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ABAH is a fully integrated behavioral health care system offering a wide variety of community-based services. Our outpatient Services provide counseling and treatment to children, adolescents, adults and families who are experiencing mental health or behavioral health problems. Our trained and experienced therapists assist individuals and families who are facing challenges develop the skills and resilience they need to be successful.

ABAH provides staff who are uniquely qualified and focused on assisting individuals with disabilities, children with behavioral challenges and teaching parenting skills to moms and dads. Services are primarily provided in an office or community settings such as the home

Our psychologists work with a broad range of emotional, behavioral, cognitive, and adjustment problems affecting children and their families. These challenges range from a child struggling with a school or family crisis, to the adolescent overwhelmed by the challenges of life and/or engaging in defiant or high-risk behavior. We also provide services for children and adolescents who may not be experiencing problems but want to actualize their full potential.
 

• Anxiety Disorders
• Cerebral Palsy
• Cognitive Impairment
• Depression
• Developmental Delays
• Disruptive Behavior Disorders
• Down Syndrome
• Enuresis (bladder accidents)/encopresis (soiling accidents)
• Genetic Disorders
• Intellectual Disabilities
• Learning Disorders
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Sleep Disorders
• Tic Disorders, Including Tourette’s

Our Speech and Language therapists at ABA Healthcare also have experience with a multitude of medical conditions which may lead to subsequent speech and language disorders that require speech therapy. Some conditions which may lead to a necessity for speech therapy are:

ADHD
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Central Auditory Processing Disorders
Cerebral Palsy
Developmental Disorders
Down Syndrome
Dysarthria
Genetic Syndromes
Hearing Loss or Hearing Impairment
Neurological Disorders
Premature Birth
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Our Physical therapists and Occupational Therapist are trained to provide expert care for children with movement difficulties and gross motor delays due to cerebral palsy, head injuries, surgeries, and developmental delays. Some therapy needs may be very short term as in the case of sports injuries or reluctant walkers; where some children’s therapy needs may be over a longer period of time as might be the case for a child with a significant developmental delay. Our physical therapists specialize in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of infants, children, and adolescents with a variety of congenital, developmental, neuromuscular, skeletal, or acquired disorders/diseases that may cause limitations.

Evaluations to diagnose Autism and other developmental disorders typically include:

• ADOS-2, the gold standard for assessing Autism Spectrum Disorders
• In-depth interviews with parents
• Standardized assessment measures for cognitive abilities, communication and language
• Evaluation of adaptive skills
• Assessment of social-emotional functioning
• Cognitive functioning
• Attention and mental control
• Processing speed
• Executive functioning
• Language abilities
• Adaptive functioning
• Verbal learning and memory
• Nonverbal learning and memory
• Visual perception
• Behavioral and emotional functioning
• Social skills and social cognition
• Academic achievement

Throughout the evaluation the child will be observed at play and then engaged in activities which will provide insight into the child’s ability to interact, social, and communicate. In addition, a neurological and physical examination will be completed along with standardized developmental assessments that will provide developmental and behavioral baselines.

Evaluations can identify autism spectrum disorders, developmental, and neurocognitive delay, impulse control problems, difficulties with attention, emotional, and behavioral concerns, learning disabilities, memory, and concentration issues, and giftedness.

Adaptive Behaviors Assessments

• Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales – Second Edition (Vineland-II) (Sparrow & Cicchetti, & Balla, 2005)
• Behavioral & Emotional Inventories
• Behavior Assessment System for Children-Second Edition (BASC-2) (Reynolds & Kamphaus, 2004)
• Parenting Stress Index, Third Edition (PSI) (Abidin, 1995)

Psycho-Educational Assessments

• Psychoeducational Profile – Third Edition (PEP-3) (Schopler, Lansing, Reichler, & Marcus, 2005)

Speech & Language Assessments

• Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals – Fifth Edition (CELF-5) (Semel, Wiig, Secord, 2013)
• Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Fourth Edition (PPVT-IV) (Dunn & Dunn, 2007)
• Preschool Language Scale – Fifth Edition (PLS-5) (Zimmerman, Steiner, & Pond, 2011)
• Test of Language Development: Intermediate – Fourth Edition (TOLD: I-4) (Hammil & Newcomer, 2008)
• Test of Language Development: Primary – Fourth Edition (TOLD:P-4) (Newcomer & Hammil, 2008)
• Test of Pragmatic Language – Second Edition (TOPL-2) (Phelps-Terasaki & Phelps-Gunn, 2007)
• Test of Problem Solving, Second Edition – Adolescent (TOPS-2) (Bowers, Huisingh, & LoGiudice, 2007)
• Test of Problem Solving, Third Edition – Elementary (TOPS-3) (Bowers, Huisingh, & LoGiudice, 2005)

Visual-Motor & Visual-Perceptual Assessments

• Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test Of Visual-Motor Integration – Fifth Edition (Beery VMI-5) (Beery, Buktenica, & Beery, 2004)
• Bender Gestalt, Second Edition (Bender Gestalt II) (Brannigan & Decker, 2003)
• Test of Visual Perceptual Skills, Third Edition (TVPS-3) (Martin, 2006)