In-Person Autism Therapy Services at Home

Applied ABC provides Home-Based Behavioral Therapy. We use the methodological approach of Applied Behavioral Analysis, along with a holistic, individualized plan to achieve our goal of producing the best clinical outcomes for our patients.

Our treatment plan is scientifically based and data driven and will incorporate the latest technologies in order to insure our patients receive the best possible individualized treatment. At the same time we rely on a close and collaborative partnership with the family unit.

What We Can Do

• Assessments. Provide an assessment of your child’s functioning level

• Treatment Plan. We will create an individualized treatment plan that meets your child’s needs and maximizes your child’s learning and functioning potential

• Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). A BCBA will create and update the treatment plan weekly, track progress reports, provide in home therapist supervision, give weekly parent training sessions and be available to you as the parent every step of the way as your child progresses.

• ABA Therapists. Upon approval, we will assign your child an ABA trained therapist who will come to your house and work on your schedule to provide your child with Behavioral Therapy that best fits his/her treatment goals as prescribed in the BCBA treatment plan.

• Home Based Behavioral Therapy. Our ABA and related service providers will come to your home for home based behavioral therapy after school. This may be in addition to services you may be getting through the Department of Education.

• Parent Training. At Applied Behavioral Counseling we realize that positive change only happens when parents and family are involved with treatment. We will provide Parental Training sessions given by BCBAs who are specifically trained to provide an understanding of Behavioral Analysis treatment.

• Increasing social skills and eye contact

• Decreasing negative Behaviors

• Increasing overall level of functioning including self-help and daily living skills such as toileting, self-feeding, and morning and afternoon routines.

• Increasing cognitive skills such as letter and word recognition as well as reading, writing and motor skill

Applied Behavior Analysis Therapy (ABA) is defined as the process of systematically applying interventions based upon the principles of learning theory to improve socially significant behaviors to a meaningful degree, and to demonstrate that the interventions employed are responsible for the improvement in behavior. Some ABA therapy sessions involve one-on-one interaction between the behavior analyst and the participant. Group instruction can likewise prove useful. With modified ABA, the therapist spends 10-15 hours per week with the child to allow the child time for other therapies such as speech and occupational therapy.

Related Services – “related services” means such developmental, corrective, and other supportive services that are required to assist a student with a disability to benefit from special education. The pervasive nature of ASD often results in the need for a wide array of services to address the myriad of needs and impact on educational performance. Currently, students with ASD are most likely to receive speech-language therapy, occupational therapy, and behavior management programs

Related Services that we provide include:
Speech-language pathology services
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy

There are different Categories of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). ASD is a descriptive umbrella term that encompasses five different diagnostic categories

Despite some similarities in areas of impairment, each category does have unique characteristics and diagnostic criteria. The diagnostic categories within ASD are:

Autistic Disorder
Asperger’s Disorder
Pervasive Developmental Disorder – Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS)
Rett’s Disorder
Childhood Disintegrative Disorder

Of the five disorders above, autism, Asperger’s Disorder, and PDD-NOS are the most common; Although Rett’s Disorder and Childhood Disintegrative Disorder (CDD) present differently than the other ASDs, the characteristics and educational concerns are similar to those of students with ASD and may benefit from the same practices.