001Thanks so much, Kevin. Hi everyone. Um, my name is Maria Suenza and I am a BCBA with Kyo and um, thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to talk about getting ready for summer. Um, uh, one of my favorite topics because I think everyone loves summer vacation. Um and so hopefully um this presentation can give you all a little bit of tips on how to prepare for summer with um your fellow kids. So see here. All right. So kind of just to give you a little background of like Kyio um what we are and what we do. Uh we are a team of 800 professionals uh in behavioral health. So we provide ABA therapy um either inh home center or teleaalth. Um here in the Bay Area it's mostly inh home or uh
002working one-on-one with school districts. Um we focus on parent training, behavior consultation, uh school and community shadow support, whatever it may be. Um in regards to supports uh mainly in school districts. So, just to give you a little spiel, um we are all over the place. Currently, we're serving like over 10 states here in the United States. Um and then if you're ever interested or want more information, more than happy to give that to you after. Um and then you can also just um visit kyokare.coms to see where um you know, if you're curious about other places that we serve. Okay. So, uh, things we're going to go Oh, sorry. Okay. So, um, things we're going to go over are supporting your child during the summer. What are some things we could do to be
003proactive about getting ourselves ready for um, breaks? I know that some of us don't have summer school or are not planning on doing summer school. So what are some things that we can do to help maintain the flow of you know learning opportunities and keeping our kids active and um entertained uh maintaining learning opportunities like I said previously you know during your um vacation time um how to plan for summer activities and then we'll go ahead with do with some questions and answers. I might just jump in and kind of just, you know, ask questions along the way, see create discussions and, you know, see what we can get because I always I always feel like it's better to bounce ideas off of everyone. It kind of helps support the group um who's interested in
004the subject. All right. So, uh, summer break can be really special. Um, I know back in the day when I was when I had summer uh summer vacation, I always enjoyed it because it was so much fun. It's beautiful weather. Um, more time to be outside, you know, because the time ends a little later. I mean, the you know, the day ends a little later. And um, you know, let's not be afraid to keep it simple, too. I think, you know, I think the pressures of like making sure that our kids are constantly active or entertained is um, you know, I think it's relatable to everyone. Like it's like it gives us a little bit of anxiety, but for the most part, kids are pretty simple when it comes to keeping them entertained. Um, and
005I think the main focus that, you know, Kyle always sells is creating memories with your families. Um, you know, again, thinking about things back in the, you know, childhood memories of first days of summer, holiday celebrations, maybe themed weeks or nights, family trips that people have had, arts and crafts. I tell you, my favorite activities as a child was always just hiking and just being outside with my parents. Um, which is why we always say keep it simple, you know, um, focus on things that your kid really enjoys and maybe branch off from that. Um, see if there's other ways or activities that you can, you know, incorporate during your summer vacation. Let's see here. Okay. Thank you, Kevin. Just saw that. Um, yeah, and maybe science events. Um, I know that in Alamita there's
006a there's a few, you know, uh, events that are happening out there, um, that are based off science. And if anyone's interested, I can definitely send up people resources of what I've, you know, flyers that I've received as well. All right, so um, we're going to go ahead and jump into strategies to support your child during the summer. Um, excuse me. And then, all right, so vacation time. Uh, we want to use familiar tools, strategies to support our kids. Um, it's tried and true. Maintaining structured routines, and schedules are definitely helpful uh in being able to support your kid through the summer. A lot of times um you know especially in ABA in the ABA world we use a lot of visual schedules and we kind of just teeter off those visual schedules uh during
007the summer when and then we we see it time and time again that um keeping consistency and routine even if there's no school is still fairly helpful to um to our kids. Uh, has anyone ever tried using a visual schedule before? Um, how has that helped anyone at this point? Kind of just ask throwing the question out there. See if anyone will answer. Okay. All right. So, uh, so for the most part, uh, routines and schedules are really important. Um, and again, it doesn't have to be super elaborate pictures or anything like that. It could literally be like a whiteboard and you can draw stick figures or whatever it might be, but something to indicate on how the day is going to go. Um, that's why we always say keep it simple. Whatever you have
008at home, try to use that. Um, and so, you know, being able to write down a routine, write down a schedule, you know, making sure that 8 am every day for summer is wake up time, right? and you know getting ready for the day by 9, breakfast time, you know, all that stuff can get um put into your routines and your schedules and it can kind of help the kid, you know, um it's a proactive um approach because you're giving your kid a heads up as to what to expect for the day. It's not just going to come out of nowhere. Um and then using visual supports where possible. So, the difference between that is, you know, visual supports are more like um making sure that there's maybe some prompts that might be needed for
