u/Sararr1999

Anyone else see the lady in the mini car???? Driving on the sidewalk and street? I just saw her again trying to go on the freeway!

26 year old female. I have experienced this since I was a kid. I’ve had 3 surgeries to release my tethered cord. It really only affects my left leg and left foot. When I am stressed and don’t get enough sleep, I notice my left foot with get a shooting pain that lasts for about 5 seconds and goes. I have never been able to explain it to my neurosurgeon, who performed all 3 of the cord releases. Does anyone else experience this or know of the name? It shoots and feels sharp.
I also experience numbness in my left leg and foot, and some toe deformities. I have very minimal feeling in it but can feel some parts.

What does it mean when genuinely NOBODY will repost you on their IG stories? Or take pics with you?
I have two friends who always did, but man like everyone else (other friends, cousins, etc) just won’t. I’m 26, and I have noticed this since high school. I’ve had a handful of friends come and go, I don’t miss their friendships. But I just never understood why no one ever wanted to post me or take a picture with me. It confused teenage me so much, and confuses 26 year me the same. I remember being 17 and asking if they liked the photos, if it was ok to post. They always said yes. But they never reposted.
I remember being the one to always want to take pictures with my friends, but it was never the other way around. I started to notice this pattern. I just never knew what it meant. Like are they embarrassed to be with me? I am not attractive by any means. I mean I’d say cute I guess. Not pretty or beautiful.
I cherish my friends i kept and who wanted to stay friends with me. I think I misread a lot of my old friendships I guess. Maybe we weren’t as close as I thought when we were younger. I was just so happy to be their friends. I don’t think it was the same way around now I am older and remembering. Always talking over me, never responding when I partook in conversations. Friendships are so hard as a ND woman, and teenager. And a kid too.

Hi everyone, I felt this sub was way more appropriate for my question. I am an RBT and I am curious looking to learn more.

I have observed WAY more social interaction, engagement, and communication with my kiddo at work when there is no toys involved. Social play is his favorite thing. I take his lead whether he wants to incorporate toys or not, and his SLP actually has been showing me how to help expand his play in ways I never knew how. She’s fantastic, we collaborate so well! I learned from an old SLP years ago too that the back and forth play is so meaningful, so it always stuck with me.

I have noticed this same thing with other kids and their RBTs as well. I have seen some posts from SLPs online that say they don’t use toys or items in their sessions so the kids can focus on connection and engagement, which leads to more meaningful communication. And that toys can be distracting, I believe. I’m just so curious to learn the research and science behind this. I try to be weary about posts on social media but I’d love to see what you guys (the experts in speech and language) have to say :) just looking to learn. Thank you.

What exactly goes on in a child’s minds when they start to label? What parts of the brain are working here? Just curious! It’s such a cool thing to see a child start to learn to just label what they see :)

Can BCBAs made suggestions and changes to IEPs?

OKKK not my kiddo at work telling me “stop” by himself!! We were engaging in water play and I splashed him a little bit, he looked at me with the big smile and said “stop!”. I’ve been really taking the time lately to model refusal statements lately, I always model them without expectation (how his SLP taught me).

I want my kiddo to know that anytime he uses a refusal statement, it will always be honored.❤️

How would you guys define fluctuating capacity in ABA terms?

I see this sometimes in my kiddo at work. I feel that people may not understand that our clients can have this. For example, back in 2024 my kiddo was just starting to acquire verbal speech at 4 years old. I had picture exchange icons (not pecs) with him, and he began to pair them with approximations. Sometimes single words! But at the time, there would be moments where he could emit the word, sometimes not. It was always honored and never counted against him. Even when we were working on vocal imitation, if he handed me an icon it was honored and marked independent.
I understood this, some others didn’t. I always observed my kiddos language to come and ago at that time. Some people wanted to blame it on lack of generalization, some thought he was being “non-complaint”. And these bothered me to my core.
I just knew some days he had the spoons, other days he didn’t. Some days setting events would leave him needed extra time to communicate, but I always respected that and never pushed him.
A nice update as now he is using both spoken word and AAC, and I go with him to speech therapy. Me and the SLP collab beautifully.
Just curious what the term for “fluctuating capacity” might be in ABA terms.

Hi all! I’m 26, I have highly suspected I am autistic esp the last few years (I feel like it’s becoming more prominent and obvious as I get older ESP the monotropic thinking). I have ALWAYS been so empathetic like I can’t even watch certain scenes on tv bc I feel what they feel. I always felt so bad for the kids in class when I was younger that no one talked to.

Being the same room as another person crying too will automatically make me cry. I really absorb others emotions and it gets intense sometimes. Like a lot and it lingers for hours.

My sense of justice is not per se being blunt. I always felt bad for the losing team like I couldn’t even be happy if my fav team won bc I was too sad about the losing team lol.

But my biggest thing is: if two people I know are arguing, I CANT pick a side. Bc i understand how both people are feeling. Anyone else?

