ABA blog category at The Children’s Place: evidence-based articles, tips, and guides for parents and educators on behaviour, skills, and independence.

How to Improve an Autistic Child’s Daily Behavior

2025-12-16T04:41:47+00:00November 30th, 2025|

When children act out, they're trying to communicate something important. An autistic child who seems difficult isn't being stubborn - something in their day has pushed them past what they can handle. Maybe it's flickering lights at school, an unexpected schedule change, or too many people talking at once. Punishment doesn't fix these problems [...]

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What Is Autism? Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorder

2025-11-18T01:22:44+00:00October 31st, 2025|

Many people ask, what is autism? Autism Spectrum Disorder, or ASD, is a common and complex neurological condition. It affects how a person's brain develops, particularly influencing their communication, interaction with others, and sensory information processing. The official name, ASD, meaning Autism Spectrum Disorder, is important. The word "spectrum" is key. It's because it shows [...]

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What Is an ABA Tutor? Role, Duties, and Training

2025-11-18T00:33:25+00:00October 28th, 2025|

Finding the proper support for a child with autism can feel like a complex puzzle. Among the many people involved, the ABA tutor plays a key role in direct care. An ABA tutor is a highly trained paraprofessional who works directly with the child. They're responsible for implementing specific programs to teach new skills [...]

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What Are the Symptoms of Autism? Key Signs in Children

2025-11-17T23:50:21+00:00October 20th, 2025|

Autism Spectrum Disorder is a difference in the way a person's brain develops. It affects how they communicate, interact socially, and perceive the world around them. The core symptoms of autism generally fall into three areas: Social-communication differences. Restricted interests. Sensory sensitivity. For young children, parents and teachers might notice some early red flags. [...]

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A Parent’s Guide to Prompting and Fading in ABA Therapy

2025-11-17T23:22:33+00:00October 12th, 2025|

Raising a child with developmental differences involves learning about various therapeutic approaches that promote their growth and development. Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy is a method focused on teaching new skills and reducing challenging behaviors. In ABA, two core concepts are prompting and fading. They're crucial tools for helping a child learn and practice [...]

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Chatty Tots Early Intervention Programme

2025-11-25T00:15:39+00:00July 23rd, 2020|

This Scribble was penciled by Nicole Reynolds, Founder and Managing Director of The Children's Place. WHAT IS CHATTY TOTS EARLY INTERVENTION?Chatty Tots Early Intervention (Chatty Tots EI) is a centre-based interdisciplinary therapy programme for 2 to 4-year-olds who may have or is suspected to have a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Could this be for your little one?If [...]

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Promoting Diversity & Inclusivity Through Books & Toys!

2025-12-23T07:50:36+00:00July 21st, 2020|

This Scribble was penciled by Abbey Flesner, Speech & Language Therapist at The Children's Place. Expose Your Little One It has been found that children as young as 2 years old use race to reason about people's behaviours (Hirschfiel, 2008). Therefore, it is important to start providing your little one with positive information about the world early on. Exposing [...]

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COVID-19: We Are Ready

2025-11-25T00:15:39+00:00May 4th, 2020|

This Scribble was penciled by Nicole Reynolds, Founder and Managing Director of The Children's Place. WE ARE NOT WAITING, WE ARE ADVENTURING FORWARD We are not going to sit here waiting for COVID-19 to be over. Just because the world has dramatically changed, the amount of children and families that need our support has not. We are [...]

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Online Therapy and Distance Support

2025-11-25T00:13:52+00:00April 22nd, 2020|

This Scribble was penciled by Amy Strohman, Speech and Language Therapist, and Nicole Reynolds, Founder and Managing Director of The Children's Place. PRIORITIES At The Children’s Place, our biggest priority has always been the health and safety of our TCP families and our team. It is important we are all staying home to protect our loved [...]

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Focus Surrey: Saturday ABA Club

2025-11-11T00:19:44+00:00March 24th, 2017|

This month’s Guest Scribble is written by Sarah from Focus Surrey, a Saturday ABA (Applied Behavioural Analaysis) club for children with autism and other related social communication disorders. Focus Surrey is an invaluable resource for families, run entirely by volunteer parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Club Ethos and Inspiration Focus Surrey [...]

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