ASAP Philosophy
ASAP's philosophy is to provide each child the opportunity to reach maximal development and cognitive potential. Our goal is to provide the children early intensive intervention such that they ultimately function successfully and independently in the school, home and community. ASAP also recognizes the importance and the critical factor that early intensive intervention plays in the development of social-cognitive skills for children with developmental impairments. ASAP's methods and philosophy further facilitate smooth inclusion into schools and communities.
Parent Counseling and Education
ASAP philosophy is to empower families and include them in the continuing development and educational process of their children. This includes ongoing support, counseling, consulting, training and home visits, in addition to regular clinic meetings to review each child’s progress.
The Core ASAP Service-Offering Consists of Four Programs:
- Individualized Comprehensive Program: Children receive behavioral interventions and speech-language therapy services on an individual basis, either at ASAP's clinic, at home, or in their educational facility.
- Parent Training and Support: Parents receive the guidance, training and support needed, either in their home or at ASAP
- Consultation Service to the Parents: Functional Behavioral Observations of the child are conducted in the current child’s placement and outcome data is provided to parents and child study team. School program observations and evaluations are performed and outcome data is shared with parents and child study team.
- Consultation Service to the Educational Facilities (Private and Public): Teaching staff will receive the training and guidance either through in-services or hands-on training during classroom activities, following the CITE Model.
ASAP is dedicated to providing individualized comprehensive interventions based on the science of applied behavior analysis (ABA) and drawing from evidence based practices in education, communication and behavioral treatment.. Each child's program will undergo ongoing revision as he/she learns and acquires new skills. Parent training and support will also be provided. Our goal is to work toward a successful transitioning process into the inclusive educational program.
The ABA-intervention based on the science of applied behavior analysis are implemented at ASAP and consist of a combination of discrete trails, verbal behavior, and errorless teaching methods, incidental teaching, and NET. SLP services will address each child's receptive-expressive language skills, communication and social skills, and oral-motor skills. An integrated and collaborative approach to intervention, among other service providers and medical professionals, is highlighted to enhance and promote transition and generalization of learned skills across stimuli, people, and settings, while addressing the child across all developmental domains.
Our goal at ASAP is to have your child reach age-appropriate levels in the above-mentioned skills and to be able to successfully transition into and function in an inclusive, least-restrictive educational environment as well as the community.
ASAP Related Services
ASAP provides speech and language therapy, social skills training, and behaviorally based (ABA) intervention, inclusive of the curriculum. Goals and Objectives are linked to the Core Curriculum Content Standards CCCS.
ASAP Supplemental Services
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Additional ABA based Intervention
- Transition and Inclusion Support
- Parent Support and Training
- Parent Consultation and Advocacy
- Home Instruction
- Public and Private School Consultation
- Education and Therapy Staff Training
- Supervision and Mentoring
- Education Program Development and Coordination
- Functional Behavior Assessment
- Educational Program Evaluation
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