What is Lovaas method? What is Discrete Trial Instruction (DTI)?
10 March 2010
What is Lovaas method? It stems from the research of Norwegian psychologist Ivar Lovaas. In his book, Teaching Developmentally Disabled Children: The Me Book (1987), Lovaas reported his research of applying behavioral treatment for 2 groups of children with autism, in which one group received intensive one-to-one treatment for more than 40 hours per [...]
Continue reading...How does the Lovaas Method differ with Verbal Behavior?
10 March 2010
ABA are often synonymous with Lovaas method. However, as ABA improves and develops in the past decades, there is a need to differentiate between the two approaches. In the past, ABA programs were implemented based on the work by Ivar Lovaas. In the 1980s, Sundberg and Partington began expanding ABA by applying the [...]
Continue reading...Auditory Processing Disorder in Children
10 March 2010What is Auditory Processing Disorder (APD)? Sound travels through the ear and is interpreted by the brain. Auditory Processing Disorder is a condition in which something goes wrong in the processing and interpretation of sound information in the brain. Children with APD often do not recognize subtle differences between sound in words, especially in [...]