009your kid to understand that, hey, we're not going to school, but we are going to have like table time and making sure that at the table there's like, you know, some visuals prompting to help them understand like what is to be expected at the table time. Um, and then getting buy in early. So buyin is basically um getting your kid to really enjoy what is about to happen. So talking about it with your kid. Um, if your kid is non-verbal, maybe presenting pictures of like things that are interesting to them and kind of getting them excited for the summer, you know, getting them excited for these activities that you would want to plan to present um during your, you know, summer routine. Um, and then preparing your kid for upcoming events and family trips ahead
010of time. So, this these are things like if you're planning on going to Disneyland, um talking about Disneyland, watching videos about Disneyland, um getting them really ready, not really ready, but getting them ready, you know, of what to expect, um reading books about Disneyland or like reading books about Disney characters and telling them like we're going to go see Mickey Mouse and Minnie. So, all these things, it's kind of just um you know, priming them and getting them ready for what to expect later. Um if there's going to be a lot of walking, maybe going out for walks for long periods of time that are appropriate for for the kid's age, um before going on a trip that's going to require a lot of walking. Um it again, it's prep getting them ready for what
011to expect in the future. Uh, does anyone have any questions about this so far? Okay. All right, we'll move on. All right. So, uh, talking about maintaining routines, uh, routines can help create predictability and regularity. I think all of us have some form of internal routines, right? We get up, we get ready for work, we go to work, we come home, and you know, it's Monday through Friday. We have a pretty set routine. And kids the same. They have a pretty set routine of what to expect Monday through Friday during school time, which is why creating a summer routine is going to be really helpful uh to help maintain that regularity for your kid. So, setting up daily and weekly routines are helpful. Uh, maintaining consistency as much as possible. Um, we get it. Life
012happens. And sometimes, especially in the summer, like if if the day doesn't happen, it's it's totally fine. It's not the end of the world. Um, I always like to call it reset time. So if it doesn't happen, you know, being able to have the the opportunity to maybe move things around on, you know, a set schedule um would is also just as okay, um as you know, having a consistent routine. um preparing in advance, you know, getting the pictures ready. Um or like I said, maybe figuring out specific like symbols or icons to indicate like what's, you know, what that activity is going to be and what to expect next. Um and again, going back to making it fun and simple, right? I said if you guys have a whiteboard, like a little whiteboard laying
013around, great. If you guys have a notebook, that's totally fine, too. Just writing. If you guys just have pieces of paper laying around, I say by all means, you know, whatever gets the message across to your kid um is what's important, right? And then provide reinforcement. So, that one is really important because you want to make sure that there's incentive to follow through with things. um whether it's something tangible, right, like iPad time or an ice cream cone at their favorite ice cream shop or um you know, just uh being able to buy a new video game or something. But, uh other times it could be just activities like just being able to go to the park after when it's cooler in the day or going swimming. um or if they're swimming, uh being able
014to complete the tasks of swimming and then get a little prize after. But um yeah, because I mean for the most part, lots of summer activities are super fun, but for some people it's not. So, um, making sure that we have a tang, not necessarily just a tangible reinforcer, but, um, something reinforcing nonetheless at the end of an activity that isn't common in their every day, um, to help, uh, create that intrinsic motivation for later. Any questions on the visual supports? As you can see, there's different examples here. Um, and pretty simple. So, you have like breakfast time, getting ready, making the bed, outdoor play, and you know, then they get to choose from their choice board. Um, another one too, visual supports, is they have it in calendar form. So, like monthly, which in
015this picture there's a lot of activity going on, but for the most part, you you could see that there's, you know, there's little pictures, visuals to indicate that something is going on um on that day. And then you just have an original choice board uh with just a bunch of activities that are highly preferred that kids would love to play with and um yeah so they could choose from those things and do an activity. So sky's is the limit on how you want to present um you know a visual visual schedules and visual supports. Okay. So for take for getting buy in early um like I said you want to include your kid in planning ideas and letting them choose their activities. Um and again you know there's going to be times that of course
