Services & Specialties

Function First ABA offers a variety of services to help you and your child(ren) in your journey through life together.

Patricia Mora is Board-Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) with over 15 years of experience working in mental health. As a BCBA, she will assess and determine the appropriate level of care based on the patient’s symptoms, verbal repertoire, age, and scores based on standardized testing. As a clinician, she aims at prescribing the best level of service model (comprehensive, focused, parent training, etc.) for your family.

ABA Techniques:

Function First ABA utilizes techniques such as behavior assessment & analysis, positive reinforcement, schedules of reinforcement, and more to change your child’s behavior.

Our process helps your child:

Boost their language and communication skills.
Improve executive functioning skills to assist with attention, focus, memory, and academics.
Expand social skills like listening skills, conversational skills, social cues, interpersonal skills, etc.
Decrease problematic and/or disruptive behaviors.

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The first step in our process is to conduct a comprehensive Functional Behavior Assessment. This assessment will help guide us in identifying problematic behaviors by understanding the function of the problematic behavior. This includes identifying setting events, the function of behaviors, and teaching replacement skills.

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The second step is to create a behavior intervention plan with proactive and reactive strategies to improve the behavior.

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Over time, the plan may change, as we will adapt treatment based on data gained through monitoring the behavior(s).

Menu of Services

Comprehensive/Focused Parent Training Services

Are you the parent of a child who is acting out and needs behavior management or modification?

Do you need guidance in how to work better with them?

Would learning new tools and skills help you along your way?

In Parent Training, Function First ABA supports parents and provides them with new skills and tools to help with their child’s behavior management/modification. We will focus on your specific needs, which may include your child’s negative behaviors, toileting, language development, feeding/food rigidity, and more.

Functional Behavior Assessments

A Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) is the process of identifying problem behaviors and developing plans to improve or eliminate them.

For a FBA, we will observe the patient in various settings and conduct indirect interviews with parents, teachers, and support staff. The process insures gathering the necessary information to identify the environmental factors that may be contributing to disruptive or maladaptive behavior.

After the FBA is completed, proper care can be determined based on the observations throughout the process.

Behavior Management

Behavior Management is a less-vigorous form of behavior therapy, which focuses on continuing a patient’s positive habits and behaviors and decreasing their negative ones. It is different from behavior modification, where the focus is on fully changing behaviors.

In Behavior Management, we will assess patient behaviors based on function and provide a treatment plan listing proactive and reactive strategies. Your family can then implement these strategies along with our feedback and guidance.

Individualized Education Program (IEP) Support & Advocacy

For parents and school consultations.

Does your child have a specialized educational plan in school?

Do their behaviors hinder the progress of that plan?

Would behavior management help your child in school?

With IEP Support, we help children regarding their behaviors in a school setting. Whether your child is unable to focus and easily distracted, dealing with ADHD, autism, or another disability, or if they’re acting out verbally or physically, we will focus on your child’s specific needs and aid them with behavior modification.

Additionally, we will provide your family with guidance, consultation, and/or advocacy regarding IEP goals, placement, or tri-annual evaluations. Our goal is to work collaboratively with your IEP team.

Classroom/Behavioral Management Support for Teachers

Being a teacher is hard. With increasing classroom sizes and the many problems affecting students in and out of school, we offer classroom and behavioral management support for teachers who need a helping hand managing certain student behaviors.

We provide ongoing support for teachers, utilizing Applied Behavioral Analysis techniques such as behavior assessment & analysis, positive reinforcement, and schedules of reinforcement to aid them with their classroom environment and student behaviors.

Group Home Support

With the many difficulties faced by group home providers and consumers, mental health support can aid in a safe and functioning home environment.

For Group Home Support, we work collaboratively with group home providers, making sure they are following programs and taking proper care of their residents. We provide support for consumers and for staff working in the group home by implementing Applied Behavioral Analysis techniques such as behavior assessment & analysis, positive reinforcement, and schedules of reinforcement.