Programs
Individualized ABA Services Across a Continuum of Needs
The REC provides individualized, medically necessary Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) services for children, adolescents, and young adults across the autism spectrum. We serve individuals with a wide range of strengths, support needs, and clinical presentations, offering comprehensive treatment, focused treatment, and individualized programming along the continuum in between.
There is no single approach to treatment at the REC. Following comprehensive assessment, our experienced clinicians develop an individualized treatment plan based on each person’s unique needs, strengths, priorities, and medically necessary treatment goals. Programming may address communication, behavior reduction, social development, adaptive and daily living skills, safety, independence, pre-vocational development, leisure, and other areas that meaningfully affect everyday functioning and quality of life.
Treatment incorporates a range of evidence-based behavior-analytic teaching strategies based on how and where each individual learns most effectively. This may include highly structured instruction such as Discrete Trial Training (DTT), Natural Environment Teaching (NET), and other individualized instructional and behavior-change strategies. The intensity, structure, teaching methods, and environments are continuously adapted based on clinical need, data, progress, and the individual’s response to treatment.
Our experienced clinical team brings extensive knowledge across ages, skill levels, and treatment needs. Through ongoing assessment, clinical oversight, and collaboration with families and caregivers, we work to develop meaningful skills that generalize beyond treatment and increase independence and participation in everyday life.
To start the process, contact us today to request an intake packet. Please note the intake process may take a minimum of 30 days and will vary for each potential client.
Intensive Early Learner Program
The REC’s Intensive Early Learner Program (IELP) provides comprehensive, individualized ABA treatment for young children through age six who are not yet eligible for first grade. Programming begins with a comprehensive assessment and individualized treatment plan designed around each child’s unique strengths, developmental needs, learning profile, and medically necessary treatment goals.
We meet young learners where they are. Rather than expecting children to immediately adapt to a predetermined program schedule, our clinical team works with families to identify times when each child is most available and ready to learn. Services can be scheduled around established routines, including allowing children who still nap to maintain their nap at home when appropriate. As children become comfortable, build learning readiness, and demonstrate success within treatment, hours and programming can be gradually scaffolded and increased based on clinical need and the individual child’s progress.
Programming may incorporate structured teaching, Discrete Trial Training (DTT), Natural Environment Teaching (NET), play and social learning, adaptive skill development, behavior-reduction programming, and other evidence-based behavior-analytic strategies based on the needs of the individual child. Functional communication is a significant area of emphasis, with treatment focused on helping children develop effective and meaningful ways to communicate their wants, needs, preferences, and experiences while increasing independence and reducing barriers to participation in everyday life.
Caregiver collaboration is an integral part of IELP. BCBAs work closely with families through ongoing consultation, coaching, modeling, and coordination of care to support consistency and generalization of skills across people, routines, and environments.
What might an IELP schedule look like?
IELP is designed to be flexible. A child receiving comprehensive services may eventually participate in approximately 30 hours per week of center-based ABA, while another child may begin with fewer hours or a different daily schedule based on clinical need, developmental routines, and readiness for treatment. Service intensity and scheduling are continually evaluated and adjusted as the child progresses.
All IELP services include BCBA clinical oversight, ongoing assessment and program development, direct staff supervision, progress monitoring, and caregiver consultation.
Extended Day
The REC’s Extended Day program provides individualized, medically necessary ABA treatment beyond the traditional school-day schedule. Individuals with a wide range of strengths and support needs participate in programming developed specifically around their treatment plans, which may range from comprehensive ABA treatment to more focused intervention targeting identified areas of need.
Treatment may incorporate structured one-to-one instruction, Discrete Trial Training (DTT), Natural Environment Teaching (NET), behavior-reduction programming, adaptive skill development, social and communication instruction, and other evidence-based behavior-analytic strategies. The approach, intensity, and balance of structured and naturalistic teaching are individualized and adjusted based on clinical need, progress, and data.
