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The following essay was my 2nd draft. I will also post the instructions that were given to me for the third draft.

ABA And Its Successful Use In The Treatment Of Autism

Darin Bullock

Columbia Southern University

Is a home based ABA Program the best treatment?

Several scholars, who have also given proposals on which is the best approach of treatment, have studied advanced Behavioral Analysis and its successful use in treatment of autism. This draft gives an outlay of what the researchers have studied and proposed as the best form of treatment. This article looks at the different proposals, how they are related, and how they differ. The question that makes up the thesis statement is whether there is several different advanced behavioral analyses that have been developed to help deal with the problem of with the problem of autism. One of these ways is for parents to start a home-based intense behavior therapy program.

According to (MJ, MD, & JN, 2012), use of the Advanced Behavioral Analysis model will be an effective cog and maintain integrity and reinforcement together with behaviors that showed signs of improvement. In reference to Di Gennaroe, the research points out that there is an improved relationship between improved integrity and intervention effectiveness when they compared procedures aimed at improving special educators’ development in classroom. A Majority of the system has been based on the classroom development that has to be in reinforced through integrity.

As per the concept developed by (Layne, 2007), she has used a different approach that looks upon screening tools and diagnostic assessments that are used to identify autism in children mostly around the age two. She uses a different approach compared to Frylinget. She looks at what impacts that this diagnosis can create on families as well as the counselors. She looks at what autism does which would include impaired language, social interactions, and play skills. Also included is cognitive and adaptive function. The statistics that she uses is that one out of one hundred and sixty six children will be diagnosed with autism in the contemporary days. Diligence in the early days of diagnosis have been viewed as the best way of handling the situation especially when it comes to the teachers, parents, as well as clinicians. Public awareness has helped as well and the fact that either autism is increasing, or clinicians are more apt to diagnose children with autism rather than another developmental disability.

In understanding the third form of argument it means that we have to look at the work developed by Pulse I & Em-atlena. Chetounjo’s utterances at a press conference on a certain date in July 2012, can give you wider scope of understanding what the warning signs are when it comes to autism, which are characterized by social symptoms, repetitive behavior, and communication deficit. The child needs to be elevated after the appropriate evaluation by a professional with vast knowledge so that they can be given professional treatment against the prescribed problem. There are certain circumstances when early intervention will be seen to have a considerable impact on reduction of symptoms and raising the child’s ability to manage new skills. Just like Layne had thought on this case, there is a suggestion that items should be put in place to diagnose children with autism at the tender age of two since it has been observed that information on autism at the very early days is very scarce. Parents can be relied upon to use their level of intuition as a mode of determining the symptoms even before the actual diagnosis. They are required to engage in pathological process through the interactive pattern with the children at the early age.

T.Snuth has given us another angle from which we can argue the case of autism from article to meet the work of a psychiatrist who managed to pioneer the applied Behavioral Analytics that would later be researched on by other psychiatrists. The approach that can be taken here is queue since it focuses on decreasing every challenging behavior and establishes a model communicative language. Language if taught to children, who initially had problems with understanding it, would inept with the development of other forms of behavior that include social interaction. Through this understanding, we tend to believe that this approach has been found to be helpful to children who have been diagnosed with autism. A researcher by the name of Lovaas has worked with a young girl named Beth who had autism, where he had spent much time with the child in order to develop a more thorough system with the patient. It has been considered that he pioneered Advanced Behavioral Analysis based on this research. He found that by doing repetitive behaviors, the child could retain things more easily, and keep them with her. (AI & JE, 2011), made an argument that early intervention is very key to ensuring that the children who suffer autism make a breakthrough. They found that the earlier the age, the more the child is able to retain what is being taught. (Smith, Tristram, Eikeseth, & Svein, March,2011) also made the argument is much alike to Lovaas, a theory was coined, “receptive-before expressive” which is key to the development of the ABA therapies. This approach has also developed strategies of teaching receptive and more expressive language skills to a JI, the individual who had a history of autism. Based on the results of research by Lovaas and others, it has been found that by using an intense therapy calling for repetitive instruction, the child learned and was able to stop certain behaviors. It was also found that the child could be mainstreamed into a regular school class situation. Parents need to understand there is an option for their autistic child, rather than putting them into a special needs school. A home based program is the only answer in helping these children to lead better lives.

Works Cited

AI, P., & JE, C. (2011). A review of recommendations for sequencing receptive and expressive language instruction. National Center for Biotechnology Information, 2011.

