Questions, answered straight.

Applied Behavior Analysis is a science-based approach to teaching skills and understanding behavior. In practice, it means carefully observing what motivates your child and what challenges them, then breaking meaningful skills — communication, daily living, play, social connection — into teachable steps, and using data to confirm what's actually working. It's one of the most extensively researched interventions for autism spectrum disorder.

Then a conversation costs you nothing. We'll answer your questions honestly — including questions about ABA's history and about other supports — and if we don't think we're the right fit, we'll say so and point you toward alternatives. Our first job is to be useful to your family, not to sign you up.

It means we pay attention to what your child is telling us — in words, gestures, or behavior — about whether they're okay with what's happening, and we take it seriously. Modern ABA builds cooperation through relationship and motivation, not through force. We never use aversive techniques.

We serve children with autism, with programs individualized by age and developmental stage. Reach out with your child's age and situation and we'll tell you straightforwardly whether we're a good fit.

A consistent, trained behavior technician delivers most sessions, and your BCBA — the clinician who designed the program — supervises regularly and in person. You'll always know who is scheduled and when, and your child won't face a revolving door of strangers.

It depends on your child's assessment, age, and goals — recommendations commonly range from around 10 to 30+ hours per week. Your BCBA will recommend a number based on clinical need and explain the reasoning, and your insurance plan authorizes a specific amount. We'll always tell you the why behind the number, and we won't recommend more hours than your child needs.

You don't run the sessions, but you're a genuine partner. Caregiver training is built into every program so the strategies that work in session work at dinner, bedtime, and everywhere else. Families who engage with that piece see progress travel farther, faster.

Data is collected every session against specific, measurable goals your family helped set. Your BCBA reviews it continuously, adjusts the program when something isn't working, and shares progress with you in plain language — regularly, not just when you ask.

Call us to start benefits verification before your first session, at no cost. We'll arrange an appropriate way to exchange plan details instead of asking you to send them through ordinary email or voicemail. California law requires most commercial plans to cover ABA for autism, and Medi-Cal covers it for eligible children; the work is navigating your specific plan, and we do that with you. See our insurance page for details.

Honestly: it depends on insurance authorization timelines and our current capacity, and we'd rather give you a real timeline than a rosy one. Call us and we'll tell you exactly where things stand. What we won't do is put your family on a silent waitlist and disappear.