When a family or a school asks for help with a challenging behavior, they usually expect a plan on day one. That’s natural, because the behavior is stressful and everybody ...

Defiant. Controlling. Noncompliant. Difficult. These are some of the terms used by schools to describe the challenging behaviors of children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ...

Operationally define challenging behaviors. Challenging behaviors should be defined in terms that are specific, observable, and measureable (i.e., one can see and count the behaviors). Be specific ...

I have 14 years of experience in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis and 18 years working with children and adults on the autism spectrum and with related disorders. My experience has been center-, ...