Behavior analysis has nothing to do with
autism it's just something that is
effective when used with that population
when you're using it as a process like
we usually like trying to address a
challenging behavior or like
communication deficits and people with
autism it's been used for tons of other
things as well I like to like orient
myself to articles that like are not
like autism specific like so things like
like you can find articles out there are
people who use behavior analytic
principles to reduce graffiti improve
work performance and company like
organizations things like that so what
does define ABA is a scientific approach
it's not a thing it's not a procedure
like it's a approach to problem solving
right it involves using the scientific
method use some like single subject case
design you know like reversals things
like that and like we just try to change
things in a meaningful way
that's what with the find behavior
analysis
behavior analysis doesn't have anything
to do with like a specific disability
it's not like a particular type of
problem it can be used for anything we
use the crossed like lots of like areas
I think I was in a classroom and like
somebody had like oh like like our ABA
this is our ABA and it's like a little
box and it says ABA and like black
sharpie on the outside I think that's
where it's been this whole time when I
like work when I train people
my goal is to not make them into
somebody who works with people with
autism I want to make them into a
scientist like I want them to like kind
of follow like those guidelines like I
want them to like approach any kind of a
problem as if they're scientists and
they can work with any population
because like if you only learn the
things on the task list like you end up
becoming like somebody who just has a
bag of tricks you don't understand like
the concept behind it you're not going
approaching it in a scientific manner
like you just are somebody like alright
let's try the gyro like let's try FCT
like you just like throw stuff at it and
I think that like the people who are
experts to people who are leaders are
the ones who are not approaching it as
something that you do with the
population if somebody's like this is
how I solve problems like how can I
solve this in a behavior analytic way
like there's this is a kid from my
dissertation this is years ago kid a
diagnosed with ADHD not authors young
kid whose meanest kid I ever met in my
life
four-year-old kid he called me a stupid
shit like every day for any week program
and like I was a graduate student I
wasn't exactly confident the time so I
started to believe it after a while I
was like Bob you're a stupid shit like
yeah yeah so he had lots of social
skills deficits needless to say and he
also engaged in intense stereotypical
behavior and he was on a very high dose
of concerta which is stimulant
medication it's ritalin it's an
extended-release version of Ritalin so
we did it an analysis like I was
interested in play behavior whether or
not stimulants affected play and we did
a double-blind placebo control so the
people who are watching him had no idea
what he was taking and he didn't know
what he
because he was just taking things from
like different bottles that look like
the same pill and we took that on
whether or not he participated during
structured tasks and structured
activities like kickball game or open
recess like free-for-all recess they
could do whatever they wanted like bored
of the Flies crap and we took that on
whether or not they played and whether
or not they engaged in stereotypical
behavior so just bear with me so this is
his kickball game so game participation
when he was on placebo he was not
participating a lot like he's like
looking over really stupid shit
they're calling me names and they're
sick
he wasn't engaging in a ton of
stereotypical behavior on the 36
milligram dose a little bit better like
he's paying attention like he's actually
looking at the ball like not getting
ready to be beamed stereotypical
behavior increases a little bit on the
54 milligram dose it's like a rock star
like he's actually paying attention most
of the time stereotypical behaviors for
the roof so then during open recess so
basically we had like this quad that was
open and we just had like a line of
students like on the one open end to
make sure that they didn't run away so
on the placebo dose he's playing the
entire time hardly any placebo like he
was playing a lot while on the 36
milligram dose of concerta stereo to be
popped up a little bit on the 54
milligram dose he wasn't playing anymore
and he was engaging in tons of stereo
Navi so what this kid was doing is like
while the other kids were playing like
he was sitting on the sidewalk banging a
stick and chewing on his fingers till
they bled so this is behavior analysis
nobody had autism like it was like he
was a little kid it was an approach like
to like address an issue like he got
taken off the 54 milligram dose he ended
up being on the 36 milligram dose after
this
