I have a 5 year old son, level 2 on the spectrum. He's been going to same clinic for 3 years. But now i wonder if ABA is right for him, or if we need a new center (and that's h-e- double hockey sticks to find a good center that takes our insurance). We had to get my son a helmet because his head banging was getting out of control at the center. Although TBH he does head bang at his prek and at home, but not as much as during ABA.
Another concerning factor is him pulling down his pants or putting his hands inside his pants. We brought suspenders to the clinic but now they just want us to bring in overalls. I already bought two pairs, but i don't think I need to keep buying them. I could be wrong and let me know if I am wrong but I think my son's BCBA should be looking into the reasons for my son pulling down pants and sticking his hands down there and not just telling us to bring overalls so that he'll be unable to perform those actions. He does it occasionally at home but not at prek. And with him limited verbal skills we can't ask him why he is doing those actions. So shouldn't our BCBA look for other causes in addition to my son just seeking attention and start looking for ways to get my son to stop this behavior and not just cover up the underlying cause by putting him in overalls? My hubby and I will happily work with the BCBA to put an end to this behavior. Anything I may be missing?
Do you think it may be that ABA is no longer a good fit fit to my son's behavior being remarkably worse when he's at the clinic or that maybe we should just switch clinics if we can even find one? If we leave ABA then he'll just be in school for the full day (minus summer) and we'll have to find a new place for OT (who is not even working on his misbehaviors) and for ST.
Thanks!