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For young learners, Up, Up & Away will create robust programs that target a range of important behavioral and developmental skills. Our comprehensive programs rely on diverse behavior analytic teaching procedures to ensure that each target is not only learned in the moment but also maintained over time. Early comprehensive programs have been proven to increase cognitive, language and adaptive behavior skills.

Early learning skills such as attending and following instructions lay the foundation for a smooth transition into a preschool or kindergarten program. Using behavior analytic teaching techniques, we can help build the skills that your child will need to integrate into a variety of classroom settings. Through systematic programming, your child will learn the social, communication, play and adaptive behaviors expected in a classroom setting.

Parenting a child with high behavioral needs can add an extra challenge to a parent’s already demanding schedule. Through focused parent meetings we can help you learn strategies to address your child’s challenging behaviors and create opportunities to help develop your child’s communication. We are here to empower you to create the change you want to see in your child.

Building independence in daily living routines is an important milestone for all children. We can work with you to help your child reach these goals through systematic teaching procedures. Depending on your child’s age we can create programs for toilet training, homework habits or completing other daily living skills.

Developing meaningful relationships and learning through play is an important part of any child’s development. For some children, playing appropriately both by themselves and with others can be difficult. Approaching play and social skills through fun and creative structured teaching opportunities helps children not only learn the necessary skills but also come to enjoy activities that they may have once seen as work.

Children who are picky eaters may eat only a limited number of foods, eat foods only from certain places, show preferences for certain textures or only eat when food is presented in a particular way (e.g., on a certain plate). Our picky eating program is designed to change your child’s relationship with food by introducing foods in slow and systematic steps that ultimately result in your child eating a larger variety of foods. Through our program we will also work with you to create positive mealtime routines that facilitate an enjoyable mealtime experience for the whole family.

At Up, Up & Away we understand the importance of providing services in the location where your child is having difficulty. We can schedule community outings with your family to help support your child’s behavior in restaurants, malls, parks or other community locations where challenging behaviors are likely to occur. These outings are also a great way to practice skills that your child has learned in therapy in more naturalistic environments. We will also work with your child’s school to provide services throughout the school day, if this is an area of need.