ABA International provides early intervention and behavior modification services to families affected by Autism Spectrum Disorders.
ABA International combines a variety of effective approaches to provide a comprehensive treatment program. Although the principles of applied behavior analysis are the foundation of every program, our delivery format varies depending on your child's age, interests and capabilities. An autistic child is as unique as a snowflake. Our programs reflect and respect your child's individual qualities and distinctive characteristics. Our goal is to help each child reach their potential by capitalizing on their strengths and building on their weaknesses. Our programs include a combination of discrete trial teaching, pivotal response treatment (PRT) and proactive programming.
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Discrete Trial Teaching (DTT) allows your child to repeatedly practice skills they are in the process of learning. Discrete trials increase the likelihood of proper neural function and allows your child to learn in a low distracter environment. Discrete trials break a task down into smaller, more manageable learning opportunities which increase in complexity as your child's abilities increase.
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Pivotal response treatment (PRT) is an approach that emerged from the natural language paradigm, which approximates the manner in which typically developing children acquire language. PRT is based on the principles that a child who is interested in their environment is more likely to learn. PRT is a child led approach in which the learning environment is manipulated to increase your child's interest and therefore, their potential to learn.
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Proactive programming: Proactive programming is a treatment approach that teaches what to do through the reinforcement of desired behaviors. Proactive programming also teaches appropriate alternative behaviors. Proactive programming is a positive behavioral support based on the strategy of providing lots of opportunities for desired behaviors and then rewarding the occurrence of the targeted desired behaviors.
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Our Family Based Skills Approach: ABA International is equally committed to teaching the parents of ASD children. Parents are encouraged to learn the principles and rationales supporting our program approaches and are given the necessary tools to effectively parent their ASD children. Our goal is to change a parent's perspective from that of overcoming the obstacles of learning and behavioral challenges to that of adapting to unique learning and behavioral opportunities.
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