Non-Autism Diagnosis Consults

• Next Gen Therapy believes ABA services can help more than only kids with autism. However, most insurances only cover ABA therapy for children with autism. So, if you have a child without an autism diagnosis and would like some extra help call us to get a free consultation and get advice from a Board Certified Behavior Analyst.

Parent Support Group

• Next Gen Therapy is happy to host, an autism parent support group in our Lansing office. The purpose of this group is to help create a non-judgmental and encouraging environment that  connects parents of children with autism with other parents who can share their tips and advice for various situations. This group meets once a month, child care and refreshments are provided courteous of Next Gen Therapy.

Individualized one-on-one treatment

• Skill Acquisition
  • Skill acquisition targets may include any of the following
    • Requesting (this includes vocal and non-vocal)
    • Following instructions
    • Expressively identifying items
    • Visual perceptual skills
    • Motor imitation
    • Play skills
    • Answering questions
    • Activities of daily living
    • School readiness skills
    • Social skills
• Behavior Reduction
  • Behavior reduction may include any of the following:
  • Tantrums
  • Biting
  • Hitting
  • Kicking
  • Vocal aggression or threats
  • Running away (Eloping)
  • Spitting
  • Screaming
  • Any other behavior determined by the BCBA and family to be a challenge

Individualized Family Training

• Family trainings are trainings provided to the family to help continue the treatment plan at home and also help them with daily routines and activities of daily living at home environment. Family trainings are provided by the BCBA (and a behavior tech if needed) and can occur in clinic or in the community. Next Gen Therapy wants our clients  to make progress that is meaningful to them and their families, so we value family input in knowing what is important to the family and ask that families help us in choosing what the focus of their family training is.
  • Examples of family training may include but not limited to:
  • • Learning strategies to help with  grocery shopping
    • Helping children to learn  to sit through meals at the restaurant or home
    • Requesting at home
    • Sibling relationships
    • Eating non-preferred foods (provided there are no sensory issues diagnosed by an OT).
    • Learning your families customs (eg how to trick or treat for Halloween, how to wait for their name at Christmas time when opening presents).
• Group Family Training (Coming Soon)
  • Group family trainings will be presented to several families at the same time by a BCBA on common topics that most families could benefit from.
    • Possible families trainings may include
    • • The basics of ABA
      • How to handle challenging behaviors
      • Potty Training
      • Communication
• Intensive Toilet Training
  • The intensive toilet training procedure is a researched based procedure with several components that will help jump start a child’s success at toilet training. Intensive toilet training is conducted under the direction of the BCBA, with a behavior tech, and with the parent. The BCBA will monitor sit and drink schedules, while also training the parent on how to continue the toilet training procedure. The tech will help the parent assist the child to the toilet during the scheduled sits. This procedure is conducted over two days and parent participation is required for both days. It is recommended that toilet training be conducted on Thursday/Fridays so that the parents can continue toilet training over the weekend. On Monday morning  the BCBA will follow up with the family and help determine a plan of action moving forward.