welp. my son starts aba therapy today

@Snowvixen I look forward to taking advantage of that when he begins 😊

@smileylovesgaming Yes, where we are zoned, there is this really good school that has a specialized autism wing and all the children there are autistic. I think that's really awesome for when he does go. I imagine it would be somewhat similar to aba

@DeluxedEdition sounds very expensive

@smileylovesgaming it's a public school :p

@Teslin I felt like at the time there was much more I could do that I wasn't quite aware of

I felt like it was unfair to do that to a child. I worked my ass off to pay $250 a week for that stupid daycare because I thought I was doing good for my son by putting him around other kids

@carpediem 🤗

@GovanDUNNY thank you for saying that it means a lot 💜

@Ozymandiaz 🤗 this will be a great start

@TheOrionbeltseeker thank you so much ❤️

@AJ023 yup

@OggggO
that is how psychology was in the beginning stages. There was little knowledge about it and how to treat mental disorders in general. Autism up until now was poorly misunderstood.

They do not abuse or hit the children. They redirect them from harmful behaviors such as self-harm, or destructive behaviors and divert their attention to something more productive.

They teach them basic skills such as how to talk, their goal is to eliminate or eradicate undesirable behaviors such as destructive behavior, eloping, self-harm, harming others, or destructive tendencies.

ABA is absolutely necessary and during the period of time my sons father was calling child protective services on me out of spite the social worker told me it is mandatory for him to be in his therapies. My son has to attend aba, occupational, and speech.

It's very unfortunate psychology was so traumatizing and frighting in the beginning, but they have come a long way, and I participate in a lot of my sons therapies and do meetings and care plans. I am very involved and if I have an issue with anything I can change the care plan anytime.