Over the past decade of being an Autism Consultant, and running
Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) teams, I have been called upon often
for behavioural consultation by all types of families who are not on
my caseload.
The most common requests for service that I receive are:
- parents who have normatively developing, undiagnosed children,
but who are simply not experiencing successful parenting
- parents who have diagnosed children who have an existing support
team, but are experiencing lack of success in modifying specific
behaviours
- parents who have children whose behaviours are not considered
“serious” enough to qualify for government services
- parents who have utilized existing government services, but have
found the wait periods too long to be useful, and/or have received
behaviour management support through government agencies, but been
unable to achieve success, and require on site personal follow
through
- parents who require ongoing behavioural support for specific
challenges, but cannot afford to employ a behaviour consultant or
team leader on an ongoing basis
- parents who wish to receive training in behavioural theory, so
that they can manage their child’s behavioural challenges
themselves in the future, without the need to hire a consultant
each time a new challenge presents itself
The purpose of developing this site is to offer fast and affordable
behavioural consultation and advice to families in need. I am hoping
an on-line service like this can reach out and offer support to
families living in rural communities who are not able to receive
behavioural services, as well as offer a wider range of services to
families and professionals in my own community of the Greater Toronto
Area.
Some of the most common requests for protocols for behaviour
modification are:
- getting ready in the morning/going to bed at night
- meals
- overall compliance to parental expectations
- strategies to use for “consequences”, for example parents
are trying “time out” but it doesn’t work”
- extreme “talking back”
- aggressive social behaviour
- self injurious behaviour
- extreme tantrums – apparent loss of control when the child is
denied a request and/or is disappointed unexpectedly
