Short YouTube commentary by Ming @ Agents of Speech advising parents to try Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy despite isolated negative reports. Ming emphasizes that therapist skill varies, recommends evaluating testimonials, trying therapy, and switching providers if it does not work.
Even for myself, even to this day. I do believe that in the beginning, if it wasn't for the people who taught me how to do therapy in general, I wouldn't have such a good basis to go on from there. If I compare myself to my training when I just started to someone else, even in Hong Kong learn from someone else, you can see the discrepancy is pretty astonishing. And I'm not saying to toot my own horn, because there are loads of much better therapists out there. I am only good at certain aspects of therapy. You can't be good at everything. But what I'm trying to say is that this industry, they are good, they are bad. Just like anything. Obviously one negative news will. Will explode and then it will make parents who want to try it hesitate. And that's where I want to tell you. You have to try in order to know if it's good for you or not. And you have to take a look at any testimonials, what other parents are saying, and then go forward with it and try. If it doesn't work, then leave, try to find someone else.
