Services
Applied Behavior Analysis
Pediatric Advancement uses the strategies of Applied Behavior Analysis, which has been scientifically proven to deliver results, and incorporates the latest research findings into our work.
Our ABA therapy program is designed to help children develop a number of skill sets while at the same time reducing their engagement in problematic behaviors. We begin by expanding receptive and expressive vocabulary evenly across all major parts of speech so that needs and wants can be communicated. Conversational skills, generalization, and spontaneity are then targeted.
- Expanding receptive and expressive vocabulary to express needs and wants.
- Spontaneity, generalization, and conversational skills
- Combining social interactions and challenging group setting activities, social skills are expanded and reinforced.
- Reducing problematic behaviors.
- Combining language acquisition with skills acquisition.
These techniques are shared with caregivers to implement at home.
Treatment begins with an assessment, the purpose of which is to determine which skill set the child already possesses, and where the child has deficits. The licensed specialist then develops an individualized ABA program aimed at increasing the child’s skills in many areas as well as decreasing problematic behaviors.
Pediatric Advancement provides intensive ABA therapy to clients in center-based, in-home and school settings. All programs are developed and overseen by Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) and implemented by our Behavior Technicians.
Group Social Skills
Social skills groups may be used to teach a variety of social behaviors. In the evidence base, social skills group training targeted.
Social skills training includes interventions and instructional methods that help a child improve and understand social behavior. The goal of social skills training is to teach children about verbal and nonverbal behaviors that are involved in typical social interactions.
- Perspective-taking
- Conversational skills
- Friendship skills
- Problem-solving
- Social competence
- Emotion recognition
- Theory of mind
Daily Living Skills
Daily Living Skills are skills you use in your everyday life. They are activities utilized at home, school, work or in the community. Life skills are essentially those abilities that help promote mental well-being and competence in young people as they face the realities of life. To successfully evoke living skills at an older age, it must first be taught in the early years of a child.
- Decision-making
- Creative thinking
- Focus, prioritization
- Time management
- Critical thinking
- Problem-solving
- Promoting independence
- Self-care
- Community navigation
- Personal hygiene
Academic learning
Early learning paves the way for learning at school and throughout life. What children learn in their first few years of life—and how they learn it—can have long-lasting effects on their success and health as children, teens, and adults. It prepares children for the challenges they will face in higher education and beyond.
- Each child will be provided with 1:1 assistance by our certified Technicians to ensure their academic development and advancement according to the child’s age and capacity.
- Curriculum objectives are determined on the child’s age, grade, and other components decided upon the Initial Assessment and meetings with Academic professionals.