016you guys have to take the lead as adults right as a parent. Um, but I always tell I always tell parents like it's uh an uphill battle when you make when you choose an activity and you kind of know that no one likes it and so everyone is kind of miserable. My mom's done that a few times in her in her life when when when I was young, but um which is why it's important to make it a group effort as to planning like thing activities and things that you want to do as a family um with your kid. So, um, and allowing them, like I said, to take the lead in their summer activities. So, what is it that they like to do? They like, you know, if they like to play, um, board
017games, you know, maybe helping them create like a a like a board game club during the summer. This is for our older clients. Um, for someone younger, if they really love like sensory stuff, you know, like sensory toys or playing with um, shaving cream or things like that, um, you know, looking for science type of activities in in your area would also be something uh, to consider. Um, and then building a calendar and having them add to their bucket list of things to do. So maybe make a list of things of like, hey, what is something that we want to do for this summer? Like what are what what's like, you know, the one thing you want to get out of the summer. And you know, of course, there's going to be things that can
018be done. There's going to be things that probably won't be done, but um for the most part, at least you have an idea from straight out of your child's mouth, right? Like letting they they're literally telling you what they want to do for summer. Um, and then including Oh, yes. All right. We have a question. Yeah. Um, do you have advice on little as well? My son is only three and a half and we barely started ABA therapy, so all of these recommendations he's still adapting to. Oh, well, um, yeah. No, three and a half baby. Um well, welcome to the ABA world first off. And yeah, so all of this is definitely um for a three and a halfyear-old, we we want Let me go back to let's see. Uh so for a three
019and a half year old, we wanted to do something kind of similar to a choice board. Um obviously three and a half, they're still fairly young. Um, and if they're learning to develop language at the moment, um, a choice board would definitely be the way to go. Uh, so that way, you know, because like picture to the to like specific item that they want to play with um would be uh a really helpful transition from like one activity to another or to keep them occupied. Um, if they are in the middle of a, you know, if they're starting ABA right now, I would say, um, taking advantage of like doing social outings um to to places that they do enjoy to help create, um, more opportunities for communication and social interaction with peers. Um so
020that would be you know a very basic um advice at this point uh for for someone so young um to to start off that way with uh visual supports in that sense and for getting buy in for a three and a halfyear-old um little more simple right is just seeing what they like to play with um seeing what they like to interact with how they like to interact and from there you can definitely determine whether you know maybe taking them to um mommy and me classes or um you know there's I'm sure that if this is Alamita correct we are the mid Alamita county but we're Castro Valley Hayward San Leandro San Lorenzo okay yeah so in in your area there's a lot of summer activities that the that the um county kind of is,
021you know, hosts. So, I would definitely advise to maybe look at some um you know, what what what is going on in your in your area uh activity wise for for kids that age because I know there's a lot of park activities that happen. Um, and so that can also, you know, kind of put that into your ABA sessions would be helpful, too. Um, to kind of help get the ball rolling with like, you know, social opportunities for your kid and keeping them busy. Um, great, great question. Um, so yeah, so I hope that I hope that helps. And then let's see. So yeah, so uh going back to including summer celebrations like holidays like Fourth of July, um I don't even know what else is going on in the summer other than that, but
022like birthdays, um field trips, you can always say field trips and you know I I'm pretty sure that there's excuse me um I know in San Francisco, for example, they have like every first Wednesday of the month like people go at a discounted price or for free to like um you know like the California Academy of Sciences um I think Modern Art Museum but all those places um so I would say also look into your area and see if there's opportunities for that as well and kind of include them into your summer planning and say like hey these are field trips of course if the kid enjoys these kinds of things that would be um the way to go if not I'm sure there's other opportunities within the area. All right. So, preparing them for
023upcoming activities. So, preparing your kid with what to expect during upcoming activities or trips. Uh discussing the four W's is always important. So, I always tell parents before major trips or before doing an outing, it's always important to talk about the four W's. Who's going? what are we doing, where are we going, and when? Um, and I always say if you haven't introduced a calendar or a form of a calendar yet to your kid, now is the time. Um, because then you can count down the days until we go to this activity. And you can even put like who's going and it's all visually there for them to see and to expect like know what to expect for that big event that you've all planned. Um role playinging behaviors that are expected on your trip.
