ABA Therapy Training of Aspire

1. Aspire provides Early Intervention services for children from twelve months to ten years of age. Our programs are guided by evidence-based contemporary Applied Behaviour Analysis techniques. Aspire offers Registered Behaviour Technician training with the Behaviour Analyst Certification Board. Has your child just been diagnosed? Concerned about the financial implications this may have on your family?  Don’t panic, there are many funding options available dependent on your family’s state of residence. Aspire is a FaHCSIA and NDIS accredited Early Intervention Service Provider. Families can access our Early Intervention services through both of these schemes if you already have your approval in place. https://www.aspireearlyintervention.com

2. EIBI EIBI stands for Early Intensive Behaviour Intervention and is the implementation of the principles of behaviour based on Applied Behaviour Analysis or ABA. A variety of techniques can be used within an EIBI setting. These include, but are not limited to: 1)Verbal Behaviour (VB) 2)Natural Environment Training (NET) / Incidental Teaching 3)Precision Teaching (PT) 4)Discrete Trial Training (DTT) 5)Relational Frames (Based on the principles of RFT) Verbal Behaviour Verbal Behaviour is any behaviour for which the reinforcer is mediated by the behaviour of another person. This does not mean that verbal behaviour needs to be vocal. At Aspire, we currently service clients who are verbal but use sign language or PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System), WECS (word/text communicating system) or writing – to communicate effectively with their peers and parents. See below for examples for a few basic functions of language in a Verbal Behaviour framework.

3. Some basic verbal functions described in Skinner’s VB model include: 1)Echoic: repeating of sounds, blends, words and sentences. 2)Mand (from “demand”): request for items, action or information. 3)Tact (from “contact”): comment on what the child can hear, see, feel, taste or smell 4)Intraverbal: responding to conversation type questions. Natural Environment Training (NET) The natural environment is the environment in which your child typically interacts with people and objects on a daily basis. The natural environment include places like pre-school, home, grandma’s house, church, day care, etc. The natural environment is where your child’s learning and communication skills should be applied in a functional context. Your ultimate goal of teaching should be your child’s ability to independently interact with others in these environments and to learn in and from their environment, like typically developing children learn.

4. Precision Teaching (PT) Precision teaching refers to a set of procedures for deciding if, when, and how an instructional program can be improved to facilitate your childís learning. Using Precision Teaching makes therapists and parents more effective and efficient in adapting to a teaching style to meet your childís needs. A term that is frequently used in precision teaching is Fluency. This is a technique that is used in contemporary ABA programs that teaches a child to become fluent in a particular skill. Fluency is a metaphor that describes how well a child has learned a certain skill. When children achieve skills to fluent levels, they can use these skills effortlessly, automatically, and without having to think about it. They learn skills so solidly that they can easily go on and use those skills to learn other, more advanced skills. https://www.aspireearlyintervention.com/about-us/what-is-eibi/

5. Discrete Trial Training (DTT) Discrete Trial Training (DTT) is a direct teaching methodology based upon the principles of Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA). While sometimes referred to as “ABA”, it is not synonymous. DTT is only one of many strategies within the field of ABA and EIBI. Discrete Trial Training is a technique for managing many learning opportunities by breaking down complex skills into small manageable steps. By breaking skills down, the child becomes competent and can master these skills relatively fast before introducing more difficult steps. Teaching builds upon mastered skills, moving towards more complex skills. Typically, DTT takes place at a table and initially starts with “readiness” skills such as sitting in a chair and attending while decreasing behaviours that interfere with learning. https://www.aspireearlyintervention.com/about-us/what-is-eibi/

6. Services Aspire provides Early Intervention services for children from the ages of twelve months to ten years of age Children with the following diagnoses may benefit specifically from our services: 1)Autism Spectrum Disorder 2)Global Developmental Delay 3)Language and Communication Difficulties 4)Social Delays 5)Acquired Brain Injury 6)Down Syndrome 7)Cerebral Palsy 8)ADHD/ADD 9)Williams Syndrome 10)Nonverbal Learning Disorder 11)Semantic Pragmatic Disorder 12)Specific Language Impairment 13)Difficulties with reading, literacy and decoding 14)Academic difficulties 15)Other related difficulties

7. Consultancy 1)Program Management / Behaviour Management 2)School Observations /consultation with schools 3)Individual Education Plan (IEP) / Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) meetings and preparation of objective goals 4)Incidental Consultation Services to families, pre-schools or Primary Schools 5)Assessments 6)Parent, (pre)school, and therapist training Aspire Early Intervention offers ABA therapists, undergraduate students who study psychology, speech pathology, occupational therapy, or related course work, teachers and parents the opportunity to gain formal training in the field of Applied Behaviour Analysis. 

8. Speech Pathology 1)Speech pathology services include: 2)Individual therapy 3)Group sessions 4)Speech and language assessments 5)Reading assessments 6)Preschool and School consultations 7)Written reports 8)Academic and pre-academic skills

9. Practical Workshops 1)Introductory workshop “What is Autism?” 2)Introductory workshop “What is Early Intensive Behaviour Intervention?” 3)Introductory workshop “What is Verbal Behaviour?” 4)Behaviour Management 5)Discrete Trial Training 6)Natural Environment Training 7)Teaching your child to communicate with pictures, sign or words/text 8)How to teach children with autism to play 9)Intermediate workshop “Verbal Behaviour” 10)Intermediate workshop “Contemporary Intervention Techniques”

10. Aspire Early Intervention 37/8 Ave of the Americas, Newington NSW 2127 61 (0)2 9648 4442 Telephone: info@aspireearlyintervention.com Mail: https://www.aspireearlyintervention.com