ABA Clinic

Imitation involves an individual’s ability to attend to others and imitate actions with objects, gross motor movements as well as speech. Imitation is an essential skill to have in an individual’s repertoire. Being able to copy someone else’s motor movements is one of the main ways that individuals learn language, play skills and social skills. […]

1. Not having a plan. A business plan is a key and often overlooked component of any business. Not only can this document help you secure financing, but it will guide you through a valuable exercise through which you will look fairly deeply at your industry, your target market, how to advertise, what works / […]

When it comes time to recording the behavioral progress of an individual on the autism spectrum, a therapist will often incorporate Applied Behavior Analysis into their study. In fact, Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) is one of, if not the most commonly used method of autism therapy. Overall, its purpose is to instil traditional behaviorism to […]

Over the past few years we’ve been noticing a growing trend: our clients are more engaged and getting better results faster than ever. Our staff are just as talented now as they were before, so what’s happening? The evidence is clear: our paperless system is helping us run more efficiently and effectively. Here are five […]

Supporting the intellectual and practical development of students in the field of applied behavior analysis has always been an important part of our culture at The Portia Learning Centre Inc, an ABA Clinic in Ontario, Canada.   Typically, we accepted 1 to 2 students from the local college for a 4 to 6 week placement […]

At last month’s New York ABA Conference we were asked to share our story of our clinics with three separate parties. This seems to happen at all of the conferences we attend so I thought I would put our story down on paper in hopes that many people can benefit from our successes and mistakes […]

HIPAA is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. It is a U.S. law that: The last two points are what I will be focusing on, this is only my opinion and you should seek council from an industry expert / lawyer in your jurisdiction. Being HIPAA compliant – Processes, procedure, policies in today’s marketplace Device […]

“Would you recommend the field of applied behavior analysis to a friend?” A few years ago, we conducted a fact-finding session at our clinic. Involved in the session was one of our key senior staff members. She had been with us for four years and ran one of our clinic locations. She loved her job, […]