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What we do and how we do it
We help young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and related developmental delays and their families. ASD can create a lot of stress for children and their families. We provide interventions that help children develop the type of positive behaviours that lead to a richer life. We aim to take some of the pressure off their families by helping them learn new skills too.
How do we do it?
We use an approach with 50 years of evidence-based research to prove that it is effective. It’s called Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA). Whether you’re just starting out in your child behavioural therapist career or an experienced veteran, working with ABA is the best way to stay on top of current trends.
ABA uses procedures and interventions designed to increase prosocial behaviours, teach new skills, generalise behaviours to new environments or situations, and address behaviours of concern that may be harmful or interfere with learning and developing social relationships.
What distinguishes ABA from other therapies is that it is systematic and data-driven, and analyses are used to guide the clinical decision-making process. The effectiveness of this approach has been well-documented over 50 years. The approach supports that children who participate in programs based on the principles of ABA have been shown to make substantial and sustained gains in IQ, language, academic performance, and adaptive behaviour. The gains are better than those of children who have had no treatment, low-intensity treatment, or non-ABA treatment (for example, Peters-Scheffer et al 2011).
That’s why we use ABA as our approach and why we are committed to it, and why anyone building a child behavioural therapist career needs to understand ABA to a deep degree.. It achieves significant outcomes for children with ASD.
The provision of early intervention services has gone through a big change over the last couple of years, mainly due to an increase in the accessibility of behavioural support for children and their families through the roll-out of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). As such, there is an ever-increasing need for what we do, and that means we need passionate people who are excited to embark on a child behavioural therapist career.
The great news for you is that working at the Lizard Centre (part of the NEXTT Group) presents more excitement, fulfilment and opportunity for you in building your Child Behaviour Therapist career.
We are growing faster than ever, and that means not only will you enter a working environment that is fired up and passionate; you’ll also immediately be part of a team that is committed and focused on one thing: improving the lives of children with ASD/ developmental delay, helping them get more out of life.
Contact us for more information
Find out how behaviours of concern can be addressed to give your child a better chance to learn. Get our Parent Info Pack and a free phone consultation to find out the range of options available for your child’s unique situation.
Call us on 1300 752 617
Monday to Friday, 8.30am – 5pm (AEST)
Published On : April 12, 2022
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