Hi. My kiddos SLP (I’m a RBT who only follows her guidance on language and communication, and this is and always will be a priority to me) has mentioned to me a while ago that my kiddo has an issue where he cannot filter out meaningful versus unmeaningful stimuli. Is there a term for this? I will ask her next time I see her, I go with my kiddo to speech. She never mentioned anything in her initial evaluation. I’m unsure if there a diagnostic term, by the way she was explaining it to me I don’t there is. Unless I’m wrong I obviously am very unfamiliar with this. Is this common for kids with ASD?

This has been on my mind lately as I have been observing more prominent differences in my kiddo lately in certain environments. He has a hard time focusing when others are around and it is loud, but is fine when it’s me and him only. When it is quiet, he is loving it. But when it’s loud, I can just see in his eyes how he is absorbing all the auditory input-sometimes to the point of dysregulation. I don’t care if he doesn’t want to be around others honestly. He has always kept to himself and parents (and I) will always respect this.

I think this might be important to mention too when someone else walks in the room, he acts like a whole different person and will often hand lead him and myself out. He is a GLP so I’m wondering too maybe if someone walking in interrupts his play schemes. He has so many great ones. I love to engage in social play with him, but I notice too when someone walks in-he stops the interaction. I always will take his lead and respect what he wants to do, wants to play. Lowkey bothers me when others come in the room because he will just be so happy and boom-over it lol. He also might have anxiety (parents suspect) but I don’t ever push him to situations that he isn’t comfortable being in-ever. His communication is always so important to me.

Anyone else get a hint of rejection (definitely perceived) then all of a sudden they feel ugly, worthless, and that they can’t do anything. 😅
Thank God this time I was able to get over it relatively quick. It’s just crazy how it almost physically hurts, perceived rejection.

What is your favorite safety programs you guys do? As per my previous post my BCBA and I are brainstorming :) all I’ve been thinking about lol.

What is it called in ABA terms when a child learns from hands on experience of real life scenarios and their natural consequences? My team and I are brainstorming safety goals. My supervisor asked me if I feel he understands safe and unsafe. I told them he actually will learn, like most kids, when the situation happens in real life.
For example, once during in home he was playing with the cat. He played a little rough, and the cat went to scratch him. Now he knows to not play rough plus will immediately back away IF the cat tries to scratch. Just wondering the terminology.

Hi all, I made a similar post on here a while ago. I see so many people online claim screen time is regulation, and give their kids unlimited screen time. When I hear regulation (im a RBT), of course I automatically think of OT. I’m just very curious why do parents feel unlimited screen time is regulating?
This is obviously not true regulation right?

Hello, I’m a RBT (coming in good faith). My kiddo at work and I have oversight from his SLP in all aspects of communication, she trained and guided me so well on how to approach his language, how to model, etc. His spoken word in particular is exploding! I go with him to speech. The SLP is fantastic.

He is 6, and he uses both spoken word and AAC. He is moderate needs.

But her and I both observed not too much AAC usage the last few months, as he is leaning towards spoken word. He used to need lots of models but not really anymore, and I’m so lucky the SLP showed me how to use wait time that’s tailored to him. He can communicate (per SLP) a variety of functions, I believe almost all of them.

I’m just curious why do some kiddos lean away from
AAC sometimes? I know each AAC user is so different. SLP showed me AAC reset, so she opened a new profile to see if he was interested, but nothing really. She let me know too that i can try modeling on the new profile but he didn’t really care for it.

Next week too I will ask my kiddos SLP this as well

I’ve seen some older posts on here about swim lessons, etc.
Has anyone ever collaborated with a clients swim instructor? Water safety is something I want my client to learn so bad. He is in swim lessons but has a hard time following the instructions. Right now my kiddo and I are working on tolerating goggles, and he is building up the tolerance! I wonder if in ABA we can do “swim arms” imitation, kicking feet, etc. My client gets community hours too lowkey let’s go swimming bc i can run a lot of his stuff in the water 🤣
In all seriousness i think water safety for our clients is a non-negotiable. I wonder if collaborating with a swim instructor can work!

Specific reinforcer is ONLY saved for successful voids in the toilet, kiddo does not get access to this item outside of successful voids.
Kiddo requests the item daily, but is reminded that they must void in the toilet to gain access to specific reinforcer.

Buuuuut more accidents and less successes have been observed, but kiddo is still highly motivated to earn the specific reinforcer.

Not asking for advice, just the terminology.

What do function feature class goals help with?

What is the difference between perseverance in autism and OCD compulsions in young children? What is the similarities?

For context I work as an RBT. My clinic does have a psychologist. My client displays behaviors of consistently slamming doors, and will often try throughout the day IF I deny him the slam. The Psychologist mentioned it is likely not OCD due to him not displaying distress if I do not let him slam a door. But she said we can’t really know for sure since he cannot communicate to us yet why he tries to shut them. I did not even think of OCD until I started to hear others mention it. Like I feel he does not repeatedly slam it out of fear that something will happen if I don’t let him. It’s not ritualistic either.

Obv not asking for clinical advice, just curious of the differences. Sometimes even when he gets the chance to slam a door, he’ll still keep trying.