Autism Consulting Services, provides a variety of clinical services. These services are targeted towards parents but may be requested by districts and agencies with parental consent. Clinical services are aimed at the analysis of the child's current functioning level to provide recommendations for future program directions to continue the learner's progress to meet their highest potential. All clinical services are provided on-site and scheduled as full-day or multiple full day appointments.

Baseline Language Analysis and Skills Assessment

This service is offered to individuals who are seeking a thorough analysis of their child's language and basic learner readiness skills. The goal of this service is to obtain a baseline evaluation using the Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills- Revised (ABLLS-R). The goal of the assessment is to provide an in-depth analysis of your child's skills and deficits to provide the family with recommendations for objectives to facilitate continued learning for their child. This service is completed with parent participation to allow for parents to understand what motivators work best with their child and to allow the parents to observe and gain training on how to use the analysis of behavior to assist in their child's progress. Parents are provided a detailed summary of their child's strengths and weaknesses at the end of the evaluation to include a prioritized area of global needs, specific objectives to facilitate these needs, and strategies on how to teach these objectives. Behavioral concerns will also be addressed and strategies for intervening will be outlined. Parents will also be provided a completed ABLLS-R grid documenting their child's current levels.

Summary of Goals:

• Analysis of current skills
• Analysis of motivational variables and reinforcement needs of child
• Analysis of current behavioral deficits to be addressed
• Recommendations for skill objectives to be addressed through intervention
• Techniques to provide appropriate instruction to address outlined behaviors and skill objectives.
• Completed baseline ABLLS-R grid to document baseline levels

This service is a unique combination of analysis, program development, and hands-on parent training and is offered to families who are seeking guidance in the development and implementation of their child's intervention services. The Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills Revised (ABLLS-R) will be referenced throughout the appointment.

Prior to the appointment, parents provide background information by forwarding written materials and videotape to our office. Our staff reviews the child's information and discusses the critical targets for intervention.

Throughout the visit skill areas are explored and analyzed through direct activity with the child and additional input is provided through observation and parent feedback. This is an informal process that enables our staff to demonstrate and narrate the main concepts and philosophy of our teaching methodology and the techniques of teaching verbal behavior within an intervention program.

Based on the beginning session, our staff will prioritize the focus and strategy based on the initial analysis of the child's skill areas in addition to the training needs of the family. Throughout the visit our staff will share, discuss, and exchange impressions with respect to teaching priorities ("what to teach") as well as strategies and techniques for the actual teaching process ("how to teach").

Written documentation is provided following the appointment and will include an overview of the child's skills' analysis, a description of our recommended language-training priorities, and a summary of teaching strategies for implementation. A separate document will outline specific language-training objectives.

This program is designed as a comprehensive service package that includes all intake services, pre-appointment clinical review, and either a 1-2 day (6 hour) clinical appointment.  

Language and Learning Barrier Analysis

This service is designed for families with existing programs who are experiencing difficulties in, generalization and retention of skills, or slowed progress with existing teaching procedures. The focus of this service is an analysis of current program development, observation and analysis of the child's current repertories and hands-on parent training targeting recommendations on how to revamp programming towards the benefit of the child's progress. Defective repertories on the part of both teachers and child will be analyzed to determine areas of need. The Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP) will be referenced throughout the appointment.

At the assessment, deficit or defective skill areas are explored and analyzed through direct instruction with the child and additional input is provided through observation and parent feedback. This is a semi-structured process that allows our staff to demonstrate and discuss the main concepts and philosophy of our teaching methodology and the techniques of teaching using a behavioral approach to language as an intervention program.

Based on the video review and beginning session, our staff will prioritize the focus of what skill areas need modification in addition to the training needs of the family. Throughout the visit our staff will collaborate with the family with respect to teaching priorities ("what to teach") as well as strategies and techniques for the actual teaching process ("how to teach").

Written documentation is provided following the appointment and will include a detailed analysis of the child's skills' level, defective repertoires of both the teacher and child, recommended skill objective priorities and strategies on how to teach these objectives for implementation.

This program is designed as a comprehensive service package that includes all intake services, pre-appointment clinical review, and either a 1-2 day (6 hour) clinical appointment.  

Toddler Parent Training Program 

This service is designed to focus primarily on the initial analysis of the child's learning and language skills in addition to providing the family with some basic elements for understanding and using verbal behavior training and developing learner participation.  

The goal of the service is to increase the parents' knowledge base; to expose them to basic problem-solving and analysis skills, and to demonstrate, coach, and practice teaching within the context of play and everyday activities in the natural environment (i.e., home).  Structured teaching sessions are not considered the focus of this service.

Components of program-

Shape/increase knowledge base of parents:

• Analysis of Verbal Behavior
• Motivation; Reinforcement
• Teaching Techniques
• Setting priorities
• Arranging environment
• Capturing/contriving teachable moments
• Behavior management

Guide and instruct parents through analysis process

Facilitate and transfer problem-solving strategies/solutions

This program is designed as a comprehensive service package that includes all intake services, pre-session clinical review, 12 hours of direct 1:1 parent training, observation and feedback, as well as written reading materials for homework assignments in between sessions.

Note—do to the intensive design (two hour appointments, twice a week) of the Toddler Parent Training Program, this service is only offered to families within 2 hours of our main office in Corpus Christi, TX.