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CTAC Welcomes Jenni Mattox, CCC-SLP. Now offering speech therapy services and social skill groups.
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We are not currently hiring but always accept resumes.
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Therapy
During your child's first 5-10 therapy sessions, a full evaluation on behavior and language is conducted by the therapist. At this time, your therapist may schedule a home or school visit to get a complete picture of your child's needs. The assessment will generate your child's individual treatment plan with specific goals and objectives for the year. We utilize the VB-MAPP by Dr. Mark Sundberg, which includes a language assessment, barriers assessment and transition assessment and the ABLLS-R by Dr. Jim Partington to guide our teaching. Once the treatment plan is created, therapy will include:
- One-on-one instruction conducted in 1-3 hour sessions
- Supervision by a BCBA
- Individualized lesson plans updated on a weekly basis
- Constant data collection that will guide all academic and behavioral decisions
- Ongoing parent and/or staff/home therapist training
- Progress reports every 3-4 months
- Academics are addressed through Direct Instruction curriculums (reading, comprehension and math skills)
- Staff will attend ARD meetings as needed
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Home Program Consulting
CTAC also develops and guides your home program. After evaluating your child, we will write a report setting up individual learning and behavior objectives for the year. Once the report is completed, we will meet with you and your team of therapists to train on how to implement the treatment plan, take data and set up materials. We then meet 1-2 times per month at CTAC with your child and team to continue to train and guide your program. Home visits can also be arranged.
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Evaluations
CTAC also conducts 1-3 day behavior and language assessments and trainings for families that live outside of the Austin, Texas area or are unable to attend the center for weekly services. Follow up visits are arranged on a monthly basis if needed.
- A Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) is conducted to develop a behavior treatment plan. This plan will guide families and schools on how to prevent problem behaviors from occurring, what to do when they do occur and what to teach your children to do instead of the problem behavior.
- 1-3 day assessments which include FBA and language evaluations using the the VB-MAPP by Dr. Mark Sundberg and/or the ABLLS-R by Dr. Partington as well as training for staff and parents on how to teach and take data on targeted skills. We also offer this service to school districts in the school setting.
- Extensive individualized reports follow each full assessment and you can video tape the evaluation to take home and review what you have learned!
- Monthly or quarterly follow-up consults via email, video reviews or coming back to CTAC
Disclaimer: To receive a formal diagnosis parents would need to see a pediatric neurologist or refer to their pediatrician for further information.
Public/ Private School Consulting
- Staff development, trainer of trainer models and program reviews are available by qualified behavior analysts with public school backgrounds.
- We can conduct Functional Behavior Assessments and develop Behavior Intervention Plans
- VB-MAPP or ABLLS-R assessments to develop accurate, measurable IEP objectives
- We can provide staff to work directly in your classrooms with students and teachers for modeling and coaching
Toilet Training Program/Workshop
After many requests from parents attending our ‘Potty Training Your Child with Special Needs’ mini-workshop, we have introduced a toilet training program to our list of services provided by Central Texas Autism Center, Inc.
Trainer of Trainers (TOT)
This training includes:
- Year long training in Applied Behavior Analysis and Verbal Behavior for selected staff members (teachers, teaching assistants, SLP’s, OT’s, diagnosticians, LSSP’s, Autism/Behavior Specialists, BCBA’s, BCaBA’s).
- Small group learning to assist school districts in training teachers to effectively work with children on the Autism Spectrum, meeting the requirements of NCLB, IDEA and the 2007 Texas AU Supplement.
- Lecture, manual, data sheets, video models and hands on experience utilizing scientifically based teaching techniques and strategies proven to be effective with this population.
- Monthly application homework of data collection and videotaping themselves working with their own students.
- Staff presents their assignments and receive feedback in group consulting model.
- Participants will be able to apply the science in the field of Autism to:
- Conducting a Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA),
- Writing a measureable Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP) that includes Positive Behavior Supports (Antecedent Strategies) and teaching replacement behaviors,
- How to establish instructional control (effective teaching procedures)
- Assessing language and other skills using the VB-MAPP or ABLLS-R
- Writing appropriate, measureable IEP objectives
- Teaching skill acquisition to early, intermediate and advances learners,
- Effective classroom data systems, analyzing data, scheduling and program management.
The Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBAs) and/or Board Certified Associate Behavior Analysts (BCABAs) from Central Texas Autism Center (CTAC) will provide workshops during the school year, typically 8x per year if on a once a month schedule.
For an application for the CTAC TOT, please contact CTAC.
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CTAC is offering MINI-WORKSHOPS, once a month from
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