[vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”2″ bottom_padding=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_center” overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”1″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”1\/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_center” gutter_size=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”1\/1″][vc_custom_heading text_weight=”800″ text_color=”color-884010″]Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is the leading evidence-based treatment approach for autism and other developmental disabilities.[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”5″ bottom_padding=”5″ back_color=”accent” back_image=”76903″ parallax=”yes” overlay_color=”accent” overlay_alpha=”91″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”-4″ shift_y_fixed=”yes” z_index=”0″ enable_top_divider=”default” top_divider=”hills-opacity” shape_top_h_use_pixel=”” shape_top_height=”120″ shape_top_color=”color-xsdn” shape_top_opacity=”100″ shape_top_index=”3″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ position_vertical=”bottom” overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”1\/1″][vc_empty_space empty_h=”4″ medium_visibility=”yes” mobile_visibility=”yes”][vc_empty_space empty_h=”2″ desktop_visibility=”yes” mobile_visibility=”yes”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ style=”dark” gutter_size=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”1\/3″][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h6″ text_size=”h6″ text_space=”fontspace-210350″ text_transform=”uppercase” text_color=”color-205399″]ABA EXPLAINED[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading text_weight=”800″]What is it?[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ style=”dark” gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]ABA practice focuses on assessing the environmental influences on behavior, assessment-based intervention, and data-based decision making.<\/p>\n

More than four decades of research has found ABA to be the most effective treatment for children and adolescents with autism and other developmental disabilities<\/strong>, producing meaningful and significant changes in language, cognition, play, social, daily living skills, and challenging behaviors.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”3″ bottom_padding=”3″ overlay_alpha=”91″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ top_divider=”hills-opacity”][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ position_vertical=”bottom” overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”1\/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”1\/3″][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h6″ text_size=”h6″ text_space=”fontspace-210350″ text_transform=”uppercase” text_color=”color-205399″]recommended[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading text_weight=”800″]Who recommends it?[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”2\/3″][uncode_list icon=”fa fa-check” icon_color=”color-205399″]<\/p>\n

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• Autism Speaks<\/a><\/li>\n
• The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities<\/li>\n
• American Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry<\/li>\n
• Organization for Autism Research<\/li>\n
• The National Autism Center<\/a><\/li>\n
• The National Autism Professional Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders<\/a><\/li>\n
• The Association for Science in Autism Treatment<\/a><\/li>\n
• Center for Disease Control<\/a><\/li>\n
• National Institute of Mental Health<\/a><\/li>\n
• The National Institute of Child and Human Development<\/a><\/li>\n
• Surgeon General of the United States<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  [\/uncode_list][vc_column_text]For these results to be possible there are two crucial elements:[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h4″ text_size=”h4″ text_color=”accent” el_class=”custom-spacing”]proper standards & treatment frequency & dosage[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”3″ bottom_padding=”3″ back_color=”color-956233″ overlay_alpha=”91″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ top_divider=”hills-opacity”][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ position_vertical=”bottom” overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”1\/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”1\/3″][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h6″ text_size=”h6″ text_space=”fontspace-210350″ text_transform=”uppercase” text_color=”color-205399″]BACB[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading text_weight=”800″]Behavior analyst certification board[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]The Behavior Analyst Certification Board\u00ae, Inc. (BACB\u00ae) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation established in 1998 to meet professional credentialing needs identified by behavior analysts, governments, and consumers of behavior analysis services. The BACB\u2019s certification requirements, exam content, and procedures undergo regular review according to international standards for organizations that grant professional credentials.<\/p>\n

  All BACB requirements and exam content are established by content experts in the discipline.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=”yes” row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”0″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_separator sep_color=”accent” el_width=”100%” el_height=”6px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”3″ bottom_padding=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_center” overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”1\/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_use_pixel=”yes” align_horizontal=”align_center” gutter_size=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”1\/1″ column_width_pixel=”750″][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h6″ text_size=”h6″ text_space=”fontspace-210350″ text_transform=”uppercase” text_color=”accent”]facts[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading text_weight=”800″]About the BACB[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text]The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorder (NPDC) determined if an intervention was effective through a review of peer-reviewed research in scientific journals. An intervention was considered to be an evidence-based practice if it met the specific criteria outlined below.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”1\/2″ el_class=”content-box-link”][vc_icon position=”left” title_aligned_icon=”yes” icon=”fa fa-building-o” icon_color=”accent” size=”fa-2x” heading_semantic=”p” text_size=”” text_weight=”800″ title=”Establishment” link=”|||” el_class=”icon-box-img”]Established in 1998 as a nonprofit Corporation.[\/vc_icon][vc_icon position=”left” title_aligned_icon=”yes” icon=”fa fa-license” icon_color=”accent” size=”fa-2x” heading_semantic=”p” text_size=”” text_weight=”800″ title=”Certifications” link=”|||” el_class=”icon-box-img”]Established in 1998 as a nonprofit Corporation.[\/vc_icon][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_icon 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heading_semantic=”p” text_size=”” text_weight=”800″ title=”High School Level” link=”|||” el_class=”icon-box-img”]Registered Behavior TechnicianTM (RBT\u00ae)[\/vc_icon][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_center” style=”dark” gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”1\/4″][vc_icon icon=”fa fa-graduation-cap” icon_color=”color-205399″ size=”fa-4x” heading_semantic=”p” text_size=”” text_weight=”800″ title=”Bachelor\u2019s Level” link=”|||” el_class=”icon-box-img”]Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst\u00ae (BCaBA\u00ae)[\/vc_icon][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_center” style=”dark” gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”1\/4″][vc_icon icon=”fa fa-bank” icon_color=”color-205399″ size=”fa-4x” 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Funding streams include Medicaid waivers and health-insurance plans, among others. BACB certificants are identified as qualified providers of ABA services in the majority of the recently passed autism health-insurance laws. 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