What We Do
ABA group therapy
in Houston.
Reading a room, waiting while somebody else takes a turn, coming back to a game that hasn't gone your way - these are skills that need other children present, and children close enough in ability that the practice works for everyone. Our small-group sessions put a handful of children together on overlapping goals, under guidance, in a setting calm enough to make that possible. A board certified behavior analyst plans the work, for children and teens aged 1 to 21 in the Houston area.
Why Here
Why group therapy works
A child can rehearse a conversation with a therapist perfectly well and still find themselves stuck when the other person is six years old and does something unexpected. Groups supply the unpredictability that makes a social skill real, but they do it with an adult present to steady things when it wobbles.
Because everyone in the room is working on something similar, no child is the odd one out. That matters more than it sounds.
Real peers, real practice
Skills tried out on other children rather than described to an adult.
Small enough to manage
Group sizes kept low so nobody disappears into the background.
Guided throughout
An adult is there to prompt, steer and step back as confidence grows.
Shared ground
Children grouped with others working toward comparable goals.
What a session looks like
Sessions are structured but they are meant to feel like play, because play is how the skills get used. The specifics follow the goals of the children in that particular group.
Group work is applied behavior analysis like everything else we do, planned by a BCBA and tracked against goals set for each individual child, not for the group as a whole.
Is group therapy the right fit?
A group suits the child whose remaining hurdles are social ones - opening a conversation, joining a game already running, staying steady when plans change. Groups are often used as a companion to something else rather than on their own. A child might do one-to-one work through the week and come to a group to put those social skills somewhere real.
Where a child is not yet ready for a room of peers, one-to-one work usually comes first. Your analyst will say so plainly if that is the case.
Our Process
Getting started.
A group only works when the children in it are reasonably matched, so places open and close as the mix changes. Ask us what is running at the moment.
1. Make contact
A quick form or a phone call, whichever you prefer.
2. Tell us about your child
We will talk through the goals and whether a group fits them now.
3. Join a group
Once there is a suitable group running, your child starts.
Here to Help
Would your child do well with other children?
When the remaining difficulties are about other people, a group is often what is missing. Get in contact, describe what you are seeing, and we can work out together whether the timing is right.