What in-home ABA therapy looks like
At its most basic, an ABA session involves a trained Registered Behavior Technician sitting with your child, working on goals that were identified in your child's assessment and designed by your BCBA. But in practice, it's far more dynamic than that. Sessions might look like play, structured games, practice with daily routines, or naturalistic teaching during everyday activities — depending on what your child's plan calls for and what motivates your child.
Sessions are typically two to three hours. Your RBT follows a structured program written by your supervising BCBA. Data is collected every session. Your BCBA reviews that data regularly, adjusts the program based on what they see, and maintains direct contact with your family throughout.
Session structure
Each session follows a framework established by your child's treatment plan. A typical session includes:
- A brief check-in with the parent or caregiver present at home
- Preference assessment — identifying what's motivating your child that day
- Discrete trial teaching and naturalistic teaching across target goals
- Data collection on every target behavior throughout the session
- A brief debrief with the caregiver at the end of the session
How goals are set and tracked
Goals come from your child's assessment. They are specific, measurable, and meaningful — tied directly to skills your family identified as priorities. Your BCBA reviews session data regularly and adjusts programs based on progress. Goals that have been mastered are transitioned to maintenance; new goals are added as your child grows.
Goal review meetings happen at least every 90 days, and you'll always have access to your child's progress data. We don't keep families at arm's length from what's happening in their child's sessions.
How parents are involved
Every in-home ABA program includes a parent training component. You'll learn the strategies your RBT uses so you can implement them during the hours between sessions — and so the skills your child is building generalize into real, lasting behavior change. Parent training isn't an add-on at Kindaya; it's built into every program from day one.