Children

Our program

Our practice is guided by the principles of behavior analysis. We identify and make changes to the antecedents (what happens before a behavior) and consequences (what happens after a behavior).

During the assessment process, we seek to identify appropriate skills as well as any behavioral deficits or excesses. 

 

Instructional Formats

 
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Depending on the child or adolescent’s goals, they may learn best by working with a highly trained clinician in a one-on-one format. We arrange practice opportunities to approximate day-to-day experiences. Children or adolescents may receive one-on-one instruction prior to or in addition to group instruction.

Ages: 7 through 18

We arrange for children or adolescents to learn social skills together. We attempt to arrange a fun and engaging learning environment. Children or adolescents in groups (3-6 peers) will participate in activities while learning prosocial skills. Highly trained clinicians will teach and arrange practice opportunities for the children or adolescents to work on new prosocial skills in a supportive environment.

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Appropriate Skills

We work collaboratively to teach skills that are relevant to each client based on their personal and cultural values to aid the client in obtaining their goals.

Behavioral Deficits

Individualized interventions may be geared towards teaching any skills that have yet to be acquired, or that occur at low levels.

Behavioral Excesses

Individualized interventions may be geared towards the reduction of skills, or behavior that occurs too often. May include problem behavior.

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Individualized Instruction Programs

 
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Skill Selection

Following a comprehensive assessment, we will identify skills that will require intervention. We will first work towards acquiring any prerequisite skills needed before teaching more complex skills.

Mode of Service Delivery

We meet with our clients to determine the best mode of service delivery. We provide services both in-person and through web-based platforms.

 
 

Conversation Skills 

  • Greetings

  • Initiations

  • Responding to social cues (e.g., indices of interest, uninterest and unavailability)

  • Interruptions

  • Responding to differing opinions

  • Identifying common interests 

Daily Living Skills

  • Feeding

  • Chore completion

  • Hygiene

  • Time management

 Executive Functioning Skills

  • Self-awareness

  • Self-management

  • Problem-solving

  • Self-control

  • Working memory (recall)

  • Flexibility

  • Planning and goal setting

  • Self-regulation

 

Early Language Skills

  • Requesting items

  • Labeling items

  • Motor and vocal imitation

  • Following simple directions

  • Requesting information

  • Describing present and past activities (e.g., I am talking to X, Yesterday I spoke to X, They like to talk about X)

  • Concept formation

Reading Skills

  • Early reading skills (e.g., letter recognition, phonemic awareness, rhyming, blending)

  • Reading fluency and comprehension

 Play Skills

  • Independent play

  • Joint play

  • Functional play

  • Sharing

  • Play interactions

  • Competitive and collaborative play

  • Symbolic and constructive play

  • Imaginary and socio-dramatic play

 Social Skills 

  • Responding to social cues

  • Establishing rule-governed behavior

  • Conflict resolution

  • Cooperative behavior

  • Perspective taking skills (e.g., understanding desires and emotions & preferences and individual differences)