Supervised Psychological ABA Services
We offer supervised psychological Focused and Comprehensive ABA, and Parent Coaching services that are supervised by a dually registered Psychologist and Behaviour Analyst.
Comprehensive ABA Services
Comprehensive ABA treatment, sometimes referred to as Intensive Behaviour Intervention (IBI), targets a broad range of skills across all learning domains with the goal of accelerating your child’s rate of acquisition and increasing their learning trajectory. Treatment is intensive, ranging from 20-40 hours per week and includes regular parent and caregiver homework and coaching. Research supports starting comprehensive ABA at age 2 to 3, for at least one year followed by a systematic transition into Kindergarten or Grade 1 (ONTABA ABA Primer 2019).
What We Offer:
- 20 hours of treatment per week
- 1:1 instruction
- Sessions are Monday through Friday (either 8:00-12:00pm or 12:30-4:30pm)
- Comprehensive approach to teaching across all developmental domains
- Collaboration with other service providers and school
- Play- and activity- based teaching (learning in the natural environment)
- Focus on generalizing new skills across environments, people, and things
- Focus on skill maintenance over time
- Monthly team meetings
- Ongoing assessments
- Ongoing and regular supervision by a dually registered Psychologist and Behaviour Analyst
Commitment From Parents:
- Completion of parent homework and practice to generalize skills to home and community settings.
- Ongoing communication about challenges, concerns or progress
- On time drop off and pick up
- Provision of a snack and drink for your child daily
- Provision of extra clothes/weather appropriate clothing
Focused ABA Services
Focused Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) targets a limited number of treatment goals, generally over a short period of time. These goals can include learning new skills or reducing challenging behaviours. Parent and caregiver training is a key component of focused ABA treatment in order to successfully generalize and maintain skills in a client’s natural environment and to support family and caregivers in managing challenging behaviours (BACB 2014).
What We Offer:
- 8-16 hours of treatment per week
- 1:1 instruction
- Sessions are Monday through Friday, either 8:00-12:00pm or 12:30-4:30pm
- Play- and activity- based teaching (learning in the natural environment)
- Focus on generalizing new skills across environments, people, and things
- Focus on skill maintenance over time
- Collaboration with other service providers and school
- Monthly team meetings
- Ongoing assessments
- Ongoing and regular supervision by dually registered Psychologist and Behaviour Analyst
Commitment From Parents:
- Completion of parent homework and practice to generalize skills to home and community settings.
- Ongoing communication about challenges, concerns or progress
- On time drop off and pick up
- Provision of a snack and drink for your child daily
- Provision of extra clothes/weather appropriate clothing
Parent Coaching
The Parent Coaching program is best suited for families who are looking to address specific goals at home or in the community. Our clinical team will train parents/caregivers to implement specific interventions based on their goals and assessment results. Goals could include, but are not limited to, working on self-help skills (e.g., independent dressing or toilet training), communication (e.g., increasing expressive communication), behaviour reduction (e.g., reducing challenging behaviours using function-based strategies), play skills (e.g., increasing independent play during free time) or social skills (e.g., initiating and sustaining interactions with peers).
What We Offer:
- Individualized treatment goals and recommendations.
- Flexibility in service intensity.
- Training and supervision by a Registered Psychologist.
- Parent coaching offered in-person or virtually via ZoomHealth.
- Parent mediated, 1:1 client sessions, or a combination of both parent mediated and 1:1 sessions.
Commitment From Parents:
- Active participation
- Consistent implementation of the recommended strategies
- Data collection to monitor progress
In some cases, in addition to parent mediated strategies and teaching, it may be determined that 1:1 sessions with your child are required to teach them skills directly. An intake meeting (approximately 1 hour) is required to determine the type of service that is most appropriate for you and your family.