Our Services
ABA Techniques Can:
Improve communication skills
Improve social skills
Enhance “play” abilities
Promote self care
Promote success at school
Prepare for lifelong employment
Experienced, Dedicated Professionals:
Founded by families of children with autism
Professionals with decades of experience
Each therapist is required to obtain their Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) certification
9 Board Certified Behavior Analysts on staff
Two Clinical Psychologists on staff
Focus on Compassionate Care
Applied Behavior Analysis Therapies
Engaging Minds Autism Services provides individualized Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) services for children and adolescents (age 2-20) diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). ABA therapy is a scientifically proven and effective treatment for autism. Treatment is based on each person’s clinical needs, strengths, family priorities, and treatment goals. Established by local parents of children with Autism, the EMAS team is determined to bring highly effective and uncompromisingly professional ABA therapy to your family to promote positive growth within your child.
Types of ABA Services
Engaging Minds Autism Services provides both comprehensive and focused ABA services.
Comprehensive ABA may address several areas of need, such as communication, social skills, play and leisure skills, functional living skills, safety, behavioral flexibility, and behaviors that interfere with learning or daily life.
Focused ABA targets a smaller number of specific treatment needs or clinically significant behaviors.
Treatment recommendations are individualized based on developmental level, clinical need, medical necessity, and family needs.
ABA services may include:
Individualized assessment and treatment planning
Direct ABA therapy
Skill acquisition programming
Behavior reduction and replacement-skill programming
Caregiver training and coaching
Generalization and maintenance of skills
Collaboration with schools and other members of the care team when appropriate
Co-Occurring Conditions
Children and adolescents receiving ABA services may also have other developmental, behavioral, neurological, or mental health conditions.
These may include:
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Anxiety
Intellectual or developmental disabilities
Communication disorders
Genetic or neurological conditions
Sleep-related concerns
Other developmental or behavioral conditions
Our clinical team considers each individual’s complete clinical picture when developing treatment recommendations. ABA services focus on needs that are appropriate for behavior-analytic treatment and within the ASD scope and expertise of our clinical team.
When additional medical, mental health, or specialty services are needed, we may collaborate with or recommend other qualified providers.
Where We Provide Services
Depending on clinical need, availability, funding requirements, and treatment authorization, ABA services may be provided in:
Our clinic locations
School settings
Home, community or natural-environment settings
Telehealth when clinically appropriate and permitted
Services provided in schools or community settings remain part of an individualized ABA treatment plan and do not replace educational services.
How ABA Services Are Delivered
ABA services may be delivered through:
Face-to-face, in-person ABA treatment
In-person ABA treatment with telehealth clinical direction when appropriate
In-person caregiver training and coaching
Telehealth caregiver training and coaching when appropriate
The way services are delivered is based on clinical need, safety, treatment effectiveness, applicable regulations, and funding-source requirements.
ABA Services and Other Services
Engaging Minds also provides services that are separate from our ABA healthcare services.
Diagnostic evaluations are not ABA treatment and are provided by appropriately qualified diagnostic professionals.
Professional training, educator support, school consultation, and community education may also be offered separately from individualized ABA healthcare treatment.
We provide an environment for our families to grow & excel.
Behavior analysis is a scientifically validated approach to understanding behavior and how it is affected by the environment. In this context, behavior refers to actions and skills. Environment includes any influence, physical or social, that might change or be changed by one’s behavior.
Teaching the Basics
ABA Techniques and Philosophy
The instructor uses a variety of behavior analytic procedures, some of which are directed by the instructor and others initiated by the learner.
Parents and/or other family members and caregivers receive training so they can support learning and skill practice throughout the day.
The learner’s day is structured to provide many opportunities both planned and naturally occurring to acquire and practice skills in both structured and unstructured situations.
The learner receives an abundance of positive reinforcement for demonstrating useful skills and socially appropriate behaviors. The emphasis is on positive social interactions and enjoyable learning.
The learner receives no reinforcement for behaviors that pose harm or prevent learning.
Our Principles
The principles and methods of behavior analysis have helped many different kinds of learners acquire many different skills; from healthier lifestyles to the mastery of a new language. Since the 1960s, therapists have been applying behavior analysis to help children with autism and related developmental disorders.
Behavior analysis focuses on the principles that explain how learning takes place. Positive reinforcement is one such principle. When a behavior is followed by some sort of reward, the behavior is more likely to be repeated. Through decades of research, the field of behavior analysis has developed many techniques for increasing useful behaviors and reducing those that may cause harm or interfere with learning.