Applied Behavior Learning Center

Specialties

Applied Behavior Learning Center provides families the most effective ABA therapy and services. Our services include:

— In-​home 1:1 ABA Therapy

— Social Skills Groups

— School Shadowing

— School Consultation

— Parent Training

— Tutoring

— Potty Training

— Feeding Consultation/​Treatment

— ABA Training for other Professionals

History

Established in 2014.

ABLC starts the therapeutic process by building a positive relationship with the child, creating a fun and rewarding environment in which ABA therapy can be successful. This approach allows us to better assess, analyze, and target identified behavioral excesses and skill deficits, creating individualized treatment according to the specific needs of child and family. By using a combination of proactive and reactive teaching strategies, ABLC can optimize the learning opportunities and progress of your child.

While building up motivation that is often lacking, ABA uses proven and effective teaching methods that involve breaking down targeted skills into simple steps and teaching these individual components. We use different levels of prompting to help with acquisition and retention which also helps reduce frustration and confusion. Once the child is able to independently complete the sub steps of a skill, the steps are built back together until the targeted skill is fully attained.

Meet the Business Owner

Lauren F.

Business Owner

Lauren Figueroa is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst with a Bachelor of Science in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology from the University of Michigan. While at the University of Michigan, Lauren worked in laboratories researching gene therapy, spinal cord function, injury and abnormality, and Alzheimer’s disease. She earned her Master of Arts in Education from The University of West Florida with a specialization in Applied Behavior Analysis.

Lauren worked at Marcus Autism Center (Atlanta, GA) in an intensive in-​patient and out-​patient Pediatric Feeding Disorders Unit. While there, Lauren was able to offer a wide range of feeding services and consultations to children and their families.

While working for STAR Autism in California, she consulted in the public school systems and with paraprofessionals to apply the principles of ABA to the existing pedagogical practices of the schools. Lauren created and implemented programs that offer the best possible outcome for children