School of Psychology

Applied Behavioral Analysis Program

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Florida Tech Behavioral Services is a university affiliated consultation program that provides Applied Behavior Analysis services to families, schools and organizations. The services offered include functional behavior assessments and analyses, and the development, implementation, and evaluation of behavior programs. Additionally, Florida Tech Behavioral Services provides comprehensive early intervention programs for children with autism and other developmental disabilities.

Florida Tech Behavioral Services also offers a variety of workshops, seminars and presentations on topics including:

  • Elementary principles of applied behavior analysis
  • Conducting functional behavior assessments and analyses
  • How to teach children with autism
  • Managing disruptive behavior
  • Parenting skills
  • Developing behavior intervention plans
  • Staff training
  • Organizational behavior management in human service settings

Services Offered

Families

Parents may have a need for applied behavior analysis for a variety of reasons. For example, many parents of children with autism choose to use ABA programs to teach language, social, and other skills to their children. Florida Tech Behavioral services can even help manage problems with simple routines—such as getting up for school, bathing, eating meals and bedtime that are often extremely difficult for parents to manage alone, as well as more demanding tasks such as cleaning rooms and completing homework.

Autism

Children diagnosed with autism typically experience language, social, and/or behavioral difficulties at home and at school. However these children can make substantial gains in each of these areas when provided with intensive applied behavior analysis (ABA) services. Applied Behavior Analysis is an empirically supported intervention strategy for individuals with autism and related disabilities.

Florida Tech Behavioral Services provides comprehensive and individualized early intervention programs to: (1) improve language; (2) increase social skills and peer interactions; and (3) address behavioral issues, including decreasing inappropriate behaviors and increasing appropriate behaviors.

ADHD

Children with Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder often have difficulties in school and at home. A comprehensive behavior program can help him or her to succeed in both settings.

If your child is using medication, or you're considering medication, Florida Tech Behavioral services can conduct a double-blind medication trial to help you make objective and data-based decisions about the impact the medication has on your child’s behavior.

Schools

Florida Tech Behavioral Services can help improve school-wide and class-wide behavior management programs, including strategies for managing disruptive behavior, increasing appropriate social and academic behaviors, staff training, data-tracking systems and program evaluation.

Behavioral services can also be provided to individual students. These include functional behavioral assessments, behavior intervention plans, staff training, follow-up monitoring and plan evaluation.

Florida Tech Behavioral Services also offers workshops to schools and school districts.

 

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Psychological Services Offered

Sexually Abused Children and Their Families
The Family Learning Program (FLP) provides the highest standard psychological services to a diverse inter-familial clientele of sexually abused children and their families based on the latest research.

Couples
The Marital and Sex Therapy Team provide psychological services to couples to include premarital counseling, marital therapy, sex therapy, divorce counseling and divorce mediation.

Mental Illness
Clinicians assess to determine an accurate diagnosis and provide Individual therapy utilizing evidence based therapy models.

Families
Our busy lifestyles and environmental influence affect family life. Family therapy supports effective communication, family member boundaries, and the love and respect everyone desires.

Blended Families
Step-families, also known as blended families, are more common than ever, with 65% of remarriages including children from previous relationships. Family therapy helps all members communicate more effectively, develop positive attitudes and mutual respect, and make a family life together.

Severe behavior problems of young children
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) is an empirically-supported treatment for young children with behavioral problems. Treatment places emphasis on improving the quality of the parent-child relationship and changing parent-child interaction patterns; hence eliminating inappropriate behaviors. Parents are taught specific skills to improve the relationship with their child while increasing their child's pro-social behavior and decreasing negative behavior.

Psychological Assessments

  • Autism Spectrum Disorders evaluation
  • Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder evaluation
  • Comprehensive evaluations (cognitive and personality)
  • Evaluations for student disability accommodations at college and College Board examinations
  • Gifted evaluations
  • Court ordered evaluations
  • Personality Evaluations, such as those required for international adoption

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