Learning to learn
- Building a relationship with your child
- Building motivation to learn (from others)
- Pro-social skills (for example, communication skills)
- Replacing challenging behavior (for example, aggression towards self or others)
Self-awareness and independence
- Broadening of interests
- Independence with Activities of Daily Living (toilet training, personal hygiene, etc.)
- Understanding own strengths and challenges (learning about own diagnosis)
Communication
- Teaching communication through Verbal Behavior methods
- Motor/verbal imitation
- Learning to express needs/ Mand training
- Receptive language
- Augmented and Alternative Communication (AAC), i.e.sign language, PECS, talker, etc.
Social interaction
- Play skills
- Every-day social skills, like reciprocal communication and interactive play
- Social interactions, cooperation, mindfulness, and consideration for others
- Theory of Mind training
Other goals
- School-readiness
- Motor Skills and body awareness
- Visual and temporal organization skills to work independently
