My Financial Future: Helping Children as a Career: What Could Be Better?

Created by: Rebecca KinneyITEC 1301

Instructor: Natalie FofanovaUniversity of Houston

1. Title Slide2. Table of Contents3. Introduction4. Collage5. What is ABA?6. Working with children7. Children playing8. What is behavior?9. Tips for working with children with Autism10. Child development milestones11. ABA approaches to learning12. Why I want to work with children13. Working with children continued14. Credits15. The end

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTIONHello there! I am Rebecca Kinney. Throughout this presentation I will describe what I plan do to professionally upon receiving my Bachelor’s degree in a few short weeks. Thank you for viewing my presentation. Click the image to play sound.

My Life

MY PASSION: HELPING CHILDREN

I am plan to work with children with developmental delays.

Developmental delays include but are not limited to:

SPEECH DELAYS COGNITIVE DELAYS BEHAVIORAL ISSUES SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DELAYS FINE AND GROSS MOTOR DELAYS GLOBAL DELAY I would love to work with Autistic

children in particular. In fact, I recently received a job offer to work as a Behavior Analyst and practice ABA Therapy. ABA stands for Applied Behavior Analysis, which is therapy and intervention used for children with Autism. Watch the video to the right to learn more about ABA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGd1SsHoV3E

I LOVE TO WORK WITH CHILDREN!"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement, nothing can be done without hope and confidence." -- Helen Keller

The world is as many times new as there are children in our lives.  ~Robert Brault

PICTURED BELOW ARE CHILDREN PLAYING OUTSIDE ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY.

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WHAT IS BEHAVIOR?

Anything a person says or does (good / adaptive, bad / maladaptive)

Also what a person does not say or do (sitting silently)

TIPS FOR WORKING WITH CHILDREN WITH AUTISM

Use images and other visual cues when teaching

Focus on the child’s interests and use these in therapy

Try not to generalize. Be specific

CHILD DEVELOPMENT MILESTONES

Children with Autism are behind their equal age peers in terms of child development milestones. Here are examples of milestones that a typically developing child should have by the age of two.•Walks alone•Carries big object or several objects while walking•Starts to run•Walks up and down stairs with support•Is aware of and recognizes familiar people, objects, and body parts•Builds tower of four blocks or more

ABA APPROACHES TO LEARNINGDISCRETE TRIAL TRAINING

(USING POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT)

PIVOTAL RESPONSE THEORY

(USES STRATEGIES SUCH AS PROVIDING DETAILED

INSTRCUTIONS AND ASKING CLEAR QUESTIONS)

RECIPROCAL IMITATION TRAINING

(TEACHES IMITATION SKILLS)

SELF-MANAGEMENT TRAINING

(HELPS CHILD MONITIOR THEIR OWN BEHAVIOR WITHOUT AN ADULT

PRESENT)

VIDEO MODELING

(SHOWS REPEATED PRESENTATIONS OF DESIRED

BEHAVIORS)

This child seems to be enjoying his ABA Therapy session

WHY I WANT TO WORK WITH CHILDREN

I am passionate about working with children and helping them reach their fullest potential. I have acquired a great deal of knowledge about child development within the past few years through majoring in Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Houston. My goal as an early childhood professional is to be a part of building stronger family support systems by not only working with children, but also educating families about different ways to help their children grow.

WORKING WITH CHILDREN CONT’D…

Early Years are the most critical time for the development in a child’s life. I like to compare the first few years of life to laying the foundation for a home. I am a firm believer that each child has their own unique gifts and talents, learning styles and preferences and I am committed to investing in the realization of their individual potential.

I would love to help children become enthusiastic problem-solvers and life- long learners. Children learn best through exploration of the world around them. As an early childhood professional, I would be dedicated to introducing new topics and ideas and helping the children to experiment and explore those ideas.

CREDITSRebeccaKinney/pictures

http://www.pharmas.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/autism-bubble.jpg

http://www.quotegarden.com/children.html

http://www.freewebs.com/lildreamersdaycare/babys%20feet%20in%20hands.jpg

www.lapositivebehavior.com/files/lynn%20singletary.ppt

http://autism.lovetoknow.com/Tips_for_Working_with_Autistic_Children

http://www.bhhpa.com/additional/files/skelwith-children-playing.jpg

http://thinkexist.com/quotes/helen_keller/

http://www.quotegarden.com/children.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGd1SsHoV3E

http://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/toddler/Pages/Developmental-Milestones-2-

Year-Olds.aspx?nfstatus=401&nftoken=00000000-0000-0000-0000-

000000000000&nfstatusdescription=ERROR%3a+No+local+token

http://cchs.org/images/contentmgmt/Overview.jpg

http://www.brighttots.com/aba_therapy

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