods: see “Picky Eating”
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) information, click: Teaching tutorials on ABA
Attention, click: Joint attention, Pointing/holding things up to show (18 month), 2 years: paying attention to entire picture books, parent attention as reinforcers, positive attention, eye contact and joint attention
Autism – signs, symptoms, definitions; click: Module 1: Expected Development, Who Is This Program For?
Autism diagnosis process: see “Diagnosis wait time/period”
Behaviors, concerning behaviors: see “Potential frequent concerns”
Communication, click: It’s better to say “soon”, Crying and Fussing are Forms of Communication
Cooperation, click: Importance of cooperation, building cooperation
Demonstrating desired behavior: see “Imitation”
Diagnosis wait time/period, click: Who Is This Program For?
Eating, click: 3 years: using spoons/forks
Encouraging Behavior: see “Attention”
Encouraging new foods with pictures: see “Picky Eating”
Eye Contact, click: Reinforcing eye contact
Feeding: see “Eating”
Imitation, click: What Imitation means for child development?, modeling behavior, verbal imitation prompts (video)
Incentive: see “Attention”
Introducing new foods: see “Picky Eating”
Joint attention: see “Attention”
Language development, click: 1 year: names, attention to who’s speaking, following a few simple instructions, making and understanding choices, 2 years: answering yes/no questions, 3 years: sentences/longer phrases/asking and answering short questions, 4 years: understand and remember complex instructions/comparison words/having conversations about topics that interest them, 5 years: answer open-ended questions/making up short stories, putting verbs and nouns together
Learning Sessions, (modules 9 and 10) click: Module 2: Basic Principles
Meltdowns, click: Module 6: Problem Behavior
Mimicking adult behavior: see “Imitation”
Non-cooperation, click: Recognizing Problem Behavior
Noticing concerning behaviors: see “Potential frequent concerns”
Personal/cultural differences, click: How to Use This Program, Eye Contact (Module 1: Expected Development)
Picky Eating (Module 7), click: A few tips when introducing foods, Sensory sensitivity to certain foods, When picky eating is serious, Introducing new foods, troubleshooting when adding new foods, creating a picture book or poster
Play, (module 14 ) click: Pretend play (18 months), Pretend play (2 years), 3 years Expected Development: playing with others/needing help to play nicely, 5 years: friendships
Pointing: see “Attention”
Pointing: see “attention”
Potential frequent concerns, Module 1 click: Behaviors that are concerning (Module 6), visual fascinations/distress by noise, when to be concerned about your child’s development?
Potty Training (Module 8), click: Daytime Urine Training part 1/part 2, Beginning bowel training, bed wetting, challenges and triumphs
Praise, click: Praise as a reward
Pretend play in children: see “Play”
Prompts, click: Introducing prompts, physical prompt, model prompt, helps/hints, prompt fading, physical prompts (video), verbal imitation prompts (video)
Reinforcers, click: What is a Reinforcer?, key points about reinforcers, Importance of reinforcers in behavior
Relationship with parent, click: Eye and Physical contact for comfort (1 year), Empathy (18 months)
Relationships with others, click: Social interaction, playing with other kids (18 months), sharing (2 years)
Responding to questions: see “Language development”
Rewarding behavior, click: Rewarding behavior, food as reward part 1/food as reward part 2, toy rewards, painting/coloring, music, choice
Safety while outdoors: see “Staying safe”
Screaming/crying: see “Communication” and “Temper tantrums”
Sibling safety, click: Discussing safety plans with your family
Speaking: see “Language development”
Stages of speaking: see “Language development”
Staying safe, click: Games For Outdoor Play
Strategies to encourage attention: see “Attention”
Strategies/techniques for managing picky eating: see “Picky Eating”
Teaching your child how to play nicely with others: see “Play”
Temper tantrums, click: Module 6: Problem Behavior, Tantrums and the Family, Tantrums in public
Toilet training: see “Potty training”
Understanding what autism is and means: see “Autism -signs, symptoms, definitions”
Utensils: see “Eating”
Variety in your child’s rate of progress, click: Welcome!, Who Is This Program For?
Visual Supports, such as for food and schedules: see “Picky Eating”
What reinforcers mean with supporting your child’s development: see “Reinforcers”
Working through temper tantrums and other concerning behavior: Prevention and Handling of Problem Behavior
Working with food sensory and sensitivity: see “Picky Eating”
Your relationship with your child: Who Is This Program For?