024So goes back to if you're going to like Disneyland for example and there's going to be a lot of walking, you're going to want to practice that walking before going. Um because it's it's rough it's rough for a little body to be walking a lot. So getting them to build that stamina um within reason of course uh for their age um it's always important to practice before before getting to that place and role playing things like waiting in line for a long time sometimes you know if you go to amusement parks you got to wait in line uh for your turn and um you know other things like waiting for food uh especially if you're going to restaurants. So all those things um you know to be to be role played at home with family
025with you know with friends whatever it might be uh whoever they might be um to then be able to run that in real time when you go to a place obviously practice makes better. I never say practice makes perfect because it doesn't. Um but practice always makes better. Uh, and then reading social stories. For some kids, being able to visually see like a storyline of what they're going to do, super helpful for them. Um, watching YouTube videos, uh, kind of like I mentioned before, I actually recently have been working with a client and we've just been doing all Disneyland. Like the the last two weeks has have just been Disneyland themed. We have practiced waiting in line um just to ride on a you know on a blanket uh on the floor, right? But just
026practicing the waiting in line part before getting onto the blanket. Um other things is watching YouTube videos of the rides and how it looks inside Disneyland. And um you know, luckily there's so many vlogs out there now that you could, you know, there's people that just like record their trip to Disneyland and that you can, you know, it's helpful for our clients to see how to get there. Um and yeah, I mean all like I can't tell you enough how much like being able to like watch YouTube videos with our clients to prepare them has been really helpful for them. Um and then reviewing the website of the destination. So making sure that you know kind of preparing ahead of time like knowing where the bathrooms might be and knowing where you know um help
027kiosks could be in in in in those locations. Um but for the most part the the first uh four definitely kind of prepare ahead of time before before doing big trips with your with your kids. Um, also if you're going on a plane, uh, that one again, videos about being on a plane, uh, you know, working on staying seated for a certain amount of time, having them communicate if they need to go to the bathroom, having them communicate if they need something to play with um, during that time. So all those things um you know if you if you are in the midst of ABA services I always say and during the summertime and you want to prepare for a trip I always say you know communicate with your BCBA. Um it's a collaborative effort
028uh to get to get this going. Um so for the most part I always say take advantage. All right. So maintaining learning. So, we're going to take some time to talk about tools that we can use to create excitement about the upcoming changes and transitions uh for the summer. So, uh maintaining learning during the summer uh we want to make sure that we're collaborating with our child's teachers. um whatever they're learning in, you know, school time could be helpful to contact your teacher, see like, hey, what are some things that we can introduce during the summer to practice to get ready for the next grade? Um and you know, taking advantage of extra availability. So, if you if you are in the midst of ABA services and you had limited availability due to school, now
029is the time to ramp up your hours um for ABA services. Uh because again, it's summertime um and it gives you more time to pick up the hours that you were clinically recommended. And then um setting aside uh time to for learning. So, we never want to say like an hour of anything. Um, cuz I can only imagine, but I always say if you want to focus on an hour or two hours of, you know, academic type of work, we want to break it up into small pieces for sure. Um, and here we recommend like maybe 5 10 minutes. Keep it easy and engaging. We don't want it to be, you know, something really hard and they have to finish like five pages in like five minutes and it's it's a little it's a little
030stressful. So, we want to make sure that if we are wanting to introduce like learning type of material um that is academic, we you know, we want to we want to keep it keep it simple, keep it light, keep it engaging and maybe focusing on specific skills. So, if our, you know, if our kid is having a hard time with math, for example, and they need help with that, um, you know, thinking about activities that can include math that could also be engaging, um, with like, you know, maybe adding math components to a scavenger hunt or adding math components to, um, painting or something. But for the most part, it's just trying to find um some creative ways to get get that learning part incorporated into engaging in fun play. And so we're going to
