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Goals of the ABA Programme

• To provide intensive teaching for your child to achieve positive outcomes;
• To provide a personalised comprehensive curriculum to enable your child to make progress and met their full potentials. 
• For learners with an Educational Health Care Plans (EHCP), a personalised curriculum will be developed and implemented to enable them to achieve their outcomes.  
• To provide support and training to parents and a team of ABA tutors;
• To provide enjoyable learning opportunities;  
• To make a successful transition into school/ secondary school.

Teaching will focus on two main areas 

1. Building skills: 

• To build on the child’s strengths and areas of development. There will be an emphasis on developing communication and language skills, social interaction and play skills and self-help skills, gross and fine motor skills and increasing independence. 
• Behaviours will be prioritised which are of social significance to the child and their families to improve their quality of life.  

1. Overcoming barriers to learning: 

• To identify the functions of behaviours which are potential barriers to learning (e.g., non-compliance, aggression, tantrums, disruptive behaviour, obsessions, self-injurious behaviours etc) and teaching alternative replacement behaviours and functional communication skills. For example, if a child engages in a tantrum to access a preferred toy, they will be taught how to request for the item appropriately. 
• Developing problem-solving skills and self-management of behaviour and emotions. 

Nature of the programme

• The programme will usually start at home and then gradually transition to nursery or school.
• Teaching will be delivered on a one to one basis provided by a team of tutors and/or parents.
• Opportunities will be developed to teach group skills when the learner is ready. 
• Teaching hours will be intensive, approximately 30 – 35 hours per week. 
• For children attending school on a full-time basis, teaching will be delivered on a part-time basis and take place after school hours and during the weekends and school holidays. 
• In some circumstances, the programme will be delivered on a part-time basis with a recommendation of approximately 10 – 15 hours of therapy per week. 
• The teaching approach will be based on the principles of Applied Behaviour Analysis which has a robust evidence-based for intervention for children with autism. 
• For children under the age of 7, this intervention is also referred to as Early Intensive Behavioural Intervention (EIBI). 
• Family involvement is key, particularly in generalising skills into the natural and everyday environment. 
• Teaching will use a variety of evidence-based strategies from Applied Behaviour Analysis (e.g., Discrete Trial Teaching, Incidental Teaching, Natural Environment Teaching, chaining, shaping etc). 
• Emphasis is on teaching as naturally as possible across all environments to promote generalisation of skills. 
• The programme will be overseen by a Consultant Behaviour Analyst – BCBA (Board Certified Behaviour Analyst). 
• A personalised curriculum to meet the needs of your child will be designed and implemented. This will be informed by assessment data.  
• The skills taught will be functional and meaningful for the learner. 
• Teaching will be adapted to the unique qualities and needs of the child. 
• Teaching approach and the environment will be enjoyable to the learner.
• Planned interventions to overcome potential barriers to learning.
• Planned opportunities to generalise skills to the natural environment.
• Regular assessment of the individual needs of the child or young person. 
• Teaching decisions will be data-driven.
• The teaching style will be tailored to the child, taking into consideration their interests and motivations.
• A high level of supervision and training will be provided to ensure a successful programme.
• The child’s progress for each aspect of the programme will be evaluated and monitored regularly to ensure that the most effective strategies and interventions are used.