First Week of ABA Therapy

During the first week of ABA Therapy, the BCBA will apply the findings and interventions outlined in your child’s treatment plan into daily interventions and learning opportunities. Generally speaking, you will not see significant changes in your child’s behaviors during the first week of therapy. Rather, the first week will serve as an introduction into ABA Therapy as well as an opportunity for the team of technicians to pair (ABA term) with your child. The primary task that the technicians will have in therapy treatment is to contrive opportunities for learning to occur through one-on-one interactions with your child in accordance with the direction and training outlined by the BCBA. Some examples of contrived learning opportunities include developing desired social skills with peers, practicing word association and pronunciation, and fast-matching items and objects. Through intensive daily interventions, your child will learn social and developmental skills that are critical building blocks for learning in future environments. The goal of the BCBA and the technicians is to transition children into ABA Therapy as seamlessly as possible. However, some children may not respond positively to therapeutic interventions during the first few weeks of therapy. Our goal during this transitionary time is to contrive opportunities to learn while also considering the stage of learning in which the child currently occupies.