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What is ABA Therapy, and does it Work?

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  If you're parents of children diagnosed in recent times by a doctor with an autism-related disorder, there's an excellent chance that you've heard the term ABA or Applied Behavior Analysis therapy. ABA is an exclusive type of treatment for autism and has the distinction as the only therapy that has been clinically proven to be effective. Using a method of assessing children's behavior and then implementing specific learning techniques, ABA works to help children develop a comprehensive range of abilities. ABA is a method of using positive reinforcement and guiding methods and can be very effective. One of the reasons autistic children are different from other children is that they usually don't understand or grasp complex concepts, ideas, or behaviors simply by looking at them. While many children gaze at the grey sky and know that this is a sign that it's going to be raining soon, an autistic child can not have the right connections and understands the conc