The human brain is wonderful, beautiful and complex! This rubbery, squishy, 3 pound organ can do a lot more than we can imagine, and every day we are amazed by its capabilities. One of those capabilities that we have learnt recently is controlling objects – be it a prosthetic arm, navigating t…

Learn all about our newest game Double Up from creator Rosemarie Griffin, CCC/SLP, BCBA!  If you are working with older students, I know that you have probably struggled with finding materials that were age appropriate. I am a school based speech language pathologist and board certified analyst…

Ask anyone about clipping their nails and you’ll know that they consider it a trivial activity of their life. It hardly takes a minute, and once done, they toss the nail clipper and move on with their lives. However, ask a person with disabilities, whether they are an amputee, have vision loss, arth…

Prompts are ways we help our learners demonstrate new skills. We use prompts to get our students to greet a peer, flush the toilet, name the color blue, and clap their hands. Prompts are something we add to the situation because the natural or teaching cue was not enough to cause the student to resp…

Save 30% on select fidgets, weighted toys, and other sensory supports! Now through October 29th!  The post Super Sensory Sale! appeared first on Different Roads to Learning Blog. Source: Different Roads to Learning

So much to say on this topic, far more than anyone would actually want to read. Does ABA therapy require/demand/force individuals into a narrow and specific box titled “NORMAL”? No. (Well, it shouldn’t anyway) But the myth persists. I mean this in the best way, but many of the chil…

Dr. Ariana Anderson, a professor and statistician at UCLA, has created a new app that can help deaf parents determine the reason why their baby is crying. The reason can be anything – the baby is in pain, being fussy or is hungry (there can be more reasons but for now the app figures out these…

Elephant therapy in Thailand https://www.theautismnews.com/2011/05/12/elephant-therapy-in-thailand/ We’re all familiar with the practice of animal therapy for individuals with a range of disabilities from common household animals like dogs and cats to equine therapy, the newest animal to be include …

automatic punishment  Punishment that occurs independent of the social mediation of others (i.e., a response product serves as a punisher independent of the social environment). Cooper, J.O., Heron, T.E., & Heward, W.L. (2007). Applied Behavior Analysis. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson…

Researchers have developed a new prosthetic leg that will allow amputees to swim without having to worry about switching to a waterproof prosthetic leg as they get in and out of a swimming pool. No other known prosthetic leg can seamlessly go from walking to swimming. The prosthetic leg, called the …

At first glance, the Rowheels Revolution 1.0 wheelchair looks like just another wheelchair, albeit a little slick. However, what its looks don’t tell you is that it is designed from scratch to provide greater comfort, extended mobility, and  reduces problems from shoulder, elbow, wrist injurie…

For people with physical disabilities, using a mouse or keyboard to interact with their devices can be a challenge. Yes, there are several accessories available that can make using computers easy but using those accessories also means that the users always need to have it with them. It can be a frus…

The Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine is conducting a research study that uses Family Peer Advocates to help improve the health and well-being of children with autism. YAI and Premier HealthCare have also partnered up with the research center to pr…

A new therapy program called Hoof Prints in the Sand services individuals with special needs ranging from ages 5 to 63. This animal based therapy program is aimed at using interactions with horses to help individuals gain not only physical skills like muscle definition, correct posture and…