Applied Behavior Analysis or ABA is a popular evidence-based therapeutic approach addressing behavioral challenges and promoting skill development in children with autism

as well as developmental delays or learning difficulties. Our center-based ABA therapy is structured and customized to help establish a daily routine in your child and improve their behaviour and communication skills. 

Behavior Analysts offer diverse programs tailored to children, targeting communication and social proficiency, daily living skills, school readiness or pre-academic skills, literacy, and executive functioning. They work closely with your child, understand their behaviors, and use strategies to bring about positive change in your child. Some of the skills that are targeted in ABA are:

1. Daily living skills which include basic self-help skills like taking care of oneself.
2. Communication skills like following simple commands, expressing needs, using alternative modes of communication, etc.
3. Academic skills and early literacy skills that are required for success in an academic setting. 
4. Social skills like taking turns, initiating interactions, sharing, engaging in group activities, etc
5. Removing challenging and undesirable behaviors which may cause a threat to child’s safety and well being.

 What happens in ABA sessions:

• First a comprehensive assessment is conducted using in-depth parental interviews and standardized tests to identify specific problem areas and develop an individualized treatment plan. 

• Various techniques such as Structured Teaching, Discrete Trial Instruction, Verbal Behavior, Pivotal Response Training, and Naturalistic Teaching Approach are integrated into personalized programs tailored to each child’s strengths and areas for growth, based on their individual needs and age appropriateness.

• ABA depends on systematic data collection for monitoring progress and making decisions based on analysis of this data. Our specialists modify the strategies, if necessary, based on the data analysis.

• The therapists teach both the child and their family how to use these techniques in everyday life, ultimately enhancing their skills and interactions with others and improving their quality of life. ·Discrete Trial Learning (Training) is a highly structured and systematic teaching method used in ABA therapy. It involves breaking down complex skills into smaller, more manageable components, which are then taught through a series of discrete trials or learning opportunities. The goal of DTT is to promote skill acquisition and increase the individual’s ability to generalize learned behaviors across different settings and contexts.

• Verbal Behavior is also a structured, intensive one-to-one therapy designed to motivate a child to learn language by developing a connection between a word and its meaning. Verbal behavior targets the functional use of language.

• Incidental Teaching (or Natural Environment Training) aims to give real-life meaning to skills a child is learning. It includes teaching skills in settings where your child will naturally use them and reinforcing the desired behavior. Teaching skills in a child’s natural everyday environment can help in generalization.

• Pivotal Response Training is a naturalistic,child-initiated approach to ABA therapy which targets pivotal areas of development like motivation, self-initiation, self-management, and responding to multiple cues. PRT allows for more flexibility and naturalistic learning opportunities. It involves reinforcement of child-initiated attempts, providing choices, and incorporating the child’s interests into activities.

ABA therapy aims to improve the quality of life of children with autism and other developmental and learning difficulties and is considered a highly effective, structured program.