Yes. Behavior Skills Training (Instructions, Modeling, Rehearsal, Feedback) is the basis of what we do at ARISE, and this cannot be accomplished unless family members are available for generalization of skills to occur.
Our goal is to return all phone calls and emails within 24 hours. Initial consultation meetings for private clients are scheduled with 2 weeks of the initial contact and school district consultation is scheduled within 1-2 weeks of the contract signing. We do not like to keep people waiting, but we always wait if we have to in order to have the right clinician match.
Applied Behavior Analysis is a scientific way of studying the relationship between behavior and the environment to produce positive change. It must involve behavior of a live organism (such as people) and it applies to areas of social significance.
A Functional Behavior Assessment is a gathering of information from a variety of sources (indirect and direct) that helps identify whether or not a problem behavior exists, why it is happening and what can be done about it. After the completion of an FBA, a behavior plan is often designed to target the goals areas identified in the assessment.
Yes. Without direct observation and other direct measures, it cannot be considered an FBA. Indirect measures (interviews, paper forms, record review) are not sufficient enough for the FBA process.
Nowhere in the code of ethics for behavior analysts does it say that ABA providers cannot build relationships with people served. In fact, rapport building is often cited in the research as a critical component for teaching skills.