ABA Therapy
What is ABA Therapy
Applied behavior analysis (aba) therapy is a method of observing behavior, teaching new skills, and decreasing any problem behavior (tantrums, hitting, screaming, etc.) With children. Hundreds of studies have revealed aba therapy to improve communication, social relationships, play skills, and self-care for children with autism. The therapy also helps children do well in school.
As parents, if we expect our children to express themselves just as we would, we are setting them
up to fail if they do otherwise. This leads to a frustrating situation between parent and child and
can discourage learning and increase problem behavior. With aba therapy, our therapist teaches
the necessary coping skills and language skills as well as provide education for the family.
WHAT DOES ABA THERAPY DO?
Aba therapy is effective in teaching basic life and social skills. People learn helpful self-advocacy, pro-social, and tolerance skills that lead to a high quality of life. Aba therapy is also effective in developing skills like reading and understanding other children’s perspectives.
OUR ABA THERAPY CAN HELP IMPROVE:
-Communication skills
-Receptive Communication
-Expressive Communication
-Social Skills
-Conversation
– Daily living skills
-Potty Training
-Dressing
– Feeding
– Fine Motor Skills
-Personal Self-Care
– Problem behaviors
– Self-Injury
– Tantrums
– Noncompliance
– Aggressive Behavior
– Self-Stimulatory Behavior
– Property Destruction
WHAT SHOULD YOU EXPECT FROM OUR ABA THERAPY?
Recognizing that every child is unique, we believe that an aba program should deliver progress
toward these milestones:
MAINSTREAMING: the goal of our aba therapy and every one of our families is to help each child achieve his or her full potential. At a minimum, this means eliminating self-harm and harm to others in order to participate in social settings. Beyond this, achieving their potential to demonstrate age-appropriate behaviors and function satisfactorily in natural environments (home, school, community) is a tangible goal we strive to help them achieve.
GENERALIZATION: it is not sufficient for our children to demonstrate behavioral change with just our therapist or clinician. Generalization comes from our children learning to respond in age-appropriate ways to stimuli and people in a variety of natural situations and locations.
SKILLS ACQUISITION: behavioral therapy is particularly well suited to help children acquire the academic, developmental, cognitive, social, and life skills in which they have deficits relative to age-appropriate behavior.
You should always expect more from us than other therapists. Our ethics and values demand this.
We are relentless in our focus on outcomes and results for your child’s development.