Kristen Weiss, M.Ed., BCBA
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Treatment services are provided for parents of children with developmental disabilities and behavior challenges, including families of children with:  

  • ASDs (Autism Spectrum Disorders, including PDD-NOS & Asperger's Disorder)
  • ADHD
  • ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder)
  • typical development whose behavior has become unmanageable



Evidence based, gold-standard treatment modalities will be used to decrease your child's undesirable behaviors, while increasing pro-social, age appropriate, and independent behaviors.  The issues that are important to you will guide which behaviors are addressed at any given point in time.  

Services also include:
  • meeting with teachers & administrators to explain the child's learning profile and clarify your child's learning needs
  • working collaboratively with teachers and administrators to create a learning environment that supports the student, his parents, and his teachers
  • classroom observation(s) to identify potential environmental changes & recommendations
  • teacher training & support to ensure that recommendations can be realistically and successfully implemented
  • training and ongoing supervision of a classroom shadow if warranted 
  • transition planning for adolescents to adult services
  • life skills training (cooking, cleaning, budgeting, general independent living skills)
  • social skills training in the community 
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