ABA or SCERTS

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Hi

I was looking into ABA or SCERTS for my 3 year old child. Has anyone had any experience of these ?

Can you do both Or is it best to stick to one and which one is better?

Its a minefield !!

Which one is better any idea?

Hi I will not be able to offer an advice all I can say we use SCRETS and we had minimal experience about ABA, both approaches seem to be good. My boys language flourished on SCRETs he is much more emotionally regulated too (that can be also because he became verbal). I was loosing my hope with his speech so it is amazing outcome of Screts. With regards to ABA i only used advice of a consultant and that helped with motivating him to do work with me. I am sorry I cant help you to decide just thought i will let you know that they both seem to be effective.

Thank you.
Glad your little boy is flourishing

Hehx3 can I ask is there any tips you would give to help with speech?
Did you go on a course for Scerts as well or did the school just do it?
We are going with Scerts but any heads up would be great if you don't mind!

Hi of course you can. My boy's school was very unsupportive but I found speech pathologist and managed to secure provision for it through EHCP (not from the start but anyway). Screts is holistic approach and very linked to emotional regulation (which makes sense as only then information can access parts of brain responsible for learning). Funny enough OT massively helped with that (sort of combined with Screts) as when he is physically active his interaction is great, he is keen to speak to you or share feelings. I read many books and in general looking at what child is interested to, what he is doing at this moment and commenting on it is common advice and approach that seems to work. He soon started to link the words with his actions and generally to this social situation. Later started to comment between the situations but for long time it was only for this "box". Apart from that we do a lot of structured work, working on language in a bit repetitive way (not in a bad sense). I try to make resources to be more engaging following his interest, characters his is watching at the moment. Its a long process and mind bogging (so much!) very often but you soon learn to see what works for your child and what definitely not. Hope that helps a bit, if you have any more questions please do not hesitate to ask (I know how important it is for you as it was for me). X

@Hehx3

Hi I will not be able to offer an advice all I can say we use SCRETS and we had minimal experience about ABA, both approaches seem to be good. My boys language flourished on SCRETs he is much more emotionally regulated too (that can be also because he became verbal). I was loosing my hope with his speech so it is amazing outcome of Screts. With regards to ABA i only used advice of a consultant and that helped with motivating him to do work with me. I am sorry I cant help you to decide just thought i will let you know that they both seem to be effective.

Hehx3 can I ask is there any tips you would give to help with speech? Did you go on a course for Scerts as well or did the school just do it? We are going with Scerts but any heads up would be great if you don't mind!

@Hehx3

Hi of course you can. My boy's school was very unsupportive but I found speech pathologist and managed to secure provision for it through EHCP (not from the start but anyway). Screts is holistic approach and very linked to emotional regulation (which makes sense as only then information can access parts of brain responsible for learning). Funny enough OT massively helped with that (sort of combined with Screts) as when he is physically active his interaction is great, he is keen to speak to you or share feelings. I read many books and in general looking at what child is interested to, what he is doing at this moment and commenting on it is common advice and approach that seems to work. He soon started to link the words with his actions and generally to this social situation. Later started to comment between the situations but for long time it was only for this "box". Apart from that we do a lot of structured work, working on language in a bit repetitive way (not in a bad sense). I try to make resources to be more engaging following his interest, characters his is watching at the moment. Its a long process and mind bogging (so much!) very often but you soon learn to see what works for your child and what definitely not. Hope that helps a bit, if you have any more questions please do not hesitate to ask (I know how important it is for you as it was for me). X

Thank you so much x

Hi my son is autistic. 5 years old.
I’m looking for aba tutor.
I’m in Old Trafford Manchester.
I didn’t find.

Thanks