Layne, C. M. (2007). Early Identification of Autism: Implications for Counselors. Journal of Counseling & Development, 2007.

MJ, F., MD, W., & JN, Y. (2012). Impact of treatment integrity on intervention effectiveness. National Center for Biotechnology Information, 2012.

MJ1, F., MD, W., & JN., Y. (2012). Impact of treatment integrity on intervention effectiveness. National Center for Biotechnology Information,2012.

Smith, Tristram, Eikeseth, & Svein. (March,2011). Pioneer of Applied Behavior Analysis and Intervention for Children with Autism. Academic Journal, 2011.

Here are the instructions:

The purpose of Draft 3 is to build upon Draft 2 and to move your drafting process forward so that you can add a body,

conclusion, and abstract to your paper, making it a cohesive, whole academic paper.

EH 1020, English Composition II 12

Description:

In this assignment, you will take Draft 2 (introduction and review of literature), written in Unit VI, and add the body of your

paper. Your body paragraphs should contain the six elements indicated below and be developed in an appropriate manner.

If the body does not contain these elements, it is likely you have not fully developed the body, and this lack of development

can severely impact your grade for this assignment. You will need to write at least four body paragraphs while incorporating

five academic sources for this assignment. The paragraphs should be thorough and cover all the listed elements. Your

Draft 3 (introduction, review of literature, and body) should include the elements listed below. With the addition of your

Body, you should have a paper that is approximately 7-10 pages long, without the addition of a conclusion or abstract and

without counting your cover page or references page.

Elements:

Your grade for Draft 3 is largely based on your inclusion of various elements and the overall quality of your writing. Your

Draft 3 must contain the following elements.

1. Cover page and APA formatting:

You should include an APA-style cover page for your Draft 3. See the example on page 16 of The CSU APA Guide

(6th edition). Your cover page should include the following: the title of your paper, your name, and the name of your

university (Columbia Southern University). The running head should include up to 50 characters from the title of the

paper, along with a sequential page number in the upper right-hand corner.

2. Introduction:

Using the comments that you received on your Draft 2, revise your introduction. There are some pitfalls to writing

an introductory paragraph, and you can avoid some of them by reading through the Checklist: “Avoid Certain

Mistakes in the Introduction” on p. 495 of Strategies for Writing Successful Research Papers.

3. Review of literature:

Using the comments that you received on your Draft 1, revise your review of literature, and include it with this

newest draft.

4. Body paragraphs:

Each paragraph of the body of your Research Paper should be a cohesive unit. It should be tight, but developed. It

should serve a function, and its purpose should always be to bolster the thesis. Therefore, you should use the

following order for each paragraph in the body.

a. Topic sentence: This sentence summarizes the entire paragraph in one strong, well-written sentence, and

it directly supports the thesis statement.

b. Explanation of topic sentence (1-2 sentences): Often times there is more to be said about the topic

sentence, more explanation that is necessary in order for it to be a clear idea, so there are usually a few

sentences that follow the topic sentence that explicate the idea more for the reader. These sentences not

only “unpack” the topic sentence, but they also anticipate the evidence that will be used to support the

topic sentence, usually indirectly.

c. Introduction to evidence (1-2 sentences): No piece of evidence (quotation, example, paraphrase, etc.)

should be dropped into a paragraph without first introducing it. An introduction might include the title of the

source, the author, and/or a short description of the source/author’s credentials. In this way, no evidence is

presented without a context because it is this context that makes the evidence meaningful.

d. Evidence: The evidence that you present backs up your topic sentence and, by extension, supports your

thesis statement. The evidence that you supply can be a number of things: a quotation from a source; a

reasonable, illustrative example; a statistic; commentary from an interview; etc.

e. Explanation of evidence: No piece of evidence stands on its own or is convincing on its own. Although it

may seem to draw a direct line to your topic sentence to support it, often the reader needs you to make the

connection between the two. Further, the general rule is that for each sentence of quoted material, your

explanation should be just as long, so if you include a block quotation, the block quotation should be met

with an equally long explanation. EH 1020, English Composition II 13

f. Transition (1-2 sentences): Transitions are essential for research papers because body paragraphs,

especially, are written as units, and it is the transitions that allow for these units to be linked together. Take

a look at the list of transitional expressions on pp. 44-45 in The Little, Brown Compact Handbook with

Exercises.

5. References:

Include a references list as the last page of your Research Proposal. See the example on pages 6, 7, and 21 of

The CSU APA Guide (6th edition).