Behavioral Architecture™ helps families identify values, norms and expectations so that parents become more skillful in understanding and changing their child’s behavior.

By incorporating knowledge of developmental psychology and behavior management techniques across a series of goal-oriented in-home training sessions, Behavioral Architecture™ improves child behavior and family functioning

Behavioral Architecture™ utilizes the principles and theories of Applied Behavior Analysis to address developmental, behavioral and learning issues. Through planned strategies, children learn prosocial behaviors and acquire new skills resulting in success for the entire family.

While a diagnosis often gives insight into why a child is encountering certain challenges, it is our experience and belief that each child is unique and responds differently.  Therefore, it is our practice to treat each child’s specific issues rather than give “cookie cutter” strategies based on their diagnosis.

The program follows both Traditional Habilitation or ABA style programming. 

How Behavioral Architecture™ Works

 • COGNITIVE / DEVELOPMENTAL ASSESSMENT

      -- A developmentally based assessment to determine your child's individual strengths and challenges

• BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT

     -- A functional behavioral assessment of your child is done to determine the causes and functions of your child's challenging behavior(s)

• ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT

      --The process of determining the relationship between the events and/or surroundings in your child's environment and the occurrence of their challenging behaviors

      --Includes the physical environment, mode of communication, parent-child interactions, child-sibling interactions, family interactions, temperament of family members and more

• DEVELOPING A PLAN

     --A written plan to address skill acquisition and behavioral change

     -- Includes teaching strategies for functional skills training, cognitive skill acquisition  and positive behavioral change

     --How to observe and assess your family's behavior

• DETAILED (CRITERION-BASED) GOALS OF SKILLS TO BE TAUGHT

      --Goals are written based on the outcome of the developmental, behavioral and environmental assessments, along with the family's priorities and concerns 

     --Goals are written to be measurable and be able to prove mastery of each skill/change of behavior with different materials, different people, different environments and over a specified period of time

• CONTINUOUS EVALUATION

     --Goals are continually re-assessed to look at increasing difficulty in case of mastery or breaking down teaching procedure if skills/behaviors aren't being met

     --Data is taken to prove mastery and generalization of skills/behaviors

• RESTRUCTURING GOALS BASED ON MASTERY OF SKILLS

      --As one level is met within a specific goal, we will move the program to the next level

      --As old challenges are met, new goals will be written

• DIRECTED TEACHING

      --Initially (depending on the developmental level of each child) skills/behaviors will be broken down and addressed in a one-to-one direct teaching situation

• GENERALIZATION OF SKILLS

      --As skills/behaviors are mastered in the one-to-one setting, strategies are implemented to generalize the skill across various environments, people and situations

• MAINTENANCE OF SKILLS

      --As skills are mastered and new ones are introduced, old skills will be put on a "maintenance" schedule and checked for ongoing knowledge of concept on a regular basis

• SOCIALLY INTEGRATED OPPORTUNITIES

     --Opportunities will be set up to practice skills/behaviors in social settings with family, age-appropriate peers, and community settings

• APPROPRIATE AND ONGOING PARENT INVOLVEMENT AND  TRAINING

     --The program will not work without the parents being properly trained in all aspects of programming and following through on implemented strategies

      --You are your child's greatest teacher.  Programs take time, patience and love.  Your love, support and knowledge will give your child their best opportunity to reach their potential!