031go back to keeping it fun. Um coloring, reading, drawing, etc. Uh there's so many shows now um for kids that are engaging or games that promote learning. I can't tell you enough for our smaller kiddos love love PBS Kids. Um there's just so much to to do there. And I think being able to incorporate that, especially if you're not planning on going anywhere for summer, you know, incorporating something like that into your day, into your day to just get them engaged and to enjoy interactive. Um, it is very interactive play too, those games. So, um, those are always fun. Uh, and then again, understanding that summer, you know, doesn't have to be all work and no play. Uh, you could schedule in lazy days. I I love lazy days. I schedule myself lazy days even
032when it's not summer. Um, and you know, for the most part, just having them understand that, you know, it's we we do a lot of stuff, but then also there's time to kind of settle down a little bit. If your kid wants to watch TV all day, um, it's not the end of the world. It's just one day. Uh, and you can always start a new the next day. Um, and if you're going to introduce them into summer camps, um, making sure that it's aligned with your kids interest. Uh, I can't tell you enough, um, how many times my mom, uh, put me in summer camp that I did not like. Um, so now that I'm older, I I definitely tell parents, hey, make sure that if you're going to put your kid in summer
033camp, like they really enjoy what's going on there. Um, summer gymnastics was not my thing. Uh, but it could be for someone else. It could be for one of your kids. So, uh, yeah, something to keep in mind. All right. And so now we're going to jump into planning summer activities. All right. So, let's look for inclusive activities or events in your area. So, we have baseball games, drive-in movie nights, for example, arts and crafts. And what I mean by inclusive is just huge array of different people, right? Um different age ranges, um different levels of development, just for the most part, just to kind of help with the mixing of everyone, right? um and places that are ac accepting of people's differences. Um and so because again there's more opportunities there, there's more flexibility
034there um for anyone who is, you know, maybe having trouble with transitions or having trouble with sharing. There's a lot more understanding in those areas. Um, and then like I've mentioned before, getting connected with local resources like your public library, your community centers, um, in your area. There's like I kid you not, there's a lot of stuff going on. It's just you gota you gota, you know, you just got to look for it. Um and uh and I'm sure that you know in the summer it's I think towards your area it's very a little bit cooler so there's a lot like more um I guess nicer summer activities in that area too. So uh yeah just go to your community center or just look at the community cent's website. There's always um I'm pretty sure
035they have like PDF forms of like summer classes that uh might be happening in your area and for people who live in your you know people who live in the in the cities uh they get like a discounted price too on on certain classes as well. And then um plant, you know, find play opportunities within your neighborhood. Um either at the playgrounds, parks, swimming pools, water parks. Um I know that sometimes uh it's a little hard to connect with other people. Um, but I always say that it's um helpful to be a chatted pathy sometimes to connect with others and you know again find people that have the same interests um or have like the same activities going on with their kids and that can kind of help create sense of community, help create, you
036know, um be able to work together as a team to keep the kids entertained. Right. All right. And then just play. Um, find time for sensory activities. Um, schedule downtime and time outdoors. Uh, during the summer, I loved being outside as a kid, and I'm sure there's a lot of kids out there that love that same thing, too. Um, and you know, for sensory activities, I say like there's sand pits, water tables, sensory like slime bins, um, bubbles, like all those things can even be done outside or inside just depending on your location. And schedule lots of playdates to practice social skills. Um, and engage with your kids. use their creativ, you know, use creativity and imagination and create some qual quality one-on-one time. Um, again, doesn't have to be like three hours of one-on-one
037time either. It could literally be like a 15inute activity. Um, you know, to just engage, try to get the try to get your your kid to engage with you as well. Um, and keep it fun and interesting. All right. So, for some quick tips, um, going back to involving your kid in the planning, um, keep the learning fun, find opportunities for play, and just enjoy the process of making memories with your kid. Um, yeah. So, that is pretty much this part of the uh, presentation. I do however have another one just in case anyone has um specific you know worries about like summer camps or or things like that. I'll just go ahead and start the slideshow for this one real quick. Just speaking for some of the families I've spoken to over the last
