Organization for Research and Learning

ORL is the second oldest ABA company in the Seattle area. Originating as two sole proprietorships about 20 years ago, ORL formed in 2007 as a corporation. Over the years, we have continued to attract professionals looking to become experts in designing intervention for children with autism and delivering comprehensive services in a family-friendly manner. ORL currently services about 35 clients and their families between our local practice and outreach services. Over the years ORL has touched the lives of hundreds of children from across the nation, including: Toronto, Pennsylvania, Texas, California, Illinois, and Vancouver, B.C.. Throughout our lifespan, we have continued to maintain the extremely high levels of quality in the ABA services weve come to be known for. We continue to contribute to the autism and behavior analysis communities both in the Puget Sound area and across the United States and other countries. At ORL our mission is to provide very high quality services to the clients we serve, to contribute to the larger behavior analytic community through our activities as scientist-practitioners, and to act as advocates for the autism community. ORL meets its mission of ensuring that we provide high quality ABA services by: - maintaining small caseloads so that our professional staff can really focus on the needs of each and every client they serve - ensuring that we hire only the most qualified professional and para-professional staff members - providing each of our clients with the supervision of three different behavior analysts analyzing our clients rates of progress frequently to ensure that they are all developing as quickly as they can - arranging for very frequent on-going professional development for all of our staff ORL meets its mission of contributing to the larger behavior analytic community as scientist-practitioners by: - presenting our clinical work to our larger community of colleagues at local, national, and international professional conferences - publishing in the peer-reviewed behavior analytic professional literature mentoring behavior analysts as they move into the profession - teaching behavior analytic coursework at the graduate level ORL meets its mission of acting as advocates for the autism community by: - speaking at parent conferences to help family members understand what quality Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) services should look like - testifying before legislators and other governmental officials about improving the access to and quality of ABA services for people with Autism Spectrum Disorder - Donating to autism-related non-profit organizations that advocate for autism treatment firmly rooted in science