Our Services:
ABA Therapy
Parent Trainings
School Consults
Social Groups
Early Intervention
Applied Behavior Analysis
WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN STARTING ABA SERVICES
Where and how will services be provided:
ABA therapy will be held in-person and across multiple settings such as the home, school, community, and Behavior Learning Tree’s clinic office.
Adaptive
Social
ABA Team per Case:
Client
Parent/caregiver
Extended family, if needed or requested
Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) from our agency
Licensed psychological Associate (LPA) from our agency
Registered Behavior Technician/Behavior Technician (RBT/BT) to provide the direct serviceOther professionals:
School
Daycare
Physician
Occupational therapist
Speech and language pathologist
Anyone you feel is important to the therapeutic process
First 30 days:
-Insurance authorization
-Initial assessment and intervention planning
-we will work together as a team to identify -the most socially significant behaviors to address in treatment
-create a Schedule for ABA services and -determine the best fit for location of services (home, school, clinic office, or community setting).
-Amount of services provided range from about 10-30 hours per week, based upon the initial assessment and insurance authorization
Behavior
What will services look like:
First 2 weeks of services
-Initially it will look like staff is just playing/interacting with the client and not addressing any therapeutic interventions:
-The purpose of the first couple weeks of services is to ensure the client views the RBT as a positive and fun person in their life
-The goal is to ensure the client and staff have a positive therapeutic foundation prior to beginning the hard and difficult work ahead
Communication
Working together as a team:
-The BCBA works with everyone to develop the specifics of the intervention plan
Initial target goals/skills will be identified
for implementation:
-Not all goals will be implemented at the same time, but will be added as the client makes progress in treatment
-As the client masters skills, new skills will be taught
-The BCBA will train staff and team members on how to implement the interventions
-The BCBA will directly observe and provide support to team members implementing the plan, a specific percentage of the time, to ensure high quality services across settings
-Parent trainings or team meeting will be held at least monthly to review and adjust the current plan as needed:
-Data about the intervention will be gathered and reviewed often to help direct services
Learning
Interventions include:
Evidence-Based scientific principles of learning and motivation in order to effectively teach
Focus on the idea that consequences of what we do affect what we learn and what we will do in the future
Fun, interactive, and effective ways to engage your child in the process of learning new skills and how to “generalize” or implement these skills across multiple settings
client’s interests are used to help him/her engage in interventions
Use of natural life events to teach and coach skills. Natural Environment Teaching (NET):
For example, when teaching a child how to take turns with peers, intervention may occur on the playground or in school
For example, when teaching a child how to sit at the table for longer periods of time, to stay engaged in a task, staff may use dinnertime or a board game to teach these skills