Autism - Skipping Stones Behanvioral Learning Center

Services

Providing ABA therapy in Vancouver and Southwest Washington

Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is the most recommended and widely used approach in working with children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. ABA is proven to make socially significant impacts in the child’s and their family’s life.

Skipping Stones utilizes ABA to provide evidence based individualized intervention to support your child’s development, to create socially significant changes by teaching new skills, establishing replacement skills, and reducing challenging behavior to help each child live their most productive life. Treatment is provided across several treatment domains.

Center- Based ABA

We provide 1:1 center-based services because it gives us access to Natural Environment Training (NET), a controlled Environment, increased social opportunities, and increased staff training and oversight.

Our center is setup to mirror real life situations to promote generalization to life beyond the center. Each day at the center, your child is able to play and work with peers with similar skills and challenges. Our center is structured to allow for increased teachable moments within in a natural setting for optimal progress of specific skills. During sessions, our clinical team has the ability to modify the environment to meet the individual needs of all of our clients.

At our center, at least one Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) is always present. At any given time, our master’s level clinical supervisors are available to provide consistent oversight for your child and the staff. Additionally, Clinical Supervisors and our Clinical Director are available daily to respond quickly to any questions, concerns or discussions around your child’s treatment.

Social Skills Groups

Social skills groups provide children with an opportunity to interact with their peers and provide multiple learning opportunities to practice and navigate various social communication skills. Skipping Stones offers social skills groups across various age ranges.

School Aged Group: ages 7-12
Teen Group: ages 13-18

An ASD diagnosis is not required to join one of our social skills groups. Skipping Stones offers affordable rates for any child that is an appropriate addition to our group.

Parent/Caregiver Training

Parent/Caregiver training is time for parents/caregivers to meet with their child’s clinical team to view progress, barriers, and to provide parents with knowledge and tools needed to support them in helping their child reach their full potential through the use of ABA strategies outside of their direct therapy services.

If you are currently waiting for services and want to get started with Parent Training, let us know. Parent training services is a great way to start services and get support while you wait for direct services.

Ask about our group parent training sessions. Meet parents who are experiencing or have experienced similar challenges. Learn various ABA strategies and uncover new ASD topics in a group setting. Your child does not currently have to be enrolled in services to take advantage of our group parent training sessions.

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