Skill Development

 

After evaluating your child, the Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) will construct a curriculum that systematically addresses all areas of development. The skills in each program will build upon prior-mastered skills.

Target areas may include:

  • Imitation

    • Imitation is the foundation for learning. Children learn how to talk, play, and participate in a classroom setting by copying others.

  • Eye Contact

    • Looking at the speaker when hearing his/her name

    • Looking at the speaker from various distances and durations

    • Eye contact during conversation and play

  • Requesting/Asking for things

  • Joint attention

    • Attending to and responding to other individuals in the environment

  • Matching/Visual perceptual skills

    • Picture-object correspondence

    • Patterning

    • Sequencing

  • Receptive language

    • Following instructions

    • Expanding vocabulary

  • Expressive language

    • Producing sounds

    • Producing words

    • Expanding sentence length

  • Play

    • Independent play skills

    • Group play skills

  • Social skills

    • Conversation skills

    • Understanding emotions

    • Reading body language and facial expressions

    • Initiating conversation

    • Responding appropriately to others

    • Generalization in the community

  • Safety 

    • Home safety

    • Community safety

    • School safety

  • Daily living skills

    • Transitions

    • Toileting

    • Feeding

    • Sleep training

    • Dressing

    • Tolerating hair cuts and doctor appointments

    • Tolerating non-preferred sounds, textures, and other stimuli

    • Cleaning up

    • Preparing food

  • Pre-academic skills

    • Working in a structured setting

    • Following multi-step directions

    • Reading

    • Writing

    • Quantitative concepts

  • Motor skills

    • Gross motor skills

    • Fine motor skills

    • Oral motor skills