Our clinical approach focuses on using person-centered therapy strategies with our learners!
While we have an array of therapeutic methods, we will only focus on what brings individualized success in the most positive and therapeutic way. It is very important for our learners to feel comfortable in session and focus on behavior goals that are most meaningful to improving their overall quality of life. We are focused on the short-term AND long-term benefits of therapy and will always keep in mind the most sustainable behavior goals for our learners!
Our clinical approach focuses on using person-centered therapy strategies with our learners!
While we have an array of therapeutic methods, we will only focus on what brings individualized success in the most positive and therapeutic way. It is very important for our learners to feel comfortable in session and focus on behavior goals that are most meaningful to improving their overall quality of life. We are focused on the short-term AND long-term benefits of therapy and will always keep in mind the most sustainable behavior goals for our learners!
What Can I Expect in Services?
1 on 1 Sessions
in 1 on 1 sessions, we will be working on increasing skills and decreasing challenging behaviors. From self-management to motor imitation, in a 1on 1 session, we provide time and space for individuals to gain skills and learn targeted behaviors. Each individual's session is uniquely tailored to their specific learning needs. These sessions can last anywhere from 1 to 4 hours, depending on the level of therapy needed.
Parent/Guardian Coaching
The goal of the parent support, or guardian coaching sessions, is to teach those who will be most involved with the learner exactly howto deal with behaviors outside of therapy. We use a combination of presentations, in person modeling, and detailed explanations to make sure you understand how to teach a skill or handle a behavior.
"Check-in" Sessions
Sometimes, you or the individual may need a bit of extra support. Our
check in sessions usually last 30 minutes and are focused on making
sure that the skills and behaviors learned in therapy are being used
outside of the session. These sessions are also used to identify any
changes in the environment of current barriers that may be affecting therapy progress.
Social Group Sessions
When possible, Renaissance Solutions offers social groups for children, teens, and adults in which the participants work on social skills and adaptive behaviors together. This format is a very unique therapy. in that they are learning together, in an inclusive group.
Increasing Functional Communication
Functional communication is the way learners are able to communicate with others around them in a way that does not involve inappropriate behaviors. When a learner is displaying inappropriate behaviors, it is often due to an inability to communicate needs and wants. Functional Communication Training, or FCT for short, is a teaching procedure that can be used to teach simple and complex ways to communicate emotional! and physical needs for any age.
Early Milestone Skills
These are skills that are instrumental and foundational to help individuals continue to develop as they grow.
These may include:
-language development
-fine motor and gross motor skills
-imitation skills
-social and environmental awareness
Decreasing Challenging Behaviors
Behaviors such as violent tantrums, self-injurious behaviors, verbal and physical aggression can significantly restrict the ability of those individuals to be in inclusive
environments.
In session, therapists will focus on increasing approved pro-social behaviors, communication, and adaptive living skills in order to decrease these behaviors exhibited by the learner.
Emotional and Behavioral Regulation
Self-regulation, or the ability to manage yourself emotionally and behaviorally, is an important coping skill. It includes being able to calm yourself down when you get upset, to adjust to a change, to not engage in highly emotional reactions to triggering stimuli, and to handle frustration without an outburst. It is a set of skills that enables individuals to handle the changes that happen around them and handle frustrating events.
Social Skills
Social skills are needed throughout a learner's life. Conversation skills, play skills, managing interpersonal relationships are all examples of
necessary social skills.
At Renaissance Solutions ABA, we work on social skills in a variety of ways. Sometimes, it is more appropriate to start working on social skills in a one-on-one format. Sometimes,
social skills can be worked on in a group format.
Self-Management Skills
Self-management is when a person applies behavior change strategies in a way that promotes a predetermined change in their
behavior (Cooper, Heron, & Heward, 2014). Self-management can be a useful skill for life and can establish an individual as their own support system. Some uses of self-
management include starting and stooping habits, completing undesired activities, and teaching long and short term goals.
Adaptive Living Skills
Adaptive Living Skills, also know as Functional Living Skills are skills that are essential to gaining independence in life. These are skills
that allow an individual to be able to take care of themselves. These include tasks like: self-care, hygiene, vocational skills, the ability to
navigate the community, home skills, and financial skills.
Functional Leisure Skills
Leisure skills give learners the ability to engage in activities that they find enjoyable, such as such as coloring, watching a movie, watching a TV show, building things, reading a book, listening to music, playing video games, playing with toys, or playing with others. Leisure skills are skills a learner can utilize to fill their free time. These skills give children the ability to engage in activities such as coloring, reading, listening to music, playing a game, playing with toys, or watching a movie or
television show. By having these skills, it decreases the likelihood that the reader will engage in challenging behaviors.