Interventions and treatments

Therapy Services

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Our therapeutic services are focused on the following areas:​

• Early intervention therapy

• Parent training Workshops (SBI-Method)

• Positive behaviour therapy

• ASD Support groups for parents

• ASD Support groups for children

• ASD Social skills Support groups for children

• ABA-intensive therapy (where appropriate)

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Details of our therapy interventions

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All our therapy interventions are commenced with a one hour initial or intake appointments and are designed to assist individuals and families in understanding the problems that they are experiencing. Discussing problems with a caring, experienced, knowledgeable and neutral professional  can be extremely useful for gaining a better understanding of what to do. Therapy options will be discussed during the initial appointment.

 

Therapy is provided for resolving problems including:

• Emotional problems including anxiety, anger, aggression and depression

• Attention Deficit Disorder

• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

• Behavioural problems

• Eating problems

• School problems including school phobia, behavioural problems, and bullying and teasing

• School communication problems

• Social skill development and friendship skills

• Problem-solving skills

 

 

Types of therapy interventions offered at the Centre

 

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy & Autism:

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What is Cognitive Behaviour Therapy?

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Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) is an approach for which there is ample scientific evidence that the methods that have been developed actually produce change. In this manner, CBT differs from many other forms of psychological treatment. CBT is very helpful for the treatment of disorders often related to ASD such as Anxiety.

 

 

SBI Method & Autism:

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What is SBI-Method?

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SBI-Method is a specialized method of behaviour management and skills development training based on the principles of Behavior Analysis and CBT for Autism and related disorders. This method was specially developed to make the interventions for ASD easy to apply and hence guaranteeing the long term results.

Check out our dedicated pages to the SBI Method.

 

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Applied Behaviour Analysis ABA

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Where necessary and appropriate ABA intensive therapy can be proposed to children diagnosed with Autism with an independent ABA therapists who work, in close collaboration with the center. Regular meetings with parents and the ABA therapist are organised at the center to ensure a holistic support for the progress of the child.

 

What is ABA?

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As a science, ABA can be described as a systematic approach to understanding behavior of social interest. The principles of behavior analysis began their development from early work on respondent and operant conditioning. In respondent conditioning, behavior is elicited through a conditioned or unconditioned stimulus.

ABA is defined as the « process of systematically applying interventions based upon the principles of learning theory to improve socially significant behavior to a meaningful degree and to demonstrate that the interventions employed are responsible for the improvement in behavior » (Baer, Wolf & Risley, 1968).

All behaviors, whether they are being observed or taught, can be broken down into 3 parts;

• Antecedent (A) - what triggered a behavior or what happens before the behavior,

• Behavior (B) - the behavior itself,

• Consequence (C) - what happens after the behavior.

 

ABA & Autism:

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One of the many interventions for autism is ABA – Applied Behaviour Analysis. ABA therapy was first developed in the 1960s by psychologist Ivar Lovaas, PhD, at the University of California; Los Angeles (UCLA), ABA therapy for autism makes use of the idea that when people affected by autism are rewarded for a behavior, they are likely to repeat that behavior. In ABA treatment, the therapist gives the child a motive, like a question or a request to sit down, along with the correct response. The therapist uses attention, praise or an actual incentive like toys or food to reward the child for repeating the right answer or completing the task; any other response is ignored.

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ABA therapy for Autism is an intervention that strives to decrease excesses in the child’s behaviours and diminish the skill deficits that are being caused by these behavioural excesses therefore building up a skill repertoire for the child.

 

 

Centre-Based Interventions:

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Centre-Based Interventions are one-to-one or small-groups  (2/3 people) sessions for children and adolescents that take place at the Evaluation  Centre rather than in the home environment.

 

Advantages of Centre-Based Interventions

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• When appropriate, patients are matched by age and level of functioning for socialization opportunities and peer play dates.

• The Centre offers a perfect setting for generalization, allowing patients to use acquired skills in a new way, at a new place.

• Patients have opportunities to engage with new learning materials.

• The level of participation and focus is higher at the centre due to a reduction in distractions (e.g., V-games, TV, domestic pets etc).

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PAGS Therapy

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PAGS® is a new, unique framework for all learners aged 5-25 who need support to achieve their expected level. This tool is useful for learners who have social thinking difficulties related to autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD, global developmental delay, moderate to severe learning difficulties.

 

PAGS therapy will be administered to children diagnosed with ASD who have deficits in several areas and who need a multidisciplinary therapeutic services involving more than 2 professionals. PAGS therapy will be provided by a PAGS practitioner on a weekly basis after an ASD assessment using the PAGS platform.

For more information about PAGS, please click here: https://www.pagsprofile.com.

 

 

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