We've had a crazy few weeks with Calvin mastering the new trick of not getting off the bus at school. My gas bill has skyrocketed with all the trips I've made down to his school (30 min each way x 20 times since the school year started). We really needed an idea to help with this. Plus, it wastes my entire day. Anyway, ABA uses the idea that you reward the positive and ignore the negative. While I had been trying to think of a way to punish Calvin for making me drive down to school, since it is so punishing to me, I realized there really isn't anything in that arena that would actually work. So a reward for getting off the bus is going to be our first try -- if he gets a treat if he gets off the bus. Last night we went to the store and he picked some fruit snacks and he gets one little bag if he gets off the bus at school. He told me "Mom, that is a really good idea." I got a kick out of that. Hopefully it works long enough to get him back in the habit of hopping right off the bus when he gets to school!
We will be starting in home ABA therapy soon. It takes a while to get approval from insurance. We had an evaluation and another meeting to go over treatment plan. we are trying to get approved for 4 hours a week in home plus 2 hours of consult. That would be awesome! We are making up for lost time. We should have started this YEARS ago.
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