Autism Services: Behviour and Skill Focused Option @ Mackenzie Health

This model will use the principles of Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) combined with a Biopsychosocial model. A Biopsychosocial model looks at biological, psychological and social factors that might be influencing your child’s behaviour. Service will be provided through a combination of mediator training and direct teaching. This option is designed for children and youth up to age 18 with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Targeted skills may include (but are not limited to) Communication-language Activities of daily living Social-play skills Challenging behaviour reduction Your child will be assessed in the environment that would benefit from the skill or behaviour change. From there, a behaviour plan will be developed, based on the principles of ABA. The behaviour plan will include skill acquisition programs and-or behaviour intervention program(s) to address the goals outlined.