Services

Home Based ABA

What will it look like?
Sessions are individually crafted based on each client’s unique needs. A typical in-home session will encompass a blend of tabletop work, natural learning experiences, and play-based instruction. New England ABA staff will constantly be working to motivate your loved one to participate in therapy by engaging in activities that your loved one finds reinforcing. When there comes a time to engage in a task that may be non-preferred, the team will use a variety of ABA-based reinforcement strategies based on your loved one’s currently preferred activities. This type of approach is very person-centric, using the motivation of each client to lead the path toward learning and long-term independence.

Expanding horizons
For many of our clients, progress may be restricted by a limited number of reinforcers and preferred activities.  Our team members have been given extensive training on how to use your loved one’s current interests to expand their preferences.  When this process occurs, it lays the foundation needed for long-lasting behavior change and skill acquisition.

Flexible approach
New England ABA seamlessly blends targeted ABA therapy within your family’s existing routines and common activities. This means that families and clients do not need to change their daily routines just because therapy is occurring.

We focus on communication and functional skills
The ability to effectively communicate is central to our overall quality of life. With this in mind, New England ABA focuses heavily on teaching functional communication through an evidence-based, ABA approach. In addition, we also look to target other functional, home-based skills such as self-help, feeding, social skills and much more.

Community-Based ABA

What about when we go to Target?
Learning does not stop at school or in the home. In fact, some of the best learning opportunities occur outside of the home in natural community locations — just like Target!

It’s more than just going outside
Community-based locations are typically fast-paced and unpredictable. Just going out into these environments for the experience of it will yield limited results. NE-ABA brings all of the structure used within home sessions directly to community locations. This shows the learner that the skills and behaviors that are being taught in the home environment can be used out in the “real world” as well. This method produces progress that lasts and gives each client more independence

Graduation

Our goal
The eventual goal of all New England ABA’s clinical efforts is to see each client graduate from our therapy program with the skills they need to live an independent and happy life. We begin this process right from the very start of therapy, through the use of each client’s unique preferences and motivators. When these reinforcers are used and expanded throughout the therapy process the client is able to learn skills naturally and at their own pace. The result is that once it comes time to graduate, each client has learned the behaviors and skills they need to access what they love independent of therapy.

Celebration
New England ABA celebrates client achievement throughout the therapy process. Graduation is the culmination of many therapy milestones and the truest embodiment of our “Client First” philosophy. Graduation ceremonies are held quarterly in order to publicly celebrate the hard work of our client’s and their families.