WHAT IS INTEROCEPTION: So often we hear about the body’s 5 primary senses including, vision, touch(tactile), hearing(auditory), taste(gustatory) and smell(olfactory), occasionally another common two senses may be discussed including proprioception and the vestibular system. However, the body’s eighth sense, the sense that is hardly ever discussed is interoception. Interoception can best be understood as our...

Myth: ABA uses “Bribery” Bribery often includes a negotiation in which something desirable is used as leverage in order to influence or change an undesirable outcome. Bribery involves criminal and illegal activities. Reality: ABA uses Reinforcement Reinforcement is a concept studied and backed by scientific research. Referring back to what we learned about the “consequences”...

What is a food jag? Many children, especially those with feeding sensitivities, tend to find a preferred or “safe” food and will get stuck in a pattern of only wanting to eat that food for every meal possible. This pattern is referred to, in the world of feeding therapy, as a “food jag”. Why do...

Nothing even happened and they just started having a meltdown”. There is always a reason why a child is engaging in challenging behavior, we just have to figure it out! Every instance of behavior has 3 common components, Antecedent, Behavior, and Consequence. The ABCs of behavior are beneficial when determining the functions of behavior. There...

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