The acronym ABA corresponds in English to "Applied Behavior Analysis", in its translation into Spanish it means "Analysis Applied to Behavior". This intervention model comes from the USA , from the research of Dr. Ivar Lovaas, in the Department of Psychology at the University of Los Angeles-California (1987). Dr. Ivar Lovaas demonstrated that behaviors in children with autism could be modified through the ABA method. In his study he showed that the majority of children who receive ABA treatment could benefit significantly, even losing the diagnosis after years of therapy.
For us, the ABA intervention model is not only our starting point, it is the path we follow through the VICON Method videos . We use this planned, evolutionary and tested therapeutic program with a history of more than half a century of application in the learning of children with disabilities, learning difficulties and, specifically, autism.
Nos encanta esta metodología porque es integral, Trabaja todas las áreas de aprendizaje. Seguimos esta metodología por qué es y nos conduce al éxito, poniendo todo su hincapié en que la labor del terapeuta, los ajustes, las dinámicas que fortalecen este aprendizaje y cómo tienen que acompañar al niño y adaptarse a él en todo momento.
The evolution of a case following an ABA methodology is evaluated daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annually by a team of at least 5 professionals and the family unit. Which gives us a good idea of the control over the objectives , the procedures that are working, that are not working and all the small and large adjustments that have to be made in each particular case.
It is always a child-centered therapy and although we are an online tool we have complemented this program with daily, weekly and post-video therapeutic support , phase or level to adjust the VICON Method program to the learning styles of each child, to family dynamics that are not always the same, to the child's preferences, following a specific program but in an individualized way.
En la programación ABA nos permite dividir en pequeños pasos todas las habilidades evolutivas y cognitivas necesarias para el crecimiento en cualquier área de la persona. Esto nos da la seguridad de que cada niño evolucione con respecto a su nivel y que no nos saltamos pasos intermedios suponiendo que ya están desarrollados, por otro lado aunque nos encontremos con aspectos desarrollados el pasar por ellos nos permite potenciarlos y fortalecerlos para asegurarnos un correcto crecimiento y una fortaleza en el aprendizaje a medio y largo plazo.
An ABA model is made up of the following skills:
Por supuesto aunque cada habilidad tiene dentro del modelo ABA su programa concreto la transversalidad de cada una de estas destrezas tiñe toda la terapia e involucra a muchísimas de ellas en una sólo actividad. La gran variedad en su tratamiento integral da una gran riqueza al niño a la vez que hace que la terapia sea muy dinámica y variada para poder llegar a establecer estos intensivos y extensos programas de 20 a 40 horas semanales.
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