Helping people with autism thrive

Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is a type of therapy commonly used to help people with autism spectrum disorder develop useful social, motor, and general life skills. ABA is based on decades of research uncovering how people learn, and it focuses on identifying, influencing and improving specific behaviors and decreasing harmful behaviors.

Studies have shown ABA to be most effective in early intervention programs with children under the age of five. However, people of all ages can benefit from learning skills such as listening, imitating, reading, and seeing things from another person’s perspective.

ABA focuses on the home environment and helps caregivers learn and apply these techniques. The amount of ABA therapy recommended for each person is unique. Influencing factors include: age, functioning level, and clinical evaluations based on developmental levels.

Key features
An ABA therapist will work very closely with you and your loved one to:

• Conduct an initial behavioral assessment
• Determine which behaviors would benefit from change
• Set goals and expected outcome
• Establish ways to measure changes and improvements
• Teach new skills and ways to avoid negative behaviors
• Evaluate and review progress regularly
• Train others as needed to carry out certain parts of treatment plans
• Determine whether further behavior modifications are necessary
• The length of time spent in therapy is unique to each person and their individual rate of improvement. We monitor each case to ensure that services follow research standards in terms of care, authorization period and best practices