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Today’s Jargon is EO. EO stands for Establishing Operation. Establishing Operations are things or circumstances that make it more likely for a behavior to occur. If you give a person a lot of salty snacks they are more likely to drink a lot of liquid. If you drink more liquid to will need to be urinate more frequently. During potty training when you want more opportunities to teach you might have an Establishing Operation that a child has lots of access to salty snacks and preferred liquids!

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Jem Miller, a 12 year-old with ASD gives his opinion of Disney/Pixar’s hit film, Inside Out and shares what he learned from the movie. Perspective taking is considered one of the deficit’s that contribute to an Autism Spectrum Disorder, Inside Out creates a visual entertaining view of perspective taking that may be helpful to individuals with Autism!

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Today’s Jargon is DTT. DTT stands for Discrete Trial Teaching (or training). DTT is very effective way of beginning to teach a skill.
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Today’s Jargon is Theory of Mind. Theory of Mind is a much debated concept of being able to take one’s own and other’s perspectives.

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Today’s Jargon is Model Prompt. Modeling the behavior you want someone else to do is a very effective teaching tool when the individual has already developed the skill of learning through imitation.

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Today’s Jargon is Systematic Desensitization! Systematic Desensitization is a proven method of dealing with anxiety. It requires great patience but when done correctly it is very effective at reducing fears and anxiety.

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Apprentice winner Stefanie Schaeffer shares how she has become involved with the Autism Society of America and their ongoing mission to support individuals and families in the Autism community. Ms. Schaeffer will be hosting the new monthly show on Autism Live, “The Future is Bright”, which will be done in conjunction with the Autism Society of America.

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Dani Bowman is a talented 20 year old college student. She is also the founder of Powerlight Animation Studios, an international speaker, a successful artist and animator and teacher who specializes in teaching animation to children and adults on the Autism Spectrum. Dani is also on the Autism Spectrum and an inspiration to the entire Autism community. For more information on Powerlight Animation Studios and to view some of Dani’s work visit: http://www.powerlight-studios.com/

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Today’s Jargon is FBA! FBA or Functional Behavior Assessment is critical to dealing effectively with challenging behavior. If you don’t know why it’s happening how can you hope to be effective in changing it? FBA’s tell us the function of the behavior.

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