Rise ABA Therapy

05/04/2026

Being outside provides a great way to have difficult conversations, discuss new topics, or be together without talking at all.

🐠 Sometimes our teens enjoy feeding the fish at Virginia Water Gardens as their reward for hard work.

05/04/2026

Urban Core is all about the connections we’re building in our downtown space, and today we had the absolute pleasure of meeting Amy W She shared the mission behind The Journey Basketball League, and we are officially inspired.

The Journey is an incredible adaptive program designed specifically for athletes with special needs. This isn’t just about basketball—it’s about high energy, a supportive community, and a 100% focus on building confidence while having an absolute blast on the court.

How You Can Get Involved:

• Athletes: They are actively looking for players ages 13 and up to join the squad!
• Coaches: If you have a heart for the game and your community, they are looking for volunteer coaches to help lead the way.

Check out the link in the comments to sign up or learn more. Let’s help them grow this amazing program! 👇

05/04/2026

04/30/2026

Who’s having more fun learning to take turns and following board game rules? 🤣🥰

04/29/2026

Working on social skills and safety while walking through the Virginia Water Gardens. Then enjoying story time with peers!

04/28/2026

If you’re in the Jacksonville, NC area check this out…….

REGISTRATION OPENS TOMORROW at https://surfershealing.org/schedule

* REGISTER (OPENS APRIL 27TH AT 12:00 AM EST)
* * LOTTERY WINNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED WITHIN 48HRS AFTER REGISTRATION HAS CLOSED (MAY 1ST AT 11:59 PM EST.)

Go to https://surfershealing.org/schedule

04/24/2026

Feeding the fish and working on:

- pointing
- labeling animals/ colors / sounds / items
- following instructions
- fine motor skills

04/24/2026

Our Fredericksburg location is directly beside of the Virginia Water Gardens. If you have never been there, I highly encourage everyone to take a visit!

Not only have the staff been the most welcoming and kind people to our staff and clients. Their water scapes are some of the most beautiful, relaxing, and spectacular things I have ever seen.

Our clients often walk through there and enjoy the sensory input, the sounds, watching the fish swim, feeding the fish, and the fresh air. 

We have been blessed with this location and this company🫶🏼

04/23/2026

04/23/2026

🌈 Welcome to the Rainbow Room 🌈

Why these items?

- tactile and visual input
- matching identical and nonidentical colors
- gross motor play
- fine motor play
- peer play / parallel play
- imagination / pretend play
- naming items / labeling items
- requesting items
- following single or multiple step instructions

04/21/2026

✅Story time with peers
✅Trying out new toys
✅Llamma Llama head bands
✅Play

04/18/2026

The right materials and toys are important, because everyone is different. We all enjoy different things and in different ways.

The MOST important piece is who we interact with when playing or using those materials and toys!

It’s hard to share fun stuff and it can be difficult to engage in pretend play alone.

Having another peer or RBT to model these skills and engage with our clients is the key to learning these skills and using them with everyone and every where 🫶🏼