ABA therapy in London

No problem. Hope school goes well for your daughter

No problem whatsoever. There have been a few threads about ABA and some of the other dodgy "therapies" that are popping up since autism has been realised to be a relatively untapped revenue stream. If you put ABA into the search bar on here there is quite a lot of information.

I'd wait get in touch with your local Autism Charity and see what they advise. It most likely won't be ABA. It's quite frowned on in the UK by the autistic community. The damage it's done in the US is well documented.

Thank you very much. I will check with the National Autistic society. 

Many thanks for your help 

Thank you very much for sharing valuable information. 

As a parent what should I do. any thing you recommend. 

( she is starting reception next month in a main stream school. )

Many thanks 

Thank you very much for sharing this information. I will check the link you gave. I can trust your advice more than people try to sell ABA therapy. 

As a parent what should I do. Just wait or any thing you recommend. 

( she is starting reception next month in a main stream school. )

Please don't go down the route of ABA! It can cause lasting psychological damage. I've never had it, but I've heard terrible things from autistic adults who have.

The National Autistic Society has a helpline you can call for advice (details are on the site). There are many other therapies that will support your child whilst allowing them to be themselves.

Hi Kish,

I haven't personally had ABA (thankfully), but an awful, awful lot of autistic adults who were subjected to it as a child have written of the trauma it caused them, essentially forcing them to NOT be themselves, to suppress their natural behaviours and to behave in ways which were unnatural to them - and punishing them when they didn't manage it.

I would suggest reading some first hand accounts of people's experiences of ABA, how it was for them at the time and how they feel about it now, so that you're not only hearing from one side. ABA 'therapists' are selling you their product - they need clients in order to make money, and that relies on ABA being viewed positively. Parents of autistic children who've had ABA can only give feedback on how things seem to them from the outside, not on how their child feels about it or experiences it.

@abaukdiscussion , Ann Memmott and @NeuroRebel on twitter are good places to start. Also, have a read of the #ActuallyAutistic hashtag - and if you are on twitter yourself, you can ask autistic people any questions you might have about ABA or anything else to do with autism by tweeting using the hashtag #AskingAutistics.

Not to be rude, but you could help her more by not getting her ABA. It SIGNIFICANTLY increases the risk of the child getting PTSD, due to the quite cruel, largely unregulated, and intrusive nature of the therapy.

www.emerald.com/.../html

It's also hit and miss. So you could be left with a psychologically and mentally damaged child, plus empty pockets and nothing to show for it.

I'd keep well clear for everyone's sake.