Upon receiving your intake paperwork one of our BCBAs will contact you to set up an initial consultation. They will come to the meeting prepared to learn more about your family as a whole and ask questions that will help them determine your child’s primary areas of need. At this meeting, you should be prepared to answer a series of in-depth questions about your child, your family and places outside of the home where you would like support. This information will help guide the BCBA in determining the assessments that will allow them to develop your child’s treatment plan.

The BCBA will decide which assessments will be the most appropriate for your child. A combination of 1:1 direct assessments, observations, data collection, and interview-based assessments will be administered. Common assessments include FBAs and the VB-MAPP.

Once the assessments are completed, the BCBA will develop a comprehensive treatment plan. Our plans include assessment results, treatment goals, recommended schedule for therapy, teaching procedures and data sheets used to track your child’s progress during the course of therapy. If applicable, a behavior intervention plan and a Verbal Behavior Assessment will be provided. Following the completion of the treatment plan the BCBA will set up a meeting with the family to review the treatment plan. If you are happy with the direction of therapy we will have you sign the treatment plan and prepare to begin our direct therapy services.

At this stage the BCBA will implement direct therapy, monitor progress, update treatment goals and observe your child’s progress throughout. When new skills are mastered, the BCBA will check to ensure that the skills can be generalized to multiple environments.

Your BCBA will also meet with you periodically to train you how to implement your child’s treatment plan.