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ABA Therapy at InBloom Autism Services
When looking for resources for their children, parents and caregivers are often left scratching their heads, wondering what the next step is. That’s why we offer a supportive environment to guide families from diagnosis to early intervention ABA therapy, helping children ages 18 months to 5 years old prepare for kindergarten and beyond at our autism treatment centers nationwide.
Our Care Team first ensures all healthcare coverage is verified and the necessary authorizations are obtained to begin treatment. Then, our Clinical Team creates a personalized care plan tailored to each child’s unique needs. InBloom Autism Services is conveniently located in 7 states with multiple locations to serve your family’s needs!
Ready to begin? Reach out to our team today.
Applied Behavior analysis for autism Explained
What is ABA Treatment and Therapy?
Everyone learns differently, and we all have our own goals. This is part of what makes Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy so effective!
Our clinicians continually collect and analyze data about your child’s behavior to create individualized treatment plans to increase helpful behaviors and skills, and decrease not-so-helpful behaviors––those that pose a safety risk or interfere with learning and independence. Having access to real-time data allows the clinical team to adapt treatment plans to meet your child’s needs as they continue to grow and make progress.
ABA treatment services and therapy at InBloom are based heavily on naturalistic teaching methods. It might look like we’re just playing and having a blast (and we are), but our talented clinicians work in countless learning opportunities throughout the context of play and other preferred activities. During therapy sessions, your child will work on a variety of different skills such as communication, social, play, and much, much more!
Watch an episode from our Blooming Minds video series for an in-depth explanation of what ABA therapy is and how it works!
Skills we work on.
How can Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) Therapy help?
Expressive & Receptive Language
In autism therapy, any way a person communicates is called Expressive Language. This includes things like exchanging pictures or using a communication device. On the other hand, Receptive Language is how we understand communication, like following directions, identifying items, or understanding actions.
Behavior Reduction
At InBloom, autism services focus on helping children develop new skills that replace challenging behaviors. Our approach involves understanding the reason behind the behavior and then teaching your child functional ways to communicate their needs or wants. This positive reinforcement strategy promotes desired behaviors and naturally reduces unwanted ones. Our therapists create individualized treatment plans based on your child’s unique strengths and goals, ensuring a positive and successful therapy experience.
Functional Communication
Teaching alternative behaviors and methods of communicating to replace undesired behaviors is part of important therapy at InBloom Autism Services. Thus, children get their needs met in an appropriate manner. Basic examples of Functional Communication skills include requesting access to an item or activity, asking for help or a break, and requesting attention.
Academic Readiness
At our autism center, we understand the importance of academic readiness for children with autism. At InBloom Autism Services, our ABA therapy and treatments are designed to make learning fun and engaging! This helps your child develop focus, motivation, and skills to thrive in the classroom and beyond. We prioritize building a strong foundation that empowers your child to tackle new challenges confidently.
Social and Group Skills
At our autism treatment centers, we understand the importance of strong social skills. We offer a variety of engaging activities designed to help your child develop essential social skills like initiating and maintaining communication, turn-taking, problem-solving, and cooperative play. The advantage of our centers? Your child gets to practice these skills with peers at similar developmental levels, fostering a supportive and encouraging environment for growth. This social interaction builds confidence and provides opportunities for learning valuable life skills through play and collaboration.
Toilet Training & Daily Living Skills
At InBloom, we know potty training can be a journey. That’s why we turn it into a positive adventure! With our therapists, your child will discover fun and engaging ways to learn this vital skill, from using visual aids and exciting stories to celebrating successes along the way. The fun doesn’t stop there! We use this same positive approach to help your child develop essential self-care skills like handwashing, getting dressed, and brushing teeth, empowering them to gain confidence and independence in their daily routines.
Caregiver Training
At each autism therapy center, we believe in the power of partnership. That’s why we offer caregiver ABA coaching directly with your BCBA. This personalized training equips parents with the tools and strategies used in therapy, allowing them to continue fostering progress at home. We believe strong family connections are key to success, and we cherish the collaborative journey we create together, supporting your child’s growth every step of the way!
Types of ABA Therapy & Techniques
Task Analysis
Break down tasks into smaller, manageable steps, helping your young child focus on one step at a time. Task analysis helps build confidence and reduce frustration, making it easier for children with Autism to achieve success and feel proud of their progress.
