SERVICES

CIBA provides
complete, comprehensive interventions for children with autism.
These services are typically delivered "in-home", though we also provide
school shadows where appropriate. In addition to intensive interventions,
we also provide parent education consultation, functional assessment,
behavior
intervention plan development, and ABA workshop training.
Our
behavior therapists include individuals who speak Spanish, Japanese,
Hebrew,
and Arabic. CIBA is a California Department of Education Nonpublic School
and California Association of Regional Centers vendor.

FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT
METHODOLOGY

Functional
Assessment is a methodology of analyzing behavior in terms of the function
it serves for the individual serving it. Specifically, there are four
basic
functions of behavior. They are: 1) Escape/Avoidance. Escape/Avoidance
is behavior that is performed by an individual to escape or avoid something
(presumable an unpleasant task or situation for the person engaging
in the behavior). 2) Attention. Attention is behavior performed by an individual
to gain attention form others (this can be both positive and negative
attention-
praise, acknowledgement or scolding). 3) Self-reinforcement. Self-reinforcement
is behavior performed by an individual because the behavior is pleasurable
in and of itself. 4) Access. Access is behavior performed by an individual
to gain access to an object or activity that he she wants.

POSITIVE
REPLACEMENT BEHAVIOR

Positive
replacement behaviors are behaviors that serve the same function
as the
inappropriate behavior, but are more socially acceptable. For example,
using a break card as a means of requesting a break rather than
the inappropriate behavior of tantrum. If possible, positive replacement
behaviors
should
be behaviors that are as easy or are easier to perform than the
inappropriate behavior.

GENERALIZATION

Generalization
is a complex concept containing many different aspects. For
example, generalization
can range from identifying two different shades of blue as "blue" to being
asked to "understanding the concept of an apple." Basically,
it is desirable for the children with whom we work to perform
what is taught to them
in
different environments, with different people, with different
stimuli, and at different times.