ABA Math for Autism

Posted November 25, 2008 in Programs - Number | Be the First to Comment 289 views

ABA Math is a program to help autistic kids learn rote arithmetic facts. It is modeled after the Applied Behavioral Analysis methods pioneered by Ivor Lovaas at UCLA.

- Author : Harry Dolan

- License : Free

- Price : $0.00

- Operating Systems : Windows 98/XP

- Download Size : 10.7mb

- Support Page : Available

- Developed : for all ages                                             – Download File : Download Now

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ABA Math is a program to help autistic kids learn rote arithmetic facts. It is modeled after the Applied Behavioral Analysis methods pioneered by Ivor Lovaas at UCLA. For each math fact (e.g., 1+2=3) the program takes the student through the various stages of descrete trials until the fact is mastered. The program is intended to be used by the student while under the direct supervision of a teacher or therapist.

ABA Math was written by the father of an eight-year-old autistic boy. The boy has been receiving ABA therapy since age three through the Wisconsin Early Autism Project (a Lovaas replication site), and individualized instruction at his local school. Both have been very successful. He has learned to read using the outstanding Edmark Reading Program. However, his teachers, therapists and parents have been unable to locate similar software for learning Math. So they have written it themselves.

ABA Math is being released as an “Open Source” software project under the GNU General Public License. Briefly, this means that anyone can copy and use the program as well as its source code. People who know how to program may modify the source code to change or improve on the program. However, if any such modified programs are redistributed, they must include the modified source code so that others may further improve on the program.