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Applied Behavior Analysis for children and families
Unlock your full potential with ABA
Our Mission
Function First ABA aims to help children & families change behaviors in order to achieve higher levels of functioning. We provide parents and children with the right training and tools to help them live happier lives.
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Our core values are Compassion, Flexibility, and Trust
What is Applied Behavioral Analysis?
Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) is a therapy that is rooted in the science of learning and behavior.
ABA helps clinicians, parents, and families understand that maladaptive behavior is affected by the environment.
ABA is an evidence-based intervention that has shown to be effective for lots of different disorders.
Here at Function First ABA, we like to provide ABA services with a trauma-informed care perspective.
A trauma-informed perspective allows a Board Certified Behavior Analyst to view behaviors
and consider many other factors that influence a child's emotional state and their behavioral responses.
It uses a variety of techniques to understand problematic behaviors and change those behaviors into positive ones.
Function First ABA utilizes techniques such as:
behavior assessment & analysis
positive reinforcement
schedules of reinforcement
and more to change behaviors
Why Function First ABA?
Is your child having difficulty managing their behaviors?
Do they act out at home, school, or in between?
Are they unable to deal with negative thoughts, debilitating fear, anxiety, or a lack of interpersonal skills?
Behavioral change is possible when people have the proper tools.
The right set of tools can be life-changing and lasting across an entire lifetime.
Function First ABA provides individualized, personal training and tools to parents of children who require extra attention in behavior management.
Through patience and trust, we also work directly with children to help teach them social skills and behavior modification.
Our priority is to provide you with empathic, comprehensive care and deliver functional results.
We look at the whole dynamic of your family and base each treatment plan on your family's individual needs.
Through teaching replacement skills, positive reinforcement, and supplying parents with other tools,
we support you in managing your child’s behaviors.
We aim to give you hope, education, and the skills to move you and your family in a better direction.
Meet your Clinician
Hi, I’m Patricia Mora!
I believe that childhood is a foundation parents set for their children as they grow into adulthood. It is the most important stage of development in a person’s life. For this reason, I founded Function First ABA, to help parents and children better shape their tomorrow together.
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