The behavior analyst should not be satisfied with such a correlational approach to validity for the simple reason that the explicit measures employed in the process are themselves often open to question regarding validity (e.g., questionnaires, Likert scales). In effect, it is important to underst...
Without a doubt, parenting has been a challenge for me because of my son's autism but also because of my childhood. Yet, being a mother has given me a chance to build the family of my dreams in which there's a lot of fun, laughter, and camaraderie. "Running on E...
children with autism spectrum disorder and provide them with ready to use strategies to increase social communication behaviours across verbal operants. Two parent–child dyads were trained to increase mand, tact and intraverbals during play. Parents displayed increases in fidelity for each strategy ...
Gut–brain axis Social behavior Autism Psychobiotics Humans live in a symbiotic relationship with gut microbes: we provide them with a constant source of nutrition, while in return they help us in a variety of ways including enabling optimal brain development and subsequent functioning (Geurts et ...
The children with the genetic variant related to avoiding bitter vegetables also consumed snacks with high energy density. “They might be replacing those healthy veggies with unhealthy snacks. This is why they may be consuming more energy-dense snacks, because they are avoiding the healthy ones.”...