ABA Therapy

K1ds Count Therapy ABA is unique in its comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and collaborative approach. Together the BCBA and RBT collaborate with the speech, occupational, and physical therapists in addition to our school transition team to help the child reach his or her highest potential.

What is ABA therapy?

ABA therapy applies treatment strategies to increase skills in core areas including speech and language, social, play, and daily living skills. In addition, through through a functional behavior assessment and creation of a behavior intervention plan, ABA helps to shape and change problem behaviors and provide the child and parent with tools for successful participation in home, school, and community activities.

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Services Offered by Our ABA Therapy Team

Types of ABA Therapy

1:1 comprehensive ABA addresses numerous target skills across multiple domains. Children attend this program for approximately 30-40 hours of direct treatment per week 1:1 with an RBT and 10-20% supervision from the BCBA to build adaptive skills and support behaviors that significantly interfere with learning.

Focused ABA program includes approximately 10-25 hours of direct treatment hours per week 1:1 with an RBT and 10-20% supervision from the BCBA. Focused ABA typically involves fewer domains. Children receiving focused treatment may have fewer interfering behaviors, strong functional communication, and may be ready to begin a transition to a less-restrictive environment, such as the classroom setting.

Our SPOT ABA program is a focused ABA program offered in a small group setting with one RBT and four to six children and 10-20% supervision from the BCBA. This program serves as a bridge to a larger classroom setting for children requiring support generalizing skills to an environment with a therapist-to-child ratio that approximates the school setting.

Types of ABA Therapy

Initial ABA Evaluation Process

Children within the ABA therapy program may benefit from other services at KCT, including speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy and/or mental health services. Your child will receive an ABA therapy evaluation consisting of a parent and caregiver interview, observation, and direct assessment for ABA services. Following your ABA evaluation, the BCBA will reach out to collaborate with other treatment team members, such as speech, occupational, and or physical therapists. These evaluations and treatment sessions are separate from ABA services. However, we encourage collaboration between all members of the child’s treatment team. If you believe your child or family would benefit from mental health services as well, you may communicate with our office for support with accessing those services if needed.
Initial ABA Evaluation Process

Your Child's ABA Team

Your child’s team will consist of a board certified behavior analyst (BCBA) as well as two primary registered behavior technicians (RBTs). The BCBA will oversee the child’s treatment, provide training and supervision to the RBTs, and meet with the parent regularly for training and collaboration. In addition, our KCT directors and related disciplines (ST, OT, PT, and mental health) work and serve together to help the child and family.
Your Child's ABA Team

Speech, Language, and Communication

ABA focuses on speech, language, and functional communication training throughout the entire ABA therapy day. Your child’s ABA team will collaborate with your child’s KCT speech therapist weekly. Also, KCT is a LAMP Center of Excellence and will often use LAMP, speech communication devices, and other augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) modalities as a bridge to development of speech. In addition, our BCBAs benefit from collaboration with speech therapy on apraxia of speech and other diagnoses comorbid with autism.
Speech, Language, and Communication

Social and Play Skills

Play and social skills are also focused on throughout the therapy day. In therapy, children will progress through different milestones of play and social behavior, such as parallel, associative, collaborative, and imaginative play. Social language may be shaped from basic greetings and requests from adults and peers to more complex social conversation.
Social and Play Skills

Activities of Daily Living

Activities of daily living important to the child and family may be targeted within the therapy day. These may include skills like toilet training, dressing, toothbrushing, and others. At KCT, the child’s BCBA can collaborate weekly with the child’s KCT occupational therapist on skills that are socially significant to the child and family.
Activities of Daily Living

Behavior

K1ds Count Therapy ABA seeks to understand a child’s individual interests, motivation as well as the function of behaviors that impede participation in activities across settings. Through this understanding of behavior and the application of ABA, we can help to shape and replace challenging behaviors in order for the child and family to enjoy meaningful activities at school, home, and in the community.
Behavior

Groups and Classrooms

Each child receives 1:1 ABA therapy within small group settings with opportunities for large group time in a classroom like setting with a simulated “teacher” leading the group at least once per day. In addition to the social and classroom groups, during the ABA therapy day, the children may participate in structured gym, food group, language and learning group, and LAMP group.
Groups and Classrooms

Speech, OT, PT, and Mental Health

Children within the ABA therapy program may benefit from other services at KCT, including speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy and/or mental health services. Our evaluations are interdisciplinary. During your child’s ABA evaluation, we will also assess the need for speech, occupational, and physical therapies. If you believe your child or family would benefit from mental health services, you may communicate with your BCBA who will help point you in the right direction for support and services.
Speech, OT, PT, and Mental Health

School Transition Team

At K1ds Count Therapy, we begin looking at the transition plan to school starting on day one. Our KCT school transition team meets at least quarterly with the school systems surrounding our KCT centers. Our school transition team consists of a KCT SPED director, BCBA, other KCT leaders, parents, and the child’s school. The team ensures that a school plan is implemented at least one year prior to transition to ensure that all assessments and support needs are met.
School Transition Team

Team Growth and Development

At K1ds Count Therapy, our LEAD Together leadership growth and development program provides a path for each team member from each discipline and team at KCT to grow and develop. Through unique continuing education opportunities our team members grow both clinically and professionally!
Team Growth and Development
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Why Choose K1ds Count Therapy for ABA Therapy?