038couple months. I know that a lot of them do like like to include students in those kinds of camps and it's like how do we best prepare for that with with students with different diverse needs, right? Great. Great. Awesome. So, yeah. So, let's go ahead and jump in for this one. All right. So, um so things to kind of consider before you know camp starts and some you know some strategies to use during camps. So again, summer's a great time to try new activities and generalize skills. Um so and summer camps offer novel environments that bring out about challenges with large groups, sight, sounds, expectations. Um so there we want to, you know, something to to think about um is when you're preparing for a successful camp experience is to either visit the site or,
039you know, be able to virtually visit. Um, but it gives you an opportunity to see what to, you know, you as a parent, you you you're like seeing it, you know what to expect, and it can help prepare your kid for the new environment. Going back to writing a social story. Um, they can outline a new schedule for camp that, you know, the day. Um, fun activities your kid can expect when attending camp. Um, or maybe just some basic things that you know are going to be at camp. And then you can kind of incorporate that into your social story. Um, again going back to maybe watching videos of kids at camp too and kind of giving your kid a visual of like what to expect um when they go and sharing information and strategies
040about your child with the camp team can help them can help set them up for success. So, letting them know what your kid is interested in, what does it look like when when they need support, when they need when they need support, you know, like are they um verbal and be able to vocally communicate or do they have um an AAC device or textbook to help communicate them for their needs and any strategies discussed on the following slides may be helpful to share. So, uh, strategies during the day, uh, setting clear rules and expectations, uh, and providing feedback. So, going back to visual supports, um, this is like the creme de la creme of ABA is making sure that we, we give kids a visual of what to expect. um you know whether it's a
041schedule, a token system, um a choice board, so offering choices, any additional reinforcement strategies, um and being able to get end of the day reports to kind of just give the parent an, you know, a an idea of what happened that day or what are some things that they can um you know, regroup with and talk about um at the end of the day with their So um here we have setting clear rules and expectations. Um this highlights behavior that is important to the group, right? So state rules positively. So we don't want to make it seem like it's very authoritative and this is how it goes. We want to make sure that we um flip it into something positive, right? So like here in this group we love to give each other compliments um
042or you know kind of wording it that way u making rules applicable to all members of the group. So um making sure that the you know the rules of the group is able to be followed by everyone everyone in the group. Um pairing rules with reinforcement and consequences. So, um, you know, like, hey, if we pick up after ourselves before we go on to the next activity, we get a star or we get a sticker. Um, and then, you know, the consequence to that example would be, well, you know, if we don't if we don't if we're not able to pick up before we move on, then we can't move on. That's the consequence. We got we got to make sure we pick up everything before we can move on to the next thing. And
043that will be applicable to everyone in the group. Um and then placing visuals of the rules in a strategic location. So just making sure that it is within eyesight of the child um if they are expected to follow and then using simple language when setting the rules. So um this is where we say keep it sweet and simple um and straight to the point when presenting clear rules and expectations. So, for visual supports in a summer camp activity, we're pointing to a rule or visual cue when a child is not following the rules. Um, and it's an easy way to redirect without providing so much attention because sometimes if we're constantly saying, "Let's not do that or let's try to do this or let's, you know, hey, let's focus." Sometimes being able to just visually
044show them like what to expect is um for one less um what's the word I'm looking for? Naggy, I guess. Like you know like when you're nagging someone. But um I know there's a better word for that. But for the most part, a visual schedule can kind of just help show them exactly what to expect and then they can kind of, you know, it's a it's a lighter version of like reminding them and then reviewing the visuals prior to the start of an activity. So, priming your kid um to like of what to expect next. So just saying like, hey, first we're going to do this and then we're going to do that. Like first it's sandbox time and then we're going to move on to um fingerpainting. Um and then providing token boards or
