- Increasing their social abilities like completing tasks, communication, and learning new skills
- Implementing maintenance behaviors like self-control and self-regulation
- Teaching them to transfer learned behaviors to new environments
- Modifying the learning environment to challenge them in certain scenarios
- Reducing behaviors like self-harm
What We Do
Who We Are
Jamie Stillinger, MAT, BCBA
Founder and Director of Next Steps TherapyWhat is ABA?
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is a therapy based on the science of learning and behavior. It helps us to understand how behavior works, how behavior is affected by the environment, and how learning takes place.
The goal of ABA is to improve social skills by using interventions that are based on principles of learning theory. ABA therapy helps children and adolescents on the autism spectrum by