History
This term refers to the belief that certain groups of people should be "fixed" or eliminated in order to improve society’s genetic health.
What is Eugenics
This type of therapy has been a subject of debate in the neurodiversity movement — often been criticized for focusing too much on compliance, and lauded for helping individuals reach functional goals when others can't or don't.
What is Applied Behavior Analysis?
This type of intervention focuses on encouraging desired behaviors by providing a reward or positive outcome. When delivering this, we must be careful of creating a coercive environment.
Children might be encouraged to express themselves openly, by some parents, while in others, there might be a greater emphasis on respect and obedience. This reflects what type of cultural competency?
Household Culture
This company promotes having a child-led, strengths-based rather than a deficits-based approach to therapy, continuously striving to respect both the needs and autonomy of individuals on the spectrum?
What is Tamarack Family Services?
This (these) group(s) of people was primarily targeted by eugenics policies, often being forcibly sterilized or institutionalized.
What are the poor, the disabled, the mentally ill, criminals, and people of color.
This movement promotes the acceptance of autism as a natural variation of human diversity and opposes attempts to "cure" or eliminate it.
What is the Neurodiversity Affirming Movement?
In ABA, the type of reinforcement that adds something negative to the environment or takes away something positive. This approach is generally considered less ethical when compared to other types of reinforcement strategies. We consider this a last resort, implemented only after other approaches have been exhausted, and only with parents' approval.
What is (positive and negative) Punishment Procedures?
This term refers to subtle, often unintentional, comments or actions that can marginalize or offend individuals from underrepresented or marginalized groups.
What are Microaggressions?
This initiative was started to give everyone a chance to learn more about our field, come together to discuss important topics, and gain experience in ABA in a different way.
What are Quarterly Trainings?
A law that makes available a free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities and ensures special education and related services to those children.
What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)?
This action involves regularly evaluating your own assumptions and stereotypes about people with different cultural backgrounds and disabilities.
What is "checking your biases"?
We intentionally seek out the perspectives and try to incorporate the preferences of these individuals and advocates, in order to provide the highest quality of neurodiversity-affirming care.
Who are Autistics?
The practice of integrating and celebrating diverse cultural identities in educational and therapeutic settings to ensure all individuals feel represented and respected. We can lean into this through honoring language preferences, demonstrating knowledge in movies/music, and leading with curiosity rather than judgment — asking respectful questions.
What is cultural appreciation?
The most likely person to look deep into your eyes then try to smoosh their face with yours?
Who is IriMcA? (Acceptable alternative: OliGar)
Involuntary indoctrination of minority groups, during which they are forced to adopt the language, identity, norms, customs, traditions, values, mentality, perceptions, way of life, and often the religion and ideology of an established and generally larger community belonging to a dominant culture.
What is Forced Assimilation?
When a behavior technician is struggling with a rigid mindset and unable to adapt to a child’s needs, they are encouraged to ask themselves, "Am I being a dictator or a ______?"
What is a diplomat?
This approach endeavors to incorporate more of the child’s interests and natural cues, allowing the learner to make choices about the activities or tasks they will engage in, promoting autonomy and self-determination.
What is Child-Led?
This type of approach is designed to meet the unique needs, strengths, and preferences of each person, especially in educational and therapeutic settings.
What is Individualized?
These type of signs around clinic are admired by one of our beloved morning kiddos, with him recently declaring "___ signs are perfect."
What are Exit Signs?
The reason we look at historical context of how minorities (social, racial, abilities, etc.) have been treated in society, to inform our practices.
This type of activity involves taking a mental break, such as imagining thoughts a balloon or tree, to reduce stress and regain focus during challenging moments with children.
What is mindfulness?
This is the term used in ABA to describe the process of addressing incorrect responses during a behavior intervention or trial, providing learners with the opportunity to learn from the mistake, rather than just being tested on the same skill again without first properly taught it.
What is error correction?
Equality can be a well-meaning term, which connotes ignoring differences and treating everyone the same, regardless of their individual needs or circumstances. This concept recognizes that different people may need different resources or support to achieve fair outcomes.
What is Equity?
These individuals are the backbone of the field and of our ecosystem here, providing the majority of daily support and getting to know their kiddos, building meaningful relationships, and fostering the growth and development of each child with dedication, empathy, and commitment to their care.
What are BTs?