School of Psychology

Applied Behavioral Analysis Program

Behavioral Services Rates

Description of Assessment Services and Fees

Florida Tech Behavioral Services offers several different assessment services encompassing both skill assessment and problem behavior assessment. A brief description of each service follows along with a listing of fees. For each service, the assessment can be administered by the Florida Tech ABA faculty, all of whom are Board Certified Behavior Analysts, or one of the graduate student behavior analysts currently attending the Masters program in Applied Behavior Analysis at the Florida Institute of Technology. The Florida Tech faculty will supervise all graduate student assessments.

The fees for the Functional Behavior Analysis services described above may be waived if the problem behavior(s) targeted for assessment are of sufficient frequency, intensity, or duration to warrant experimental investigation. In such cases, a family can agree to allow any information collected during the course of the assessment to be used for research purposes in exchange for the waiver of all fees. The only charge will be to cover the costs of materials to conduct the assessment (e.g., photocopies) and will rarely exceed $20. Please contact the Florida Tech faculty for more information.

Functional Analysis

  • Purpose: To identify the environmental variables maintaining a problem behavior.
  • Location: FL Tech Behavioral Services (FL Tech School of Psychology Building)
  • Duration: Five one-hour sessions
  • Description: Four to five analogue conditions (based on Iwata et al., 1994), each lasting 5-10 min, are arranged and presented once or twice per session for a total of six sessions.
Fees

$125/hr (administered by the Florida Tech faculty)
$50/hr (administered by a graduate student)

 

 

Brief Functional Analysis

The brief functional analysis procedure and fees are the same as for the functional analysis, but only three sessions are provided.

 

 

Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills (ABLLS)

  • Purpose: To determine the current level of basic learning, self-help, and language skills.
  • Location: Provided in-home
  • Duration: Ten one-hour sessions
  • Description: Direct observation and assessment of learner skills according to the ABLLS protocol (Partington & Sundberg, 1998). The learner is assessed on multiple indices across 26 different categories, including expressive and receptive language, math, socialization, self-help, gross motor, and fine motor.
Fees

$125/hr (administered by the Florida Tech faculty)
$50/hr (administered by a graduate student)

Plus the purchase price of the ABLLS Assessment package ($59.95)

 

 

Description of Intervention Services and Fees

Florida Tech Behavioral Services offers several different intervention services encompassing both skill acquisition and problem behavior reduction. A brief description of each service follows along with a listing of fees. The Florida Tech faculty will supervise all therapists.

Autism Early Intervention Consultation Services

Florida Tech currently offers consultation services for early intervention programs. The Florida Tech faculty are available to local families to assist in the development of an intervention program and the training and on-going supervision of 1:1 behavior therapists. Florida Tech does not provide the 1:1 behavior therapists, but a list of potential therapists can be obtained from the Florida Tech faculty. It is the family's responsibility to hire the behavior therapists and all financial arrangements are made between the family and individual therapist. The Florida Tech faculty's services are billed through the Floridaorida Institute of Technology.

The Florida Tech faculty will meet monthly (more often, if necessary) with each family to continually refine and expand the individualized treatment plan, demonstrate behavioral interventions, and provide parents and therapists training in effective techniques for managing everything from self-stimulatory behavior to socialization skills. Additionally, the Florida Tech faculty are available to attend IEP meetings and help IEP teams develop the most appropriate goals and services for your child.

NOTE: The consultation services described above can be modified to fit each family's needs. If you would like more information, please contact the Florida Tech faculty

Fees

$125/hr (Doctoral-level BCBA Supervision)

 

Early Intervention Services Training Program

The typical training program will be conducted over a three-week period and consist of four 60-minute classroom sessions and four 60-minute in vivo training sessions led by a Doctoral level Board Certified Behavior Analyst. Additionally, all participants will be expected to complete a series of take-home readings with corresponding assignments. At the end of the training program, a formal assessment over the classroom material will be administered and a separate field examination given to assess the mastery of teaching techniques. A score of 80% or greater is necessary to successfully graduate from the training program.

Topics Covered
  • Class 1: Introduction to early intensive behavioral intervention.
  • Class 2: Overview of reinforcement principles and procedures.
  • Class 3: Overview of prompt and prompt-fading strategies.
  • Class 4: Overview of strategies to promote generalization and maintenance.

A fifth class can be added--upon request--that covers the basic components of verbal behavior programs.

Fees

Classroom and Field Instruction $225/hr (four to six participants)
Assessment Administration and Scoring $120 (four to six participants)
Materials (classroom, assessment, etc.) $150 (four to six participants)

Classes can be arranged for more than six participants. Additional fees will be negotiated based on the number of students registered.