Teaching ABA in Mainstream School?

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I'm a LSA in a mainstream KS2 school and in September will be working with an autistic boy moving up from KS1. He follows an ABA programme at home and the parents are keen to introduce it to school as well. He's funded to have 1:1 LSA support (two of us will be sharing the role) but there won't be an ABA expert/tutor in school, apart from sessions to train us.

I've tried to read up on it a bit but can't really see how it fits into mainstream school. Not sure how it can work in a whole class setting? Does it mean his LSA will be taking him out to work 1:1 on ABA all the time?

Our SENCO will be meeting the parents and the ABA consultant next week but just wanted to see if anyone had any experience of this.

Posting for morning traffic.

Another bump. Really hoping someone can advise.

Hi, this board is notoriously quiet.. you might do better on SN chat or SN Children...

I'm sure others can respond better than I can, but from my experience the ABA Consultant that comes to the school will assess what areas the child needs support with, and will train you on what to do. They should come back regularly to reassess and give you new areas to work on, or change programs that aren't working. They should also be available over email/phone if you are struggling, to give you advice.

My DS had an ABA shadow at school for a few months and they did a mix of 1-1, and supporting him during normal class activities.

HTH!

It's so great you are looking into this OP we have been running an ABA prog at home with our DS due to start Recep in Sep. It is v hard to get a school and willing staff open to supporting a teaching technique that is new/unfamiliar so thank you and brilliant for being open mined. ABA can work anywhere and if the consultant is good you will have no worries. The idea should be to support the child in their natural environment as much as possible and help them learn from their teacher and classmates. The techbiques on how to do this may be a little different but it can definitely work with huge success. There may also be time 1.1 outside the class of the child has particular areas / behaviours that need more direct teaching that is not in line with the activities of their class, but this is the same with many children and many teaching techniques. Happy to try and answer any questions you may have. The key will be the training and a good consultant as its a wonderful and logical way to teach children if done right.