If your child is receiving ABA therapy you may be wondering how to tell if your child is enrolled in a “high-quality” program. We recommend parents consider the following things when evaluating their child’s program:
- Is your child excited to see their team and engaged during sessions?
- Does your team involve you in decisions about goal selection and prioritizing what skill to teach next?
- Are sessions individualized to include your child’s interests?
- Do you feel you are receiving a sufficient amount of coaching and training from your team, or is therapy just focused on your child?
- How many learning opportunities are being presented during a session? Is the therapist able to incorporate a wide array of learning opportunities into activities, or is there a lot of “down time”?
- How many new skills has your child developed since starting therapy?
- Is your child making meaningful progress on the things you identified as being most important during the assessment?
- Do you feel your team values your input and listens to your ideas?