Parent Training
Empower parents and caregivers with simple at-home strategies to support their child’s development. By showing you how to reinforce positive behaviors, parent training helps create a consistent learning environment that supports your child’s confidence.
Incidental Teaching
Use everyday moments, like playtime or routine activities, to teach new skills. Incidental teaching helps children learn in familiar settings, understand new concepts faster, and transition their skills into real-life situations.
Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention
Start early with one-on-one support focusing on communication, social skills, and behavior. Early intensive behavioral intervention helps children build a strong foundation and improves their chances of long-term success and independence.
Direct ABA Therapy
Offer personalized one-on-one therapy to address specific behaviors and skill challenges. Direct ABA therapy ensures your child’s unique needs are met with focused attention, allowing them to succeed and grow in a safe, welcoming environment.
Prompt Hierarchy
Reduce support gradually, starting with more help and slowly encouraging independence. Prompt hierarchy builds your child’s confidence as they learn new skills, which empowers them to do more on their own (at their own pace).
Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)
Use pictures to support communication and help your child effectively express their needs. PECS allows them to communicate in a way that feels natural and accessible, reducing frustration and encouraging positive interactions.
Generalization
Apply learned skills in various settings (e.g., home, school, or grocery store). Generalization ABA helps your child practice what they’ve learned in familiar, real-world places, increasing their resilience and ability to participate successfully in more social interactions.
Functional Behavior Assessment
Understand the reasons behind your child’s behaviors to identify the best treatment strategies. By addressing the root cause of behavior, we create a clearer path toward positive outcomes. A functional behavior assessment helps your child with Autism feel understood, safe, and supported.
Behavior Contract
Set clear goals for behavior and rewards for reaching them. A behavior contract helps children with Autism understand expectations and feel encouraged as they reach their goals.
Response Interruption and Redirection
Interrupt challenging behaviors and redirect your child toward more positive actions. Response interruption and redirection is a gentle technique that helps children shift behavior in real-time, allowing them to successfully interact with others.
Positive Behavior Support
Create a positive learning environment that supports and encourages positive behaviors. Positive behavior support helps your child feel safe and accepted, teaching them healthy social skills and positive behaviors that will support long-term progress.
Pivotal Response Treatment (Focus on Key Areas)
Focus on teaching important life skills (e.g., communication and social interactions) during everyday activities. Pivotal response treatment helps children with Autism build essential skills to thrive in relationships and their ability to navigate real-life situations.
Natural Environment Teaching
Teach skills through play and daily routines, where learning feels most natural. Natural environment teaching helps children practice new skills in real-life situations, making it easier for them apply at home, school, and beyond.
Functional Communication Training
Encourage your child to express their needs using words, signs, or pictures, reinforcing positive behaviors. By giving them a clear way to communicate, functional communication training helps the reduce frustration and replace challenging behaviors with more positive interactions with others.
Discrete Trial Training
Provide clear steps and structured learning experiences to teach new skills. Discrete trial training helps children with Autism learn one small step of a more complex task at a time, making it easier for them to achieve success.
ABA Behavior Consultation
Collaborate with our care team to create a personalized plan for your child’s unique needs. ABA behavior consultation helps us better understand what’s causing your child’s behaviors, allowing us to develop custom strategies and make positive changes in their life.
Differential Reinforcement
Reinforce positive behaviors while gently guiding your child away from challenging behaviors. By rewarding positive behaviors, children with Autism will learn what is expected in different situations. Differential reinforcement helps them feel more confident in their choices.
Self-Management
Encourage your child to manage their own behaviors. A self-management approach helps children with Autism feel more in control of their actions, encouraging greater independence and confidence.
Shaping
Guide your child toward a larger goal with step-by-step guidance and positive reinforcement. Shaping helps them feel less overwhelmed when performing complex tasks and celebrates their progress with each step, which encourages them to continue trying.
Mand Training
Teach your child to ask for what they need and want through pictures, signs, or words. Mand training encourages children to communicate in more meaningful ways, helping reduce frustration.
Pairing ABA
Combine learning with activities your child loves to make therapy more enjoyable. Pairing ABA with fun experiences helps children feel positive about therapy and encourages better engagement.
