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What We Do

Circle of Friends was created to provide quality behavioral treatment programs for children and families with autism.

Start-up Services

• Assessment

• Family and Support Staff     Training

• Beginning Program Development

• Recommendation Report

• Video of visit

 Other Services

• Social & Play Groups
• Social and play group facilitation for preschoolthrough high school
• Ongoing Services
• Educational Consultation
• Assessment
• Functional Behavior Assessment
• Reinforcer Assessment
• Program Development
• Parent and Staff Training
• Discrete Trial Teaching
• Incidental Teaching
• Verbal Behavior Programming
• Precision Teaching
• Classroom Consultation

Our philosophy:

Every child can-and has the right to-learn.

Our mission

is to provide comprehensive behavioral education to children along the full autism spectrum, helping them develop to the best of their abilities.

Program Tenets

Programs encompass skill building in four areas:  Communication, Social, Self-help, and Conceptual/Academic.

Programs are tailored to meet the individual needs of each child and family. Family collaboration and involvement is paramount to every child’s progress.

All programs are based on the empirically validated principles and procedures of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA).

Data-based decision-making guides every program.

Behavior analysts adhere to the ethical guidelines of the Association for Behavior Analysis Autism SIG as well as the Behavior Analysis Certification Board.