When you’re looking for trusted ABA therapy in Indianapolis, look no further than K1ds Count Therapy. With our comprehensive program, we are 100% committed to providing top-quality care and services to each child. Don’t trust just anyone when it comes to your child’s therapy. Turn to our experts for a personalized learning approach. On top of ABA therapy, we also offer speech, occupational, physical, and mental health therapies. For questions about our program or to get started, don’t hesitate to give us a call. We are proud to offer the autism therapy Indianapolis families love.

Insurance Coverage for ABA Therapy

KC Therapy accepts many commercial insurance plans, Medicaid plans, and managed care plans for ABA therapy services. Because every insurance policy is different, our team will help verify your benefits, explain your coverage, and answer questions about copays, deductibles, referrals, or prior authorization before services begin.
If you don’t see your insurance listed or aren’t sure whether ABA therapy is covered, we’re happy to help. Contact our office, and we’ll review your benefits so you can move forward with confidence.
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Testimonials

What Parents and Employees Say About Us

"I absolutely love working alongside such a supportive team! Everyone is quick to lend a hand, collaborate on a shared client, brainstorm, and share resources! I feel valued as a professional and cared for as an individual. I know every single person is willing to help me in a time of professional or personal need. Hard work is noticed and recognized through Workplace Rewards, kind notes, encouraging cards, candy, and small gifts."
∼ Victoria P OT
"KCT is different because we are not focused on the billable hours. Our focus is to provide the best quality services to our clients and community while still taking care of our employees and ensuring their workplace experience is top-notch. I love talking about my experience at KCT. I know in my heart I will work here until I retire! I have been given the opportunities to grow as a therapist and a leader in this company."
∼ Alyssa HST
"We have enjoyed every aspect of our time with KCT. The resources sent home and whole receiving services have been amazing and have helped my child come a long way in a short amount of time. It also has helped her generalize that these things are every day tasks that she needs to grasp."
∼ KCT Parent
"She loves each and every one of her therapists. She's referred to it as "play school" since day 2. So she has a great time, and she enjoys every day that she goes."
∼ KCT Parent
"It's made a huge difference. My child is now more vocal and more independent in her every day tasks."
∼ KCT Parent
"The relationship my son has built with his therapist is truly special. It is the reason he has progressed as far as he has. He trusts her and connects with her. That’s huge for a kiddo from trauma!"
∼ KCT Parent
"His therapist does so much research and training to dig deep and try to figure out how to help him. We have even had a recent breakthrough with him, only because of research she did."
∼ KCT Parent
"KCT is different because they take the needs and suggestions of their employees and immediately act upon them. They see a need for a single client or a group of clients and they work to meet that need."
∼ KCT Parent
"The things I love most about Kids Count Therapy are the relationships and the family-like atmosphere that is evident when walking to any building at KCT. The people and the kids are what make this work fun, meaningful, and worthwhile."
∼ Kenzi LOT
"I have always felt supported and encouraged, even in difficult situations. I always feel like I am able to speak my mind in a professional matter. I also always feel like I am supported to grow in my interests."
∼ Keeley HOT
"The progress my daughter has made while working with Mya is stunning! She always goes the extra mile, and thinks outside the box with new ways to help."
∼ KCT Parent
"Our daughter's speech therapist has been such a blessing to me as a parent. I had initially wondered if our daughter would feel odd or unenthusiastic because she was the only child in our household who had to go speech therapy. On the contrary, she was pleased and excited about going to speech therapy each week and she has gained confidence in her speech skills."
∼ KCT Parent
"Miss Jackie is wonderful! She is so patient and teaches me as a mom just as much as she teaches my son how to handle different situations."
∼ KCT Parent
"Kristen has been doing such a good job with my child in speech therapy. He always looks forward to coming to speech :)"
∼ KCT Parent
"We love our KCT family. Having been number 7 for the facility, going from only the farm house and seeing how much KCT has grown is really remarkable. Not only is it bringing growth for my child in so many ways, but I truly believe that with all the services KCT provides they maybe the only ones (that I know of) that provide Mental Health services. PCIT therapy is hard to find a provider for, and for KCT to provide staff who are knowledgeable in this field is HUGE! While not only has my child been blessed with this amazing opportunity to be with KCT, communities around have been touched as well. KCT really does SERVE not only clients but their families, and the communities around them."
∼ KCT Parent