045having a token board to provide reinforcement for expected behaviors. Now, if your kid is not used to token boards, um that will be something to probably incorporate before trying to implement it um in in this kind of environment. Um but if your kid already understands how to use a token board, I think this would be a really great time and opportunity to incorporate that into um summer camp. And then here you have like you know support schedules an example preparing for changes helps with transitions and moving to non-preferred activities. Um and then of course token boards um it's a set number of tokens required to earn a particular reinforcer. It can be used across all activities. Um it increases motivation by providing periodic reinforcement from a counselor. um starts with a small number of tokens
046required to earn a reinforcer. So, you start off small, so it's like three to five tokens and then they get a break or they get to play with their favorite toy or they get to go outside for a little bit, whatever it may be at that moment. Um and then tokens are given frequently and with a relatively small amount of effort to start. So, we start off small and then we kind of start, you know, um putting in more effort into earning a token. So it's like completing one activity, they get a token. Then once we have that established, we then move on to completing two to three activities before they can earn a token. Um because again the token board is is very um minimal uh minimal reinforcement uh that we want to use
047at that moment. And then we want to kind of you know fade that token board to then hopefully with the activities within themselves in summer camp become more intrinsically motivating. And then here you kind of have examples of token boards um and how kids earn their reinforcers. And then we have choice boards. So these this specifically um provides visual choices of tasks. So you it's not in an order in any specific order. Um, and it can be used to offer reinforcement choices, but it also helps them um have control over situations, which helps to increase cooperation. So, being able to provide that and be like, "Hey, we have all of the stuff that we can do right now, like what do you want to do?" And giving them options always helps increase um follow through
048on their end. And then like I said, using first then cards. So this is kind of breaking it down um a little bit more from a visual schedule and just showing two specific activities like first we're doing this one and then we're doing this one. And we usually use this for activities that are very non-preferred. Um, so we we want to make sure that if we're first doing something that's non-preferred, then we are um following along with something that is very preferred, highly preferred. All right. So, uh, reinforcement strategies. So, we want to make sure that we're using descriptive phrases to provide reinforcement for specific behavior. So, if our kid is has trouble with um lining up with their peers and they do that, we want to be very specific on the praise. Great job
049lining up with your group. That was awesome. Um and then there's also non-contingent reinforcement, which provides ongoing brief reinforcement throughout the day. So, this would be more like if our kid is um an aloper, we want to make sure that we're incorporating non-contingent escape, which would be like maybe every 10 minutes they get to, you know, walk around away from the activities and then come back. So, what we're trying to do is technically satiate the need to escape by just providing it a little more often uh during their camp time. And then end of day reports. So reviewing your kids camp day can help facilitate discussions at home about the day the day's activities. And learning about any challenging times can help make the next day more successful. So, if they had a really hard
050time towards the end of the day, being able to communicate that with your kid and being able to discuss it and find out like why um they had a really hard time at the end of the day can help um set set them up for success the next day. You know, maybe at the end of the day they need more frequent breaks or maybe they need a longer break at the beginning or maybe they just need easier tasks at the end of the day and not so difficult for them. um or just things like that as an example. So yeah, so that is um some you know other uh tips on um for summer camp specifically. But yeah, so that's uh basically it for uh the presentation. Does anyone have any questions? I hadn't seen
051any in the Q&A or the chat, but we'll give it a minute or two. Um, but that was all really great information and super clear. So hopefully people just found it valuable and are ready to try things. Yeah. And so I I'll also just um kind of share the screen again here and present to to you like you know if you ever if anyone's interested in ABA therapy um please visit us at kyokure.com. Um or you can also reach out to our client services at uh kyokare.com and then there's also the phone number uh provided for you as well. Awesome. Um so in the chat box there is a link to sign in if you didn't already sign in but otherwise um I want to thank Kaio for being here and doing a great presentation.
052Um, we will share out the slides with the group and other families in the community that are on our email list so that everybody has access to these resources um and information later. Um, and Marari, thank you so much for being here. We really appreciate it. Great. Yeah. No, thank you so much for the invite. All right, everybody. Have a good night. Enjoy the evening. All right. Bye. Bye. Bye.