During coaching sessions, a Registered Behaviour Analyst (RBA) will meet with families and/or youth as appropriate, either virtually, in-person at our center, or in-home/community settings. Together, we will:

• Identify goals based on your child’s or youth’s unique needs.

• Conduct assessments to guide individualized strategies.

• Provide resources to support progress toward identified goals.

Our RBAs use Behaviour Skills Training (BST), an evidence-based approach that involves:

• Explaining individualized strategies.
• Modeling techniques.
• Coaching families or youth through guided practice.
• Providing specific feedback to promote success.

What Goals Can We Support?

Our ABA coaching focuses on various skills that enhance daily living, including:

• ABA-Based Strategies for Everyday Skills
• Communication skills (e.g., requesting help, understanding non-verbal cues).
• Social skills (e.g., maintaining conversations, building friendships).
• Executive functioning skills (e.g., organization, problem-solving, flexible thinking).
• Emotional regulation (e.g., coping strategies, managing frustration).
• Self-care and hygiene (e.g., brushing teeth, toileting skills).
• Transitions (e.g., adjusting to high school, post-secondary transitions).
• Feeding challenges (e.g., expanding food variety, mealtime routines).
• Sleep routines (e.g., improving bedtime habits, addressing night wakings).
• Sexuality and self-image (e.g., puberty education, personal boundaries).

Observations, Assessments & Individualized Coaching:

• Reducing challenging behaviours (e.g., aggression, property destruction, elopement, self-injury) where clinically appropriate.
• Community safety skills (e.g., navigating public spaces, road safety, stranger safety).
• Bullying prevention (e.g., self-advocacy, responding to bullying situations).

Coaching Formats

• Parent-only coaching sessions
• Youth sessions 
• Joint parent and youth coaching

• Virtual coaching (available across Ontario)
• In-home/community sessions
• In-office sessions at Creative Therapy Associates in Thunder Bay

• Comprehensive assessment
• Individualized Service Plan tailored to each family’s goals
• Resources and visual supports for skill-building
• Progress reports and discharge planning

A minimum of five (5) one-hour sessions must be booked initially.

Additional sessions can be purchased as needed.

Rate is $145/hour

Our services may be covered through:

• Ontario Autism Program (OAP) Childhood Budget & Core Clinical Services funding

• Some private insurance providers (please check with your provider)

• Jordan's Principle Funding

Get Started Today!

For more information or to book an initial consultation, contact Creative Therapy Associates. We are committed to helping families and individuals thrive with customized, evidence-based ABA coaching!

To register, email:

intake@creativetherapyassociates.ca