Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) utilizes behavioral principles in order to develop communication, daily living skills, reciprocal social interaction and positive social behavior. It is a scientifically validated approach to understanding how environmental factors impact behavior. Positive Reinforcement is one of those principles, and explains that whenever a behavior is followed by a reward, the behavior is more likely to be repeated. Children receiving ABA therapy services receive tons of positive reinforcement for demonstrating useful skills and socially appropriate behaviors related to their goals. ABA utilizes a goal driven approach to emphasize positive interactions and enjoyable learning while promoting a child’s skills through positive reinforcement, motivation, repetition, and visual aids.
We provide ABA to a wide range of families based on how they intend to pay for services:
We provide many types of ABA therapy services for children, adolescents and adults:
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Direct service care (in all settings) by RBTs, BCBAs and LBAs
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Team leader (“Quarterback”)
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Parent training/consultation
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ABA Skills, FBA & BIP Evaluations
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Transition Coordination Services
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Supervision of BCBA & RBT
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Expert witness testimony
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Program assessment & development
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Workshops & trainings
Common components of ABA programming at NYC based MPG:
- Comprehensive Support – Our BCBAs provide direct intensive behavioral intervention, supervision of BCBA-eligible staff and team leadership in the home, school and community. We support the individual, family and entire educational team, including parent training, school transition and inclusion, professional workshops and expert testimony. We can also conduct ABA skills, FBA, BIP and educational program evaluations.
- Functional Communication – Our therapists are also trained in picture exchange communication (PECs)
- Increase and Maintain Reciprocal Interactions – We want children to initiate interactions in play and maintain turn taking and sensory social engagement with both peers and adults
- Focus on Play – we use a naturalistic behavioral model that is focused on learning through play and engagement. Our therapists utilize the following approaches: Early Start Denver Model, Pivotal Response Training, and Natural Environment Teaching.
- Reinforcement – focus on naturalistic, embedded reinforcers. We want the child to want to play with us and engage in a play routine. ABA is fun!
- Maintenance and Generalization – Skills need to be mastered and generalized across people and settings. It is our goal that the child will engage in desired behaviors spontaneously no matter where they are or who they are with.
- Outcome-based Decision Making – We place a large focus on initial and ongoing assessments (e.g., VB-MAPP, ABLLS, AFLS, VABS, FAST) to guide decision making, curriculum development and goal setting. This includes Functional Behavioral Assessment and BIP development. Our team meets on an ongoing basis to maintain consistency.
- Data Collection – Frequent, rigorous and meaningful data collection and monitoring via regular team meetings to ensure integrity of the program, including IOA-interobserver agreement
- Task Analysis – we break down larger behaviors into smaller tasks, then teach each task individually in order to increase mastery and fluidity of the larger behavior.
MPG provides ABA therapy services for children, adolescents and adults who may have eating, speaking, emotional, and/or behavioral difficulties. We can work in the home, at school, in the community and in our offices, during the week and even on the weekends! Our office is located in Manhattan, NYC and is easily accessible by car or public transit. Finally, MPG provides BCBA services for school districts and non-profit organizations.
Expert ABA Therapy Services in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx:
ABA Therapy in Manhattan
We provide ABA therapy across Manhattan, including the following areas:
- Uptown: Upper West Side, Upper East Side, Harlem, Upper Manhattan
- Midtown: Theatre District, Midtown West, Sutton Place, Midtown East, Chelsea Garment District, Gramercy Flatiron
- Downtown: Tribeca, Soho, Noho, Financial District, Chinatown, Greenwich Village, East Village
- Roosevelt Island
ABA Therapy in Brooklyn
We provide ABA therapy across Brooklyn, including the following areas:
- North Brooklyn: Williamsburg, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bushwick, Greenpoint
- Central Brooklyn: Flatbush,East Flatbush, Canarsie, East New York, Cypress Hills, Brownsville, Prospect Park, Prospect Heights, Lefferts Gardens, Crown Heights, Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, Downtown Brooklyn, Dumbo
- South Brooklyn: Bay Ridge, Sunset Park, Borough Park, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach, Gravesend, Coney Island, Sea Gate, Brighton Beach, Sheepshead Bay, Manhattan Beach, Marine Park, Mill Basin, Bergen Beach
ABA Therapy in Queens
We provide ABA therapy across Queens, including the following areas:
- North Queens: Astoria, Long Island City, Woodside
- West Queens: Maspeth, Ridgewood, Glendale
- Central Queens: Elmhurst, Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Rego Park
- Southwest Queens: Woodhaven, Richmond Hill, Ozone Park, South Ozone Park, Howard Beach
- Southeast Queens: Rosedale, Springfield Gardens, St. Albans, Jamaica
- East Queens: Queens Village, Hollis, Bellerose, Little Neck, Douglaston
- Northeast Queens: Bayside, Flushing, Whitestone, College Point
- Northwest Queens: Corona
- Long Island: North Fork, South Fork, West Suffolk County, Nassau County, Queens County, Kings County
ABA Therapy in the Bronx
We provide ABA therapy across the Bronx, including the following areas:
- South Bronx: Mott Haven, Port Morris, Melrose, Longwood, Hunts Point
- Central Bronx: Claremont, Crotona Park, Concourse Village, Morrisania, Concourse, High Bridge
- Northwest Bronx: University Heights, MorrisHeights, Mount Hope, Fordham, Belmont
- Northeast Bronx: Bathgate, West Farms, East Tremont, Norwood, Bedford Park, Kingsbridge, Marble Hill
- Southeast Bronx: Parkchester, Unionport, Soundview, Castle Hill, Bruckner, Harding Park, Bronx River, Clason Point
- East Bronx: Co-op City, City Island, Throgs Neck, Westchester Square, Pelham Bay, Locust Point, Silver Beach
- Northeast Bronx: Morris Park, Pelham Parkway, Allerton, Bronxdale, Laconia, Van Nest, Edenwald, Wakefield, Williamsbridge, Woodlawn, Fish Bay, Eastchester, Olinville, Baychester
