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Therapist Neurodiversity Collective International
Therapy - Advocacy - Education
Established Jan. 2018 (?)
Signs your therapy provider uses ABA or other Abelist Therapy Models (look for these buzz phrases)
Note: each phrase below has been quoted directly from an ABA clinic or other abelist therapy provider advertisement.
- "Naturalistic, morivational-based"
- "Play-based early learner autism treatment program"
- "Reduction of problem behaviours"
- "Social skills training, social skills intervention"
- "Help brain function in a normal way"
- "Increase tolerance skills"
- "Task completion compliance"
- "Founded by an Autism Mom"
- "Unlock their capabilities"
- "Design behaviour support plans"
- "Errorless learning, errorless teaching"
- "Intensive behavioural intervention"
- "Positive behaviour support"
- "Fluency building" (teach specific elements of behaviour over and over again until the behaviour becomes fluent)
- "Positive reinforcement"
- "Discrimination training"
- "1:1 therapist follows your child all day long!"
- "Assigned liscenced BCBAs supervising RBTs"
Therapy models that do not meet Therapist Neurodiversity Collective standards for empathetic and respectful therapy practice:
- Verbal Behaviour (VB) VB-MAPP
- The Lovaas (?) Approach
- Pivot Response Treatment (PRT)
- Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)
- Natural Language Paradigm (NLP)
- Early Start Denver Model (ESDM)
- Early Intensive Behavioural Intervention (EIBI)
- Discrete Trial Training (DTT)
- Intensive Behavioural Intervention (IBI)
- Positive Behaviour Support (PBS)
- Relationship Development Intervention (RDI)
- Positive Behavioural Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
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A Collective of Speech-Language Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, & Physical Therapists
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Pivot Response Treatment (PRT)
Natural Language Paradigm (NLP)
Early Start Denver Model (ESDM)
Early Intensive Behavioural Intervention (EIBI)
Discrete Trial Training (DTT)
Intensive Behavioural Intervention (IBI)
Positive Behaviour Support (PBS)
Relationsihp Development Intervention (RDI)
Positive Behavioural Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
[photo of finger paining "NO MEANS NO" in a small circle to the right of the list]