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It means ABA is most effective if applied at a younger age. Think feral children -- it's almost impossible to aquire language after a certain age. The parent
by raducu 2y ago
It means ABA is most effective if applied at a younger age.
Think feral children -- it's almost impossible to aquire language after a certain age.
The parent holding the ABA course for parents was lucky to be well off and being able to hire the best, including a personal team of therapists, and his son made a "full recovery" from non-verbal to indistinguishable by experts from neurotypical children even though he started ABA at 5 years, but he told us that's quite a rare outcome.
- southernplaces7 2y agoSo in your view, what would be an ideal age in which to carefully and professionally use the ABA methodology? You mention his starting at the age of 5, but also that this produced an outcome that was rare. Thus, would an even younger age be more correct? I don't know enough about ABA to critique it too much, and i'm honestly curious about these nuances. Thanks for the response above despite my late reply.
- raducu 2y agoABA can be started as soon as a diagnosis is made. I think now it's 1.6 years of age, and while I'm not exactly sure about the ABA umbrella, I'm sure "early intervention" exists even for the 1.6 years mark.