ABA Therapy Articles & Insights

You've decided on in-home ABA therapy. Now a technician is scheduled in your living room three afternoons a week, the first sessions look like nothing but play, and nobody has told you what's supposed to happen when. Here's the first 90 days, stage by stage.

In-home ABA therapy brings skill-building directly into a child's everyday environment, from the kitchen table to bedtime routines, making it easier for new skills to stick where they matter most. This guide breaks down how in-home therapy works, how it compares to center-based care, and what families can expect from their first session.

ABA therapy is one of the most researched interventions for children with autism — but most parents don't know what it actually looks like until they're already in the middle of it. This guide breaks down what ABA really is, what happens inside a session, what skills it targets beyond behavior, and why parent involvement is the piece that makes everything else stick.

Nobody talks about the ending when ABA therapy begins. The conversation is about goals, hours, skill-building, and progress data. But there comes a po...

A three-year-old sits on a swing. He doesn't make eye contact. He doesn't speak. He rocks back and forth — his world, mostly his own. Then ABA therapy...

There's a child in a classroom who gets along fine with her peers, maintains eye contact with her teacher, and appears focused and engaged. She comes...

NDBI play-based ABA therapy merges behavioral science and child development. Learn what it is, how it works, and what the research shows.

ACT and ABA therapy together target both observable behavior and psychological flexibility. Learn how they work, where they connect, and what research shows.

A medical necessity letter for ABA therapy is a formal document submitted to an insurance company to justify why Applied Behavior Analysis is clinical...

An autism waiver is a type of Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) program under Section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act. It allows st...

Extended School Year (ESY) is a federally mandated set of special education services provided to eligible students with disabilities — including autis...

While they are often used as synonyms in casual conversation, the difference between reinforcement and reward in ABA is a matter of scientific functio...