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ABA stands for Applied Behavior Analysis and is the scientific approach to understanding and changing behavior.

We work with individuals 18 months old through adulthood who have a referral for ABA therapy.

After the initial assessment, your child’s specific abilities and needs will be identified across language, social, and behavioral domains. We will collaborate with you to create an individualized plan for your child to address the target behaviors. Common areas for target behaviors include communication, making requests, following directions, social skills, play skills, self-care (potty training, brushing teeth, washing hands), etc.

You will need a diagnosis(es) prior to beginning the intake process with us. Your primary care physician or pediatrician can prescribe ABA therapy and then you can request an intake evaluation with Wildflower. 

In-home aba therapy sessions are conducted by Behavior Technicians who are closely supervised by a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). The BCBA supervising your child’s ABA therapy will be the very same BCBA who conducted your intake assessment and created your child’s unique treatment plan.

Yes! The supervising BCBA will not be in every session but they will work closely with your family, analyze data collected by your Behavior Technicians, and meet regularly with you to discuss any changes and updates in your child’s treatment plan.

You will be given full access to secure communications via email, phone, and in-person meetings for any and all questions you have about your child or loved one’s treatment plan. Your inquiries will be answered as soon as possible after your inquiry is sent.

You will be given printed and/or electronic reference materials.

Telehealth is not defined as a separate service but as a delivery method used by providers and practitioners. 

Both. Whether your school district is in need of qualified consultation or 1:1 time with your child, we are here to help.

Contact us to discuss the needs of your school and/or school district.

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Verbal Behavior Training

Definition:

Verbal Behavior Training teaches communication using the principles of ABA and the theories of behaviorist B.F. Skinner. Verbal Behavior Training focuses on motivating the learner to use language by connecting words with their purposes and creating opportunities to use words. The goal is to teach the learner that using words appropriately helps them obtain needed and desired objects, people and activities, make meaningful comments and reciprocally communicate rather than simply labeling objects. Verbal Behavior Training typically focuses on teaching the learner verbal operants (verbal skills) such as manding (requesting), echoics (exact imitations) tacting (commenting) and intraverbals (conversational skills).

Natural Environment Teaching (NET)

Definition:

Natural Environment Teaching (NET) utilizes the principles of ABA to teach within the natural environment of the learner. In NET clients acquire new skills through fun and reinforcing play activities. Goals are taught directly by inserting “trials” into natural and fun play. Many learners on the Autism spectrum have limited play skills so NET focuses on pairing clients preferred items and activities with new activities in an effort to expand the learner’s interests and teach new skills

Social Skills Training (SST)

Definition:

An evidence-based method that helps individuals with Autism understand and participate successfully in social situations.

Example:

A behavior technician (BT) is teaching a child how to greet another person when they first meet. The BT has chosen to show the child a video of the behavior being modeled. 

The BT will then mimic the video with the child until it is completed successfully. Successful completion is positively reinforced with a gesture (high-five), a toy, or the child’s favorite snack.

Picture Exchange Communication System® (PECS®)

Definition:

PECS® allows people with little or no communication abilities to effectively communicate using pictures. A child or adult with Autism can communicate thoughts, wants and needs, and anything else that can be displayed via an image.

Example:

There are 6 phases to any PECS® task:
  1. How to communicate: Single pictures for items or activities the individual really wants; like a toy or snack.
  2. Distance and persistence: Still using single pictures, the individual is taught to generalize the want or need in different environments and with different people.
  3. Picture discrimination: The individual learns to select from two or more pictures to communicate their favorite things.
  4. Sentence structure: The individual learns to construct simple sentences using an “I want” card/picture followed by a picture of the item they want.
  5. Answering questions: The individual learns to use pictures to answer the question “What do you want?”.
  6. Commenting: The individual learns to respond to questions using pictures. Sentence structures begin with I see, I hear, It is, etc.

Discrete Trial Training (DTT)

Definition:

Breaking down a skill into smaller (discrete) elements. Each element is systematically taught by the behavior technician utilizing tangible positive reinforcement along the way.

Example:

A behavior technician (BT) is teaching a child colors. They begin by teaching blue. The BT asks the child to point to blue and rewards the child with a small toy. The BT then repeats this action with red, then yellow, and so on.
After the child successfully points to all colors individually, the BT will begin to teach the child how to say each color.