ABA Coaching Services
Are you looking for individualized coaching with a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) to better support your child or youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)? We are here to help!
Kinark’s ABA Coaching is available to families of children and youth under the age of 18 with a diagnosis of ASD. This service provides caregivers with ongoing coaching individualized to the strengths and needs of their child.
During these sessions, a BCBA Clinician will meet with parents and caregivers virtually or in-person (in Markham, Richmond Hill, Barrie, or Oshawa) to identify goals and provide individualized strategies based on the principles of ABA. Caregivers will also receive specific resources to better equip them in supporting their child.
Our BCBA clinicians will develop a customized service plan and use Behaviour Skills Training (BST) throughout coaching sessions. BST is an evidence-based approach to coaching that includes identifying and explaining individualized strategies, modeling those strategies, requesting parents and caregivers to demonstrate the strategies, and providing specific feedback.
Goals supported in this service may include:
- ABA-based strategies and techniques that require ongoing evaluation and modification to support complex goals and skills (when clinically appropriate), including:
- Communication skills including early requesting skills
- Attending to and following instructions
- Executive functioning skills
- Emotional regulation skills
- Self-care or hygiene skills
- Transition protocols
- Feeding procedures
- Toileting programs
- Sleep programs
- Observations, assessments, and individualized coaching around goals that may pose a low risk of injury or harm to the child or others around the child (if/when clinically appropriate), including:
- Reducing challenging behaviours (e.g., self-injury, aggression, property destruction, elopement)
- Community safety skills
- Abduction prevention
- Managing meltdowns
- Bullying prevention
Session details:
- A minimum of five, one-hour sessions must initially be booked. Additional service hours may be purchased as required to meet the needs of each family.
- Sessions are available during our regular hours of operation between 8 am – 8 pm on weekdays, and between 8 am – 4 pm on Saturdays.
- Sessions are available virtually, in person at a Kinark location, or in person at the family’s home/in the community.
- Sessions with the BCBA Clinician must be used at a minimum of one session bi-weekly.
Cost:
- $175 per hour in office at a Kinark location
- $175 per hour virtually
- $200 per hour for at home/in the community
Please note that additional travel charges may apply for services at home/in the community. Our services are eligible for purchase through an Ontario Autism Program (OAP) childhood budget, OAP core clinical services funding and some private insurance providers.
To register for this service, please complete the interest form below.
If you are looking for general strategies, please click here to learn more about our free Brief Behavioural Consultation service.