The Extended Day environment provides access to a variety of instructional settings and opportunities, allowing clinicians to address treatment goals through both structured teaching and naturally occurring routines and interactions. Programming may address communication, social interaction, behavior reduction, adaptive and daily living skills, safety, leisure, independence, pre-vocational skills, and other functional goals identified within the individual’s treatment plan.
Services are delivered by trained behavior technicians under the supervision of experienced Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs). Through ongoing assessment, data-based decision-making, caregiver collaboration, and clinical oversight, treatment evolves with the individual while remaining focused on medically necessary, meaningful outcomes.
Saturdays at the REC
Saturdays at the REC provide individualized, medically necessary ABA treatment beyond the traditional weekday schedule. Individuals with a wide range of strengths and support needs participate in programming designed around their individualized treatment plans, from comprehensive ABA treatment to focused intervention targeting specific areas of clinical need.
Treatment may incorporate structured one-to-one instruction, Discrete Trial Training (DTT), Natural Environment Teaching (NET), behavior-reduction programming, adaptive skill development, social and communication instruction, and other evidence-based behavior-analytic strategies. The approach, intensity, and balance of teaching methods are individualized based on each person’s needs, treatment goals, progress, and response to intervention.
Saturday programming reflects our commitment to Bridging the Gap between clinical instruction and everyday life. Different routines, activities, peers, and staff create opportunities to practice and generalize meaningful skills across contexts. Weekend availability can also increase opportunities for caregiver participation, coaching, and collaboration when weekday schedules make involvement more difficult—helping families carry effective strategies and developing skills beyond the REC and into daily life.
Services are delivered by trained behavior technicians under the supervision of experienced Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs). Through ongoing assessment, data-based decision-making, clinical oversight, and family collaboration, Saturday services remain focused on medically necessary treatment and meaningful outcomes that increase independence and improve everyday functioning.
Home & Community Settings
At the REC, effective treatment extends beyond the clinical environment. As part of an individual’s REC services, caregiver consultation may include home and community visits when clinically appropriate. These visits allow clinicians to collaborate directly with families, model and demonstrate strategies, address barriers within everyday routines, and support the generalization of meaningful skills across caregivers, settings, and daily life.
As individuals make progress, our clinicians continually evaluate where treatment can be most effective. When clinically indicated, services may transition or expand across settings to support generalization, independence, and changing treatment needs. Recommendations regarding service location are individualized and based on ongoing assessment, treatment progress, and medical necessity.
The REC does not enroll individuals exclusively for home-based ABA services. Families seeking a primarily home- or school-based model may be referred to our sister organization, Creative Behavioral Solutions (CBS), which provides ABA services within home, school, and community settings. When appropriate, our teams can help families identify the service model and setting best aligned with the individual’s clinical needs.
The ABA Coach
ABA Coaching
“Enhancing skills your already have and building ones you never knew you needed”
Caregivers are essential partners in meaningful and lasting behavior change. The ABA Coach is the REC’s caregiver education and coaching curriculum, providing our BCBAs with a structured library of resources that can be individualized to each family’s priorities, their child’s treatment goals, and the situations that matter most in everyday life.
Caregiver consultation extends beyond simply learning about ABA. Through education, discussion, modeling, practice, and feedback, our clinicians help caregivers better understand their child’s behavior, strengthen functional communication, support skill development, respond effectively to challenging situations, and promote greater independence. Coaching may occur at the REC or, when clinically appropriate, within the home or community so strategies can be practiced within the routines and environments where they are needed.
The ABA Coach provides a framework—not a one-size-fits-all curriculum. BCBAs select and adapt content based on each family’s existing knowledge, priorities, learning needs, and the individual’s treatment plan. As treatment progresses, caregiver goals and coaching evolve to support generalization across people and settings and the long-term maintenance of meaningful skills.
The ABA Coach may also be used to support individual caregiver education, small-group learning, and educational workshops, allowing REC clinicians to share practical behavior-analytic strategies with families and the broader community.