Progress/therapy/other examples

 I didn’t see progress in only two weeks, but that’s not entirely what I meant when I said I didn’t feel like the kids were learning anything. Maybe I should have clarified that better. I saw them either repeating the techs or not repeating them, but it just didn’t “seem” to me like they were learning the reason behind why they had to repeat. For example, if you prompted a kid to say “stop” instead of just screaming, and the kid repeated “stop” and then still screamed, then it doesn’t appear that they’re learning why they need to say stop. I’ve also worked in daycare before, and this is way way different. Not abusive at all, at least whatever I saw for myself wasn’t abusive. But it was a completely foreign concept than whatever you’d see in a daycare. I also think that if a parent saw progress in their kids in a year, then that might be because of this therapy or it might also be because they the parent succeeded at certain things with them. Or because the child is growing up and developing like all people do. I guess I just can’t see how this particular thing was helpful in the moment. The idea is that the reinforcement is supposed to work. 

I’m open to learning more, but my extreme willingness to be open minded is getting thin at this point. If that’s a flaw in me, then oh no I guess I’m flawed.