Once assessments are complete and staff teams have been assigned, service delivery commences. Within the first few weeks of an ABA Programme, an individualised Behaviour Support Plan (BSP) will be created. This will outline clear proactive and reactive strategies to manage behaviour based on data analysis and assessment conclusions. BSPs ensure consistency amongst staff on how to best respond to particular behaviours. These BSPs are regularly monitored and updated based on emerging data, staff feedback, and direct observations, and are only implemented following consultation with the family and other professionals as appropriate.
A Personalised Plan (PP) is developed following the BSP, and this focuses on particular areas of learning and skill acquisition. Highly individualised, a PP may focus on areas such as increasing leisure skills, improving self-help skills, generalising life skills to the local community, as well as developing and generalising a functional communication system.
Again, these targets are discussed and agreed with the young person and their family as appropriate so that the targets are likely to bring about socially significant improvements in the young person’s life.
Teachable moments occur in everyday activities and in a variety of settings, and are an integral part of generalisation and maintenance of desired skills and abilities. We promote skill development and adaptive behaviour in a variety of settings, including home, community, and in specific service delivery settings such as primary schools or universities.
A typical ABA session will last around 3-5 hours and occurs across contexts to ensure the individual remains motivated. Data is collected on behaviours of interest, be it how often a behaviour occurs (frequency), for how long (duration), and/or under what specific conditions. This data is readily available for the ABA Consultant to analyse, monitor and report on progress.