All about autism and ABA therapy
Autism Self Assessment
Can ABA therapy help?
What autism looks like
ASD is a complex condition characterized by communication, social, and behavioral problems. But that doesn’t mean that everyone with ASD looks the same.
The self-assessment questions above will help you know what to look out for. While more obvious signs include difficulties in communication, sensitivity to light, touch, and noise, a hard time managing behaviors, and repetitive behaviors like rocking and “stimming,” there are also more subtle symptoms that point to ASD: restrictive behaviors (like hyperfocusing on specific topics of interest), rigidity (needing specific routines, difficulty adapting), and hard time sharing someone else’s perspective.
Want clarity?
A professional assessment is essential to proper diagnosis.
ABA is learning through doing
So how can ABA help? A scientific discipline backed by over half a century of research, ABA stands for Applied Behavior Analysis. Its job: To help people with autism gain skills that allow them to better interact with the world around them — and themselves.
With one-on-one therapy, regular assessments, and parent/ caregiver support, ABA encourages clients to model desired skills, effectively creating momentum that puts your child on the trajectory to create real, lasting change in behavior.
Some skills ABA can teach:
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Asking for desired items
and answering questions -
Interacting with a friend and
playing with toys -
Feeding, dressing
and bathing skills -
Reducing problem behaviors
like tantrums and hitting
Haim is Different:
Empowering Without Intruding
At Haim ABA, our goal is to be as unintrusive as possible. So we’ll start small. Sometimes, it’s just a minor environment change that gives a child the space they need to grow. From there, we’ll build it out: If we see that clients need more support, we’ll layer treatments, carefully, consciously, helping clients meet goals with gentleness.
How ABA Works:
Child, parent, therapist, supervisor: For ABA to work, everyone needs to pitch in.
Together we work, together we celebrate!
Parent Training
A Haim BCBA (Board-Certified Behavior Analyst) meets you, the parent, in your home or anywhere else. We’ll teach you smart strategies that help you manage your child’s behaviors and encourage new skills!
ABA Therapy
A skilled, hand-picked behavior technician (that’s your child’s new BFF) will meet with your child wherever they’re comfortable: home, daycare, or school. They’ll work on new skills and move the goalpost along as they progress.
BCBA Supervision
To ensure goals are being met, your BCBA will periodically join therapy sessions to observe and provide feedback to the behavior technician. Supervision, feedback, and training amplify results — so your child can conquer the world!
Planning & Evaluations
Your BCBA updates your child’s personalized treatment plan once a week. Dynamic and evolving, it’s updated once a week with feedback from parent, behavior technician, and child. Because without a plan, a goal is just a wish!
Together, we can work on anything. And it all starts right here.
Or give us a call at Haim HQ 855-511-HAIM (4246)