Research
Research
Articles that oppose ABA
- ABA is abuse… yes all ABA
- Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint
- Autism and Behaviorism: New Research Adds to an Already Compelling Case Against ABA
- Autistic People and ABA Survivors on ABA
- Autistic Self-Advocacy and the Neurodiversity Movement: Implications for Autism Early Intervention Research and Practice
- Evidence of increased PTSD symptoms in autistics exposed to applied behavior analysis
- Facebook Therapist Neurodiversity Collective
- I Abused Children For a Living
- If not ABA therapy, then what?
- Invisible Abuse: ABA and the things only autistic people can see
- Making Sense of Autism
- My Thoughts on ABA
- Questioning the evidence behind evidence-based approaches
- The Ableist History of the Puzzle Piece Symbol for Autism
- The Autistic Not Weird Autism Survey
- The Great Big ABA Opposition Resource List
- The Hidden Costs of Planned Ignoring
- The mismeasure of Misha
- Therapist Neurodiversity Collective
- US Government Reports that ABA Doesn’t Work
- Why ABA Therapy is Harmful to Autistic People
- Why professional behavior analysts are leaving the field
Articles that oppose Clip charts, Class Dojo, PBIS, stickers charts, token boards and other reward based strategies
- #SOL16 Ditch the Dojo?
- 6 reasons to reject ClassDojo
- Beyond rewards, bribes and punishment – a Montessori approach to building intrinsic motivation
- Evaluating the Impact of Token Economy Methods on Student On-task Behaviour within an Inclusive Canadian Classroom
- My Kid’s Classroom Discipline System Is Making Her Sick—and the School Doesn’t Care
- Student perceptions of the Clip Chart Management System
- The dark side of classroom behavior management charts
- The Problem with School Behaviour Control: Why Golden Time, Merit Certificates, Attendance Awards, Green Badges & Traffic Light Systems May Cause More Harm Than Good.
- The Risks of Rewards. ERIC Digest
- What’s Wrong With Sticker Charts and Reward Systems?
Articles critical of the use of behavior management tools
- A letter to teachers on the use of stoplights in the classroom
- As kids go back to school, it is time for my annual rant about behavioral charts, plans, point systems, whatever you want to call them.
- Bag the behavior charts!
- Behavior charts and similar public shaming methods don’t teach self-regulation. They mainly harm vulnerable learners
- Behavior Charts Encourage Fear and Inequality in the Classroom, and It’s Time to Get Rid of Them
- Behavior charts that are used to track and control a child’s every choice and action in a classroom are NOT appropriate ways of managing classroom/child behaviors.
- Behavior Management and Public Shaming.
- Behaviour Management Programs are Harmful & Ableist
- Behaviour Management Systems – More Harm than Good? – Part I
- Charlie was in red
- Children’s behaviors should not be compared
- Classroom Behaviour Charts – not helpful, not supportive, not inclusive.
- Column: Hey teachers, please stop using behavior charts. Here’s why
- Death to the Behavior Chart! 3 Reasons to Resist the Lure of Punishments and Rewards
- Discipline or public shaming? Classroom behavior boards may miss mark
- Don’t Shame Children in Pursuit of Discipline
- Goodbye Clip Charts, Marble Jars, and Stickers for Behavior
- GUEST COMMENTARY: Teaching beyond carrots and sticks
- How a Behavior Chart Harmed Our Daughter
- If Your Behaviour Doesn’t Improve…
- My Kid’s Classroom Discipline System Is Making Her Sick—and the School Doesn’t Care
- On Public Shaming and Our Classrooms
- Rip those behavior charts off of the wall and burn them.
- Tear Down Your Behavior Chart!
- The dark side of classroom behavior management charts
- We utilized a clip chart with ADULTS during our training this morning.
- What’s the Real Purpose of Classroom Management?
- What’s wrong with classroom behavior charts: Why shaming backfires
- When Behavior Charts Don’t Work, Throw Them Out!
- Why Classroom Clip Charts Do More Harm Than Good/
- WHY I WILL NEVER USE A BEHAVIOR CHART AGAIN
Desk Pets
HERO K12 and similar systems
- OCPS is using a Student Behavior Management System called HERO
- Our Future As Social Machines?
- School policy forces kids with bad grades to wear special IDs: ‘Public ridicule,’ says ACLU
- The Troubling Trend to Collect Behavioral Data on ALL Children
Pasco County Behavior Charts
- Code of Conduct Books and Pasco County’s Kindergarten “Anarchy”
- Elementary School to Remove ‘Conformity’ Posters Amid Uproar
Seclusion Rooms
- Despite Objections, Oklahoma Schools Use ‘Seclusion Rooms’ to Isolate Students
- I9: Seclusion rooms, no set standards in Iowa (Part 1)
- I9: Seclusion rooms, no set standards in Iowa (Part 2)
- Iowa Schools Use Solitary Confinement As Punishment, And This Is Not OK
- Iowa Schools’ “Seclusion Rooms” Seem To Only Be “The Hole” For Little, Troubled Kids
- Iowa’s ‘Little Dungeons’ for Kids: Is it Ever OK to Lock a Child in a Box?
- Oklahoma Schools Continue To Use Controversial Punishment Technique
- Smith: Seclusion rooms modern-day dunce caps
- Why is Solitary Confinement Used in Public Schools?
Sticker Charts