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An O verview o f B ehavior M atters, L LC’s
Approach t o I n-‐Home A BA/VBA
Our a pproach t o w orking w ith e ach c hild:
is c ompletely p ositive
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focuses o n b uilding s kills
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is i ndividually t ailored t o m eet e ach c hild’s u nique n eeds
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focuses o n k eeping c hildren m otivated t o l earn
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is t he b est r esearch s upported a pproach
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The c urriculum a ddresses t he m ajor i ssues c ommon i n a utism, a nd i dentified b y t he N ational A cademy
of S ciences a s e ssential:
understanding a nd u sing l anguage
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building b roader s ocial s kills
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communicating w ith a nd r elating t o p eers
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building a ge a ppropriate a nd s ymbolic a nd p lay s kills
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increasing c onceptual t hinking a nd c ognitive s kills
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Behavior M atters t rained t herapists w ork o ne-‐on-‐one w ith e ach c hild c losely m onitoring e motional
responses i n o rder t o m atch t he d ifficulty o f t he m aterial a nd m ethod o f i nstruction t o t he c hild’s a bility
level a nd r ate o f l earning. A ll o ur t herapists h old a t l east a b achelors d egree o r h ave e quivalent
extensive t raining s pecifically i n r esearch s upported t reatments f or a utism s pectrum d isorders.
Supervision o f e ach c hild’s p rogram i s p rovided b y o ne o f o ur B CBA o r B CaBA w ith r egular p rogress
reviews m onthly.
In a ddition t o t he i ndividual A BA/Verbal B ehavior A nalysis p rogram, p arent t raining, p rograms t o
address p roblem b ehaviors a nd a r ange o f b ehavior a nalytic s ervices a re o ffered t hrough o ur I n-‐Home
Services p rogram. O ur f ocus i s o n h elping y our c hild g ain s kills i n l anguage a nd s ocial a reas t hrough t he
use o f s tate-of-‐the-‐art b ehavioral i nterventions.
We p rovide b ehavioral a ssessments, p arent & s taff t raining, p rogram s upervision, a nd q uality
monitoring f or A BA/Verbal B ehavior A nalysis i n-home p rograms. E ach o f o ur p rogram s upervisors i s
board c ertified b y t he B ehavior A nalysis C ertification B oard™.
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