Intensive Autism ServicesTreatment at WVU NDC

Intensive Autism ServicesTreatment at WVU NDC Young children served by the clinic receive between 7 and 35 hours of free services per week.

The Intensive Autism Service Delivery (iASD) Clinic (working name ) at the West Virginia University Center for Excellence in Disabilities (WVU CED) is currently providing very successful one-to-one behavioral services to a limited number of children, ages 2 to 6 years, who have been diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. All treatment is based on the science of applied behavior analysis, comb

ining discrete trial training with naturalistic and incidental teaching as well as applied verbal behavior. All programming is developed by a Board Certified Behavior Analyst who has experience in working with young children with autism, and is implemented by trained students or volunteers who are seeking experience in this field. Many of our student volunteers are from the Behavioral Intervention Program in the Department of Psychology—the only such program in the state—who require 70+ hours of supervised hands-on experience in order to sit for their BCBA licensing exam. They each have an individualized curriculum and are taught by at least two different therapists (for generalization) throughout each day. We are currently limited to five children on rotating schedules because of our lack of space and the availability of trained therapists. In late 2009 and early 2010, we were able to use minimal funding from a Leadership in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities/Autism Expansion Project (LEND/AEP) grant to demonstrate evidence-based treatments to purchase clinic materials and pay for a part-time senior therapist to provide some continuity within the clinic, primarily run by students, but that funding is limited to providing stipends for three student trainee positions this year.

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201 Bakers Ridge Road
Morgantown, WV
26508

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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+13045984300

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ABA Therapy Services of WVU Children’s Neurodevelopmental Center, formerly the Intensive Autism Service Delivery (iASD) Clinic at the West Virginia University Center for Excellence in Disabilities, is moving to our new location on Sept 4, 2018, where we will continue to offer evidence-based autism treatment to young children with autism.

Our very successful one-to-one behavioral service is available to a limited number of children, ages 2 to 5 years, who have been diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. All treatment is based on the science of applied behavior analysis, combining discrete trial training with naturalistic and incidental teaching as well as applied verbal behavior. All programming is developed by a Board Certified Behavior Analyst who has experience in working with young children with autism, and is implemented by well-trained behavioral technicians and WVU students or volunteers who are seeking experience in this field. Many of our student volunteers are from the Behavior Analysis Program program of the WVU Department of Psychology and the Department of Education’s specialized BCBA track —who require 70+ hours of supervised hands-on experience in order to sit for their BCBA licensing exam.We are proud to partner with the CED’s Leadership in Neurodevelopemental Disorders program to identify and prepare WVU graduate students interested in becoming professionals--and leaders--in the field of neurodevelopmental disabilities. In our nine years of providing ABA services with the LEND students as leaders, we have successfully prepared hundreds of students for this work and qualified two dozen students for BCBA certification.

Young children served by the clinic receive between 7 and 35 hours of intensive services per week. They each have an individualized curriculum and are taught by at least two different therapists (for generalization) throughout each day. Our goal is to prepare young children with autism to learn and grow...and ideally to enter “typical” school settings and interact with peers with as much independence and ability as possible.

WVU Children’s Neurodevelopmental Center, located on Bakers Ridge Road in Morgantown (beside WVU Sleep Center), will allow space to expand our services to include additional children in our intensive treatment program. Our site will also include neurodevelopmental diagnosis and speech, occupational therapy, and physical therapy services for children.