Stimulus Fading
Gradually reduce the support your child needs to complete a task. Stimulus fading allows children with Autism to take on more responsibility for their actions, which helps build confidence and self-esteem
finding the right support
Is ABA Autism Therapy right for my child?
Research has shown that our minds are most impressionable between the ages of 1 and 5. For this reason, early intervention (obtaining ABA therapy for autism at an early age) is key in ensuring your child is given the tools needed to develop meaningful skills that will prepare them for the classroom and everyday life. Our Care Team takes pride in walking each family through the ABA treatment process so that parents and caregivers can feel at ease knowing that they have a strong network of support dedicated to the growth and success of their child.
In this episode of Blooming Minds, one of our Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) explains the onboarding process for starting ABA therapy services with us!
Don’t Have an Autism Diagnosis? We’re Here to Help!
At InBloom, we understand how essential it is to identify and support your child’s unique needs. That’s why we offer compassionate, comprehensive autism diagnostic evaluations for children aged 18 months to 3 years in Colorado Springs, Dallas, Greater Phoenix, Orlando, and San Antonio.
Let us assist you in finding the answers you need. Reach out today to see if an evaluation is right for your child.
What You Can Expect
What can I expect from ABA treatment?
ABA Therapy for autism is a marathon, not a sprint. Therefore, consistency is key to maximizing each child’s success.
After assessing your child’s skills and needs, our clinicians develop a treatment plan typically ranging from 20 to 40 hours of care per week in a learning center. Once therapy begins, your kiddo’s network of support balloons in size, and most critical to their development is the relationship between their biggest advocates: you and their ABA team!
Testimonials
Inbloom is the very best thing that has happened to my family this year our son has reached so many milestones with the help of the staff! Every staff member is so attentive to the needs of our son and so professional! These five stars are not enough to rate or appreciate them!
Raykeshia S.
Farmers Branch, TX
Raykeshia S.
Farmers Branch, TX
We are so grateful for finding InBloom! I was shocked when she made more progress in her first 3 weeks at InBloom than she did the entire time at the other facility. On top of that, the entire staff is so wonderful and communicates with us on every little step. I can't recommend them highly enough!
Christiana M.
Chandler, AZ
Christiana M.
Chandler, AZ
He’s only been going for 3 months and has already learned so much. Dad and I can definitely tell he’s learning and picking up on things he’s being taught. He’s always excited to go to “InBloom School.” He even asks on weekends. I highly recommend it.
Ebony F.
Colorado Springs, CO
Ebony F.
Colorado Springs, CO
Every interaction I've had there with anyone at all has been a pleasant one. It's always scary to leave my son somewhere the first time but the way he is eager to go back the next day instantly made me feel at ease. Everyone is so compassionate and I can already see slight changes in how he carries himself. I definitely recommend this Learning Center.
Nicole M.
San Antonio, TX
Nicole M.
San Antonio, TX
My son has made so much progress since he started there. Everyone there is so nice and good at their job! Would absolutely recommend!
Sara W.
Brookfield, WI
Sara W.
Brookfield, WI
Our son has made tremendous progress, and we as a family are beyond thrilled to see the love and care this team has for our son. He loves it there, his therapists, and his peers!
Emily B.
Jacksonville, FL
Emily B.
Jacksonville, FL
The most enjoyable part is seeing all of your effort paying off. When you can hear a child say something or even SING something, when they can't speak at all or in anything other than baby talk, is the most rewarding thing ever.
Registered Behavior Technician (RBT)
Norwich, CT
Registered Behavior Technician (RBT)
Norwich, CT
I’m beyond blessed to work for a company that is so supportive and generally cares for every student and employee's growth. I’ve been in this field for over 7 years and I’ve NEVER had a company provide so much assistance that betters my quality of teaching.
Registered Behavior Technician (RBT)
St. Petersburg, FL
Registered Behavior Technician (RBT)
St. Petersburg, FL
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What does getting started in ABA autism therapy and services look like?
Documents requested and steps may vary by region.
Take the next step in your unique Autism Therapy journey!
We’d love to chat! Here are some things we may ask about:
Whether your child has an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) diagnosis.
Your child’s age and challenging behaviors.
Skills you may want your child to work on.
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