<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Saltwater Alchemy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Saltwater Alchemy]]></description><link>https://www.saltwateralchemyaba.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 21:46:06 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.saltwateralchemyaba.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Saltwater Alchemy Is Now a Step Up for Students Provider in Florida!]]></title><description><![CDATA[For many Florida families, knowing what kind of support a child needs and being able to access that support are two very different things. Behavioral and educational services can be life-changing, particularly for neurodivergent students. We recognize that the cost of individualized ongoing care can place that support beyond the reach of some families. That is why we are incredibly excited to share that Saltwater Alchemy is now an approved Step Up for Students provider in the state of...]]></description><link>https://www.saltwateralchemyaba.com/post/saltwater-alchemy-is-now-a-step-up-for-students-provider-in-florida</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9c964c8c95721b4a11a04e</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 22:23:23 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dr. Heather Blackall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is ABA just for Autism?]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is where many misconceptions about ABA arise. Due to its historical origins, ABA therapy is frequently associated with autism treatment involving young children, flashcards, and highly structured table-based teaching (discrete trial training) in a clinic environment. Yet, like any other medical modality, ABA has evolved and treatment is a far cry from its early days and inception in the 1960s. The reality is that contemporary ABA in an autism context has shifted to a more natural...]]></description><link>https://www.saltwateralchemyaba.com/post/is-aba-just-for-autism</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9c95f9950c73fdcf7dc9b2</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 22:22:05 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dr. Heather Blackall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservation Has a Human Behavior Problem: Where Applied Behavior Analysis Meets the Wild]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is a particular kind of grief in learning to read what a wild thing carries on its body. For all too often, I have had to bear witness to a manatee surfacing beside me with her back carrying the permanent handwriting of a boat that never knew her name. Then there is the shark passing through impossibly blue water with a rusted hook buried in his jaw, monofilament trailing behind. For humans, this was a simple encounter measured in mere minutes, but one with consequences carried for...]]></description><link>https://www.saltwateralchemyaba.com/post/conservation-has-a-human-behavior-problem-where-applied-behavior-analysis-meets-the-wild</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9c93ddcdf183e0230cb5eb</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 22:19:14 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dr. Heather Blackall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behavioral Therapy vs Life Coaching: Which do I need when I can’t stick to anything and keep repeating unhealthy patterns?]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is something devastating about realizing you have become the one person whose promises you no longer believe in. It happens quietly, one small promise at a time. Tomorrow you will get up and go to the gym. Monday you will start eating differently and finally cut out the processed junk.  Tonight you will answer the email you have been carrying around in the back of your mind for six days straight. On Friday, you will finally take a leap of faith and enroll in that class you keep putting...]]></description><link>https://www.saltwateralchemyaba.com/post/behavioral-therapy-vs-life-coaching-which-do-i-need-when-i-can-t-stick-to-anything-and-keep-repeati</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9c9132c6495acaaf2fcf60</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 22:01:53 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dr. Heather Blackall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ADHD Support in College: What If Proper Motivation Isn’t the Problem?]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is something uniquely frustrating about watching yourself fail to do something you know you are fully capable of doing. That paper is not beyond your ability. You understand the material, are cognizant of when it is due, and have spent an extraordinary amount of time thinking about the fact that it needs to get started. Perhaps you have opened the laptop six times already with the intention of beginning, decided to reorganize the desk to make the workspace less cluttered, answered an...]]></description><link>https://www.saltwateralchemyaba.com/post/adhd-support-in-college-what-if-proper-motivation-isn-t-the-problem</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9c9008c6495acaaf2fccf7</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 21:57:21 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dr. Heather Blackall</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>