Our Adaptive Skills Training(AST) with ACRC and VMRC

Our Team: Professionals and Specialists:

Adaptive Skills Training Professional & Specialist

Our ABA AST Professionals and Specialists are highly educated and experienced.

Your ABA AST Team's Qualifications:

ABA AST Professional: earned at least a MA/MS Degree and have years of experience in supervision, assessment, design and implementation of behavioral programs.

ABA AST Specialist: earned at least a BA/BS Degree and have years of experience in, design and implementation of behavioral programs.

All Professionals and Specialists at Applied Milestones are well trained in the

BACB TL5/TCO 6 (2025 requirements) and strictly adhere to the current Ethics Code for Behavior Analysis: Link:

Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts

FOR ACRC/VMRC consumers interested in this AST program

Our Program: Adaptive Skills Training

Individually tailored Adaptive Skills Training programs for enhancing an individual’s existing

skills, teach new pivotal skills and skills in the behavior cusps.

Our Programs remedy an individual’s skill deficits in communication, social function, or other related skill areas, including, but not limited to, the following categories:

(a) safety skills;
(b) skills needed to access the community;
(c) hygiene and dressing skills;
(d) skills needed to access technology;
(e) skills needed to buy and prepare food;
(f) competency training; (age-appropriate skills of same-age peers)
(g) housekeeping skills; (h) toileting skills;
(i) feeding skills (including addressing picky eating, food refusal, and sensory-based issues with food);
(j) staff and personnel training;
(k) communication;
(l) challenging behavior;
(m) sleep and sleep hygiene;
(n) choice making; and
(o) specialty counseling (Behavior Parent Training)

Other areas of training:

Skills needed for independence and achieving goals in life. Maladaptive behavior replacement through functionally equivalent skill acquisition. Play Skills, Study Skills, Friendship Skills. Work Skills.

Our Clients: Children, Adolescents, and Adults with Developmental Disabilities Our Behavioral Training: Included in AST

Families will receive:

Customized design for each client's unique abilities, needs, and family situation in conceptually systematic behavioral approach

· Parent/Family behavior training on the client's AST program. The training is for all areas of the client's program and on the theory of behavior and applications of concepts.                                 (Ex: Simplified version of complex and effective training tools of Applied Behavior Analysis
     and Verbal Behavior approach.
   Behavior trainings will empower caregivers to support the client's new skills and confidently
     plan/teach new skills in the future.

Parents/Family members will learn how to:
- increase desirable skills and behaviors

- identify and teach replacement behaviors
        - teach new skills and behavior cusps
        - Generalize and maintain skills and behaviors across environments
        - modify learning and natural environments to prevent, narrow, or restrict opportunities for maladaptive behaviors

Programs available in languages: English, Ukrainian*, and Russian**
*, ** Programs where our staff will speak the Languages other than English may have a longer waiting list.