Although Lovaas style programming has been in the spotlight longer, more and more people are going to an ABA program with an emphasis on Verbal Behavior as it is showing the ability to bridge the gaps left in traditional ABA programs.
In a traditional Lovaas approach the concept of “cookie” may be considered mastered when a child can point to a cookie and say cookie when shown a cookie, but with a Verbal Behavior approach the concept of “cookie” is not considered mastered until the child can:
- Ask for a cookie when it is wanted (mand)
- Find the cookie when it is asked for (receptive)
- Select a cookie if asked:
- What do you eat? (function)
- What has chocolate chips? (feature)
- Find the food (class)
- Answer questions about the cookie when it is not present: (intraverbals)
- Tell me what you eat?
- What has chocolate chips?
- What’s crunchy?
ABA-Verbal Behavior Therapy and Socialisation Programmes for Children with:
Autism, PDD-NOS, ADD, ADHD, Hyperlexia, High-Functioning Autism, Non-Verbal Learning Disability
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In many cases, a delay in the child’s starting to speak around age two brings problems to parents’ attention, even though other, less noticeable signs may be present at an earlier age.
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Improved Continuously and Guided by the Best
James W. Partington, Ph.D., BCBA‐D Principal Consultant
Dr Partington, author of the ABLLS™‐R and co‐author of Teaching Language to Children with Autism or Other Developmental Disabilities, has over 35 years of clinical experience in language‐based intervention with children with autism. As our Principal Consultant, Dr Partington oversees and steers the application and advancement of the ABA‐VB methodology in our curriculum development. He also trains our staff in the clinical practices of ABA‐VB on a regular basis.
Michelle Garcia Winner, M.A., CCC‐SLP Training Consultant, Social Thinking® Author
Michelle is the author of Social Thinking® and many other internationally recognized publications. As a US Congressional‐award winning speech‐language pathologist, she runs a clinic, the Centre for Social Thinking in California. Our staff are trained by Michelle on the social thinking approach in addressing the treatment and educational needs of children with a range of social and communication challenges.
TherapistsOur team of over 100 qualified and well‐trained therapists have a wealth of experience in behavioral intervention with children with autism and early learning programs. We are very proud of the low turnover in our team, which means we can provide a consistent and stable learning environment in which your child can thrive and establish a personal connection with familiar faces. SupervisorsOur supervisors are case managers who take charge of clinical assessment, program/individual education plan (IEP) development, clinical supervision and clinical meetings with parents. They have an average of 8 years experience in behavioral and language intervention. Our therapists, with an average 3 years of clinical experience, work closely with your child in achieving individualized learning goals progressively. As the first point of contact, they keep track of your child’s progress and address any changing needs observed. Continuous and Trained from the BestContinuous training is our code of professionalism. We have frequent staff training sessions every month. All our staff are trained by our Principal Consultant, Dr James Partington and Social Thinking® Author, Michelle Garcia Winner. Before assigning to the first case, all therapists go through a systematic ABA‐VB training program which include natural environment teaching, verbal behavior instruction, shaping of behavior, reinforcement techniques, discrete trial teaching, correction procedures, interspersal techniques and data collection methods. On top of that, our staff also receive training in Social Thinking, shadow teaching and self‐help skills. Continuous training enables our staff to be sophisticated, consistent and up‐to‐date in their clinical practices that best meet the needs of children experiencing developmental delays due to autism and other disorders on ASD. |
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Trainings and workshops in March
We are delighted to be the first Autism treatment company in Hong Kong and Singapore that is directly trained by Pamela Wolfberg, the founder of the award-winning social treatment program Integrated Play Groups®(IPG). She gives solid foundation and useful strategies on setting up an integrated playgroup for autistic children across the spectrum. Over 70 parents and clinical professions attended our parent workshop, gaining an insight in child-play skills.
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Dr James Partington: Equipping Essential Life Skills For Your Child
18 March 2012 – Hong Kong
1 July 2012 – Singapore
Our leading consultant, Dr James Partington, will conduct a training session for parents needing advice on teaching children with self-help skills. Dr Partington will offer great insight for self-care and communication in autistic children. This seminar will reveal advice useful for lifelong education.
Sociablls
This social group is designed for children who need additional support in developing social skills. The goal is to aid children in becoming socially skilled and to acquire ability to respond to the social environment in a manner that produces, maintains and enhances posit ive interpersonal relationships.
Social Thinking Class
This program, based on Michelle Winner’s Social Thinking®, targets at children who are higher functioning with an ability to engage in more explicit meta‐cognitive learning (thinking about thinking) and with a core objective to help them better learn and understand social knowledge and social responses.
