%Copyright (c) 2022-2023, Elizabeth B Torres All Rights Reserved% This script generates word clouds from the BCBAs responses to questions

%Responses from BCBAs Q 13
Q13={"Difficult to assess" ...
    "Developmental vs functional" ...
    "younger clients master goals quicker" ...
    "Younger children developmental approach" ...
    "foundational skills" ...
    "Older clients  Address skill defi-cits" ...
    "and problem behavior and their likely causes" ...
    "Typically  the goals themselves are different " ...
    "not the underlying behavior analytic concepts" ...
    "prompt-fading  based behavior management" ...
    "more intensive  less community" ...
    "Focus on expressive language 0-5 vs focus" ...
    "on independent life skills  older clients" ...
    "The difference for every client is vastly different"...
    "Focusing on what the specific client needs is paramount" ...
    "and there should always be a focus on independent ADLs" ...
    "Different problem behaviors to target " ...
    "The principles are the same  but methodology may change" ...
    "Working on development of communication and language skills" ...
    "are the main focus of treatment with younger learners" ...
    "With older clients  a focus on functional life skills is crucial" ...
    "Other than the basic principles of ABA  almost everything is different" ...
    "For younger students  I am more likely to focus on academics" ...
    "and school readiness  including attending. For current older students" ...
    "more likely to focus on life skills  functional communication  transition preparation" ...
    "Easier to learn when younger. Changes are made faster and meet goals faster" ...
    "With older kids you must work with what you have" ...
    "Younger kids  you choose the hierarchy and build a good foundation" ...
    "More social skills and behavioral goals for older clients" ...
    "I do much more bottom-up skill building and play and language skills" ...
    "Older clients land up focusing on behavior management and being socially" ...
    "appropriate to allow for success in school " ...
    "but less time is spent on foundational building even if it is a missing skill area" ...
    "harder to prompt the older" ...
    "I find that when treating the pre-school age children" ...
    "I find the treatment planning more concrete and universal" ...
    "as there are so many skills that serve as pre-requisites before" ...
    "beginning school. However" ...
    "when working with the older school age children" ...
    "I find that their treatment plans are more individualized and specific" ...
    "to each client’s deficits and barriers to learning within their specific environment" ...
    "The other children problems behaviors are more difficult to handle" ...
    "Older kids have more behavior plans in place" ...
    "Younger kids are more natural teaching and more through play" ...
    "more playful approach" ...
    "often more discreet trial" ...
    "When working with younger clients I work on different skills" ...
    "When working with an older client I would focus on daily living skills" ...
    "Older children typically have a longer history of maladaptive" ...
    "behaviors that can take longer and or be more challenging to implement change quickly" ...
    "Although I do not have actual experience as a BCBA for preschool age children" ...
    "I have noticed that for older clients the goal is more functional" ...
    "while for younger clients  the focus is more on developmental  social skills" ...
    "More intensive. Focus more on developmental vs functional approach" ...
    "Older children you often treat top down as opposed to bottom up" ...
    "younger clients master goals quicker and are less resistant to support" ...
    "When working with young clients’ developmental stages and hierarchies " ...
    "are super important" ...
    "When starting to work with an older client sometimes" ...
    "you must put that on hold and jump to random skills" ...
    "that are necessary such as safety skills etc" ...
    "Must be more original to encourage client buy in" ...
    "older clients can do more meta cognition" ...
    "For older children you need to be more creative with reinforcement" ...
    "I use a more integrative approach" ...
    "I combine methodologies from the DIR Floortime Practices in social" ...
    "and emotional developmental goals" ...
    "Treatment is more sensitive to" ...
    "child development and session are based on the Natural Environment Training approach" ...
    "For younger clients  I focus more on building underlying skills" ...
    "and for older clients  I focus more on functional skills" ...
    "Younger children respond quickly to core level work focused on safety  relationships" ...
    "connection  and the effects are quicker and more easily generalized than older clients " ...
    "The treatment setting makes a big difference" ...
    "The older the child they generally need more than just Aba " ...
    "there   is a lot of mental health involved" ...
    "as well at that point that needs to be addressed" ...
    "With younger children I use primarily NET" ...
    "With older clients I use both NET and DTT. In addition" ...
    "there is more complexity as the clients get older" ...
    "additional factors such as placement" ...
    "self-esteem and splintered skills" ...
    "bottom-up approach vs mixture of bottom up and top down" ...
    "New parents" ...
    "Goals are different" ...
    "See more movement and growth in younger population" ...
    "With younger clients  I utilize play-based interventions" ...
    "as a methodology for targeting treatment goals" ...
    "I also focus more on social interaction and spontaneous language" ...
    "as well as exploratory play etc" ...
    "With older clients the targets are often more specific" ...
    "and I add in DTT goals to target specific skill based areas" ...
    "in regards to social deficits  young children need more experienced based learning" ...
    "active joint attention as the children get older with high functioning children" ...
    "I can use more meta-cognition such as social stories or social thinking" ...
    "The younger ones generally are clearer in the deficits they present with" ...
    "The older ones have multiple embedded history with many different behaviors" ...
    "caregivers  and settings so I find they need more nuanced programming" ...
    "that takes longer to master and generalize" ...
    "Pairing for longer  more playful  age-appropriate skills targeted" ...
    "I tailor my interaction differently based on functional level of child" ...
    "as opposed to age level" ...
    "For less functional students I work on prerequisite skills" ...
    "and for higher functioning mainstreamed students" ...
    "I work on the nuanced skill to help them integrate into society" ...
    "Learning is generally quicker with younger clients" }



    

