Services
One to One Therapy for Children
We help autistic children with behaviour intervention, one-to-one skill building, and more.
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One to One Therapy for Adults
We support adults to develop functional living skills while treating problem behaviours.
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Treatment of Challenging Behaviours
We provide assessments and behaviour support plans for children and adults.
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Parent Coaching & Training
We support parents with coaching and consultative services. We also offer ABA training for schools or companies.
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Group Social Skills
Social skills groups are for elementary school children, teens, and adults. Our groups are structured around age-appropriate activities and shared interests.
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Virtual ABA Sessions
Virtual ABA allows children and youth to work on meaningful skills from home through live, one-to-one
sessions with a supervised ABA therapist.
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Student Placement & Supervision
We offer student clinical supervision for students enrolled in ABS diploma programs or master's in ABA.
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One to One Therapy for Children
Behaviour Avenues supports children with autism in London, Ontario, and surrounding areas with individualized ABA therapy. One-to-one children's therapy sessions are offered in the child’s home or in nearby community settings, or virtually when applicable.
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Initial comprehensive assessments are conducted, followed by direct assessments with the child depending on the child’s age and abilities. These assessments are for behaviour reduction and skill building.
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Click here to read how an ABA Therapy Session works.
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Examples of skills taught are:
Responding to name, focus and attention, establishing eye contact, play skills, toilet training, feeding, basic match to sample, and basic receptive identification skills.
We also work on skills such as: asking and answering questions, making requests, sorting by category, perspective taking, initiating and maintaining conversations, following instructions, math skills, using money, personal hygiene, doing simple chores, functional communication, visual perceptual skills, imitation skills, language skills, functional living skills, self-regulation, tolerance to waiting, tolerance to frustration, perspective taking, accepting help, social boundaries and community safety, repetitive behaviours, friendship and social skills, academic success, and internet safety. -
Did you know that you can request to involve your ABA service provider in the IEP process for your child? Behaviour Avenues collaborates with the school team to ensure the continuity of care and the generalization of the therapy goals within the school setting.
What does an ABA session look like for children?
Set up and preparation
The instructor therapist and the clinical supervisor prepare the therapy room/space in the client’s home. This usually requires a table with 2 chairs, a cabinet with a lock to store therapy material, program material and toys used during therapy.
The therapy session
The first couple of sessions are dedicated to building a good rapport with the child. If
the child doesn’t feel comfortable with the instructor we cannot begin therapy.
Rapport building and pairing is the cornerstone of the therapy process.
● Session length is usually 2 hours, broken down into different tasks and includes a
break (10 to 15 minutes). During the break time, the therapist will work on
documentation and data collection and preparing material to teach the next
programs.Some programs are taught at the table, and some others are taught during
play.
● Throughout the therapy session, we honour the client’s needs by teaching them how
to ask for what they need, even if they need multiple breaks. We do not use hands-
on (no carrying or restraining ). During therapy you will see the instructors using a
variety of toys and fun games that the client likes. We make the session a fun time
so that the child learns when they are happy.
● Therapy is not exclusive within the therapy room, we teach where the child needs to
use that skill. For example, if we are teaching safety or turn taking, we plan for
therapy sessions in a nearby park during times where parents are available to join
and learn how we are teaching. If we are teaching functional living skills, we teach in
the kitchen or in the bathroom or any other place in the client’s environment
Documentation and progress tracking
We track the program effectiveness on each skill by collecting data and monitoring the progress with graphs. For instance, at the beginning of therapy, we record the duration of time the child can sit and attend to the instructor, and after a few sessions we look at the duration charts. Our kiddos usually start with as low as 5 seconds of ability to focus and they reach up to 45 minutes of continuous attending and focusing on instruction without problem behaviour. We celebrate each millstone with the child and the parents. All teaching protocols and data sheets are kept in a binder in a secure place in the clients’ home.
One to One Therapy for Adults & Adolescents
Behaviour Avenues supports adults aged 18 and up in London, Ontario, and surrounding areas. Adult therapy sessions are delivered in the client’s home or in community settings.
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We conduct different types of skill-tracking systems and curriculums to determine the skill deficits and plan for treatment goals accordingly.
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Our skill-budling sessions teach functional living skills such as:
• making a meal
• using money
• using technology
• doing chores
• personal hygiene
• goal setting
• healthy lifestyle
• self-regulation
• functional communication
• self regulation skills
An instructor therapist will work closely with the client (hours depend on the budget).Therapy sessions usually take place in the client’s home as well as in the community (eg. grocery store, public library, taking the bus).
Common Challenges
Self-injurious behaviour
We help with self-injurous behaviours, such as self-biting, pulling own hair, skin picking, eating inedible items, and head banging.
