Respectfully...how many folks do you hear saying things like, "I'm glad I was spanked. It taught me respect."
There are many folks who claim they were cured by gay conversion therapy.
There are many folks who praise the way we police gender as a society because it "made them a man/woman."
All these practices are inherently abusive. ABA is no different. Non speaking Autistics who have been taught with alternative communication tell the same stories over and over.
Teaching skills is important..it can be done with connection and without coercion, or it can be done by shaping children with coercive techniques. Everything about ABA is the latter. It is okay if you are not convinced. This is more for those watching.
As a countercultural psychologist, understanding abusive and coercive dynamics in society, even subtle ones, is a passion. Abusive dynamics based in coercion are always harmful, even as people praise their abuse due to learning from it. It happens all the time. The point is there are other ways to teach the same skills. So lets do that.
Providing reinforcement for learning is not coercion. Implying that using reinforcement paired with teaching is likened to spanking and conversion therapy is a wildly manipulative tactic to bring in new clients to “countercultural psychology.” Good luck with your practice.
Respectfully...how many folks do you hear saying things like, "I'm glad I was spanked. It taught me respect."
There are many folks who claim they were cured by gay conversion therapy.
There are many folks who praise the way we police gender as a society because it "made them a man/woman."
All these practices are inherently abusive. ABA is no different. Non speaking Autistics who have been taught with alternative communication tell the same stories over and over.
Teaching skills is important..it can be done with connection and without coercion, or it can be done by shaping children with coercive techniques. Everything about ABA is the latter. It is okay if you are not convinced. This is more for those watching.
As a countercultural psychologist, understanding abusive and coercive dynamics in society, even subtle ones, is a passion. Abusive dynamics based in coercion are always harmful, even as people praise their abuse due to learning from it. It happens all the time. The point is there are other ways to teach the same skills. So lets do that.
Providing reinforcement for learning is not coercion. Implying that using reinforcement paired with teaching is likened to spanking and conversion therapy is a wildly manipulative tactic to bring in new clients to “countercultural psychology.” Good luck with your practice.