What ABA is to Us...

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Our approach to ABA is called Verbal Behavior -- it is a very FUN filled and positive approach to teaching children with Autism and other developmental delays.  We want our clients to RUN TOWARD US so we make sure that we always make our time with them enjoyable, filled with reinforcement and positive learning.

Our approach to ABA has a big focus on building language whether it be vocal language, sign language, picture exchange, or using a tablet or Ipad to communicate.  Functional Communication is the most important skill for your child to learn and it is the number one way to reduce behaviors!

We meet your child where they are at -- we teach according to their developmental level and build their skills up.  We don't try to teach them things that are too difficult for where your child's development is at.  We want learning to be enjoyable and follow a natural developmental pattern.

Since ABA is a well studied and published science, we have decades of research that back us up.

We acknowledge that in the past ABA has excluded important perspectives and voices but we have seen how much ABA has changed over the years...just like so many other things have changed and developed over time, so has ABA.  The science is growing and learning.  We as a team are committed to continue to listen to our families and learn to meet the needs of our families in a way that is ethical, positive, and compassionate.  

There are so many new skills we can teach.  Some of them include:

• Functional Communication
• Language and Speech
• Play
• Social Skills
• Academics
• Self-help Skills (toileting, chores, etc)
• Decrease problem behaviors by replacing them with new functional replacement behaviors.
• Sleeping problems
• Eating problems