School-Age ABA Program Activities

The School-Age ABA Program works collaboratively in partnership with our clients’ families and schools to provide sound, effective ABA-supported educational programs based on the provincial curriculum followed by the schools. Our main activities are detailed below.

Child Assessment and Evaluation

The child is evaluated with behavioural, educational and developmental assessments that have established mastery criteria and/or normative measures.

Application of Learning Principles

ABA Consultants design teaching programs that include the application of behavioural principles and procedures. The ABA Consultants ensure the outcomes of teaching strategies are continually monitored and change strategies if needed. They also ensure progress is demonstrated through the summary of data and production of summary graphs and break down teaching into achievable sub-goals. They also ensure prompting techniques are used to encourage independent responding and make learning rewarding, reinforcing when appropriate.

Inclusive Setting and IEP Process

Programming occurs through the collaborative IEP process and involves ABA staff, schools and parents in the development of educational programs that focus on the goals of the inclusive educational setting.

School-Based Staff Training and Data Collection

ABA staff provide hands-on training to home and school staff working directly with the student and a monitoring system to allow for informed decisions regarding changes in the program or procedures.

Challenging Behaviour Support

Behaviour Analysts specialize in supporting the improvement of challenging behaviour. Behavioural intervention plans and procedure recommendations are based on outcomes of functional assessment and analysis of challenging behaviours.

Promoting and Ensuring Parental Involvement

Families are an integral part of a child’s education and have a significant role in supporting the school and home ABA programs. Parents are involved according to school policies in planning goals. Parents have a commitment of hiring home staff for 7-10 hours per week as well as for facilitating home programming. They are also committed to providing five hours of ABA programming to their children.

ABA Intensity and Representation in the Individualized Education Plan

The ABA Program is an intensive home/school endeavor, providing 35 weekly hours of educational programming between home and school environments. Teaching plans and behaviour procedures are consistent across school and home environments. The ABA Consultant and Senior Tutor are a resource to the school and home, available for 9.5 hours biweekly each.

For more information contact Tiffany Pang, Family Information & Resource Coordinator – 204-256-4301 ext. 3467