Aggression
ABA Therapy helps with physical and verbal aggression towards others or property.
Non-cooperation
We assist with strategies for tantrums and non-cooperation.
Inappropriate behaviours
We support children and adults with social skills and contextually inappropriate behaviours.
Treatment of Challenging Behaviours
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A functional behaviour assessment is conducted to identify the causes of the behaviour. This entails answering questionnaires about the frequency, intensity, duration of the behaviour, and what it looks like. It also involves data collection to understand in which context these behaviours occur (ABC data or Antecedent, Behaviour, Consequence).
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The clinical supervisor analyzes the data and the results of the questionnaire to Develop a Behavioural Support Plan that addresses the challenging behaviour.
The Behaviour support plan includes details about the behavioural strategies and the teaching process. Ongoing data collection is also required throughout this process to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention.
The Clinical supervisor works closely with parents and caregivers to train them on maintaining the intervention gains over time.
Parent Coaching & Training
We support parents and caregivers with coaching and consultative services. We also offer student placements and clinical supervision, ABA training for schools, community agencies or companies.
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For private schools, community agencies, daycares, businesses, and families.
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These 12 week support packages are for the treatment of problem behaviours.
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We offer ongoing parent training and coaching to ensure the skills are transferred to different people and settings.
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If funding is not available for a long-term commitment, we offer short-term consultative services that fit your needs.
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Consultation about any topic or behaviour of concern.
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This program targets siblings who engage in challenging behaviours during their daily interactions increasing the level of stress at home. This clinic is a combination of parent coaching and direct intervention with siblings. The BCBA conducts an assessment with parents and observes siblings during play in the clinic. The BCBA provides weekly training sessions in the clinic to teach parents how to intervene with their children at home. This is a package of 10 sessions offered once per week. Book a free consultation to learn more about this clinic.
Social Skills Group
Behaviour Avenues will be offering small-group programs that provide children and teens opportunities to learn, practice, and apply everyday skills alongside peers.
During these sessions, we teach conversational skills, manners, play skills, taking turns, and accepting loss in game.
Virtual ABA Sessions
Quality ABA Support From the Comfort of Home
Virtual ABA allows children and youth to work on meaningful skills from home through live, one-to-one sessions with a supervised ABA therapist. Sessions are individualized to each learner and are based on their goals, interests, strengths, and areas of need.
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Virtual sessions take place through video conferencing, with the therapist and learner working together in real time. Similar to an in-person ABA session, the therapist follows an individualized treatment plan and works on specific goals with the learner.
Sessions include interactive slides, games, videos, visual supports, role-play, real-life scenarios, screen sharing, and activities using items available at home. Therapists also build in the learner’s interests and preferred activities to keep sessions engaging and motivating.
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Depending on the learner and their goals, virtual sessions may focus on:
Social skills: having conversations, understanding other people’s perspectives, developing friendships, learning social boundaries, and navigating different social situations
Communication: expressing wants and needs, asking for help, answering questions, and self-advocacy
Emotional regulation: identifying emotions, recognizing triggers, communicating how they feel, and learning coping strategies
Executive functioning: organization, planning, time management, getting started on tasks, problem-solving, and flexible thinking
School-related skills: following instructions, staying on task, completing work, and developing strategies to support learning
Self-management: setting goals, monitoring their own behaviour or progress, and learning to use strategies more independently
Safety and problem-solving: recognizing safe and unsafe choices and learning how to respond to everyday situations
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One of the benefits of virtual ABA is that learners can practice skills in their own environment. For example, if a learner is working on organization, routines, completing tasks independently, or managing emotions at home, these skills can be practiced where they naturally occur.
Virtual sessions can also make ABA more convenient for families by reducing travel and allowing for more flexibility. Some learners may also feel more comfortable participating from a familiar environment.
Virtual ABA can be especially helpful for older children and teens working on skills such as social communication, executive functioning, independence, self-advocacy, and problem-solving.
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Virtual ABA follows the same individualized and data-based approach as our other ABA services.
The learner’s programs are developed based on assessment results, family priorities, and their individual goals. Therapists collect data during sessions so that we can see how the learner is progressing and identify when something may need to be changed.
Clinical supervisors oversee programming, review progress and data, provide ongoing supervision and feedback to therapists, and make changes to programs as needed. We also work with parents and caregivers through parent coaching sessions so that the skills being learned during sessions can be practiced and used outside of therapy.
Our focus is on providing virtual sessions that are engaging, individualized, and practical, while helping each learner build skills that are meaningful in their everyday life.
Student Placement & Supervision
We provide placement opportunities for students enrolled in ABS diploma programs or master in ABA.
We provide clinical supervision for students accruing experience to sit for BCBA, BCaBA, and RBT exams.
