Best suited to parent-led therapy such as those with pre-school children, home schoolers, or parents working with their children after-school.
We can also support a therapy team (independent tutors).
As part of the remote intake package you’ll receive guidance and support to facilitate our initial assessment, including a functional behaviour assessment if your child engages in any problem or challenging behaviour. We’ll then provide function-based behaviour support strategies and ongoing support to implement these, all digital and printable resources you’ll need to carry out our teaching programmes (such as recording sheets, guidance documents, and printable flashcards), and regular ongoing support in between video calls.
(Please note that remote programmes may not be suitable in all cases, for example for children who are demonstrating significant levels of challenging behaviour. Please get in touch to discuss your child’s needs with one of our practitioners).
COMING SOON – are you interested in learning more about using positive parenting strategies to support your child’s development, without committing to a full therapy programme? Look out for our 5-week Online Parent Training course!
Our experienced practitioners are available to offer high quality, evidence-based ABA therapy and behaviour support for your child with Autism or special needs, based in the following areas:
Open Avenues offers a range of high-quality, evidenced-based services forchildren and young people with a range of developmental disabilities, learning, social and behavioural challenges, including those with a diagnosis of Autism. Services are available for children from Early Years, Primary and Secondary phases of education.
We believe in empowering children and young people to engage with education, and move towards a fulfilling and independent life. Our approach centres around assessing what barriers a learner is facing, what is motivating for them, and designing tailored, child-centred programmes of support.
As behaviour analysts we use evidence-based methods which have been demonstrated through research to be the most effective way to teach key skills and reduce the impact of behavioural challenges, centred around Positive Behaviour Support and Contextual Behavioural Science. Our practitioners are DBS-checked and fully insured, and available for one-off input or ongoing consultancy.
Our support is flexible and individualised to the needs of your school and your learner.
Please get in touch for a bespoke costings package.
Don’t take our word for it! If you want to learn more, here are some useful articles about Applied Behaviour Analysis
Information for Parents/Carers New to ABA
The UK Society for Behaviour Analysis (UK-SBA) contributes to the well-being of society by developing, enhancing, and supporting the growth and vitality of the science of behaviour analysis through research, education, and practice. The UK-SBA promotes the ethical and effective application of behaviour analysis to a wide range of areas including education, rehabilitation and health care, business, and the community.
A Balanced View On ABA Therapy, By An Autistic Adult
Eileen Lamb, author of "All Across The Spectrum" and “Be The One,” is the founder of The Autism Cafe. On her blog, she shares the ups and downs of raising a severely autistic child while being on the autism spectrum herself.
ABA in 2020-2021: Current State of the Research
The Ontario Association for Behaviour Analysis (ONTABA) is a non-profit, professional associationmade up of a volunteer board of directors and over 1400 members. It is the largest professional association representing behavioural science and services in Canada. This document provides a summary of recent ABA research (pertaining mostly to Autism).
Behavioural method is not an attempt to ‘cure’ autism
Professor Richard Hastings of Warwick University responds to a BBC4 documentary based on an ABA school which aired in 2013, and addresses a number of criticisms and concerns highlighted in the programme.
Behaviour Analysis, Autism and Learning Disability: Fact and Fiction
Here Dr Mecca Chiesa from the UK Society for Behaviour Analysis (UK-SBA) addresses a number of claims that ABA causes harm. These assertions are neither evidenced by the objectors nor shared (as this document shows) by the many organisations whose remit is to evaluate, recommend and monitor ABA-based service provision for vulnerable populations.
Early intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorder
In this seminar, Professor Karola Dillenburger of Queen’s University Belfast outlines how our approach to ABA in the UK differs to that of many other countries (for example, in the US where health insurance providers are required to offer ABA therapy), and how it differs from the standard ‘eclectic’ approach available in the UK.
Download the slides here
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