Communication & Self-Advocacy
Building functional ways to communicate needs, preferences, questions, boundaries, and requests using speech, AAC, sign, or other individualized communication systems.
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Individualized support designed around each learner, their family, and the environments that matter most.
SKC Learning provides evidence-based behavioral services for children and adolescents, families, and school districts throughout Northern and Central New Jersey. Our programs are individualized to help learners develop meaningful skills that support greater independence and participation in everyday life.
Individualized ABA therapy delivered where everyday life happens.
Our in-home ABA services bring individualized behavioral support directly into the learner's natural environment. Services are provided by trained ABA therapists under the ongoing supervision of a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA).
Treatment goals are developed based on each learner's individual strengths and needs.
Building functional ways to communicate needs, preferences, questions, boundaries, and requests using speech, AAC, sign, or other individualized communication systems.
Developing skills related to routines, organization, task initiation and completion, self-management, flexibility, and increasing independence.
Supporting the skills needed to navigate interactions with family members, peers, and others while respecting each learner's individual communication style and preferences.
Building greater independence with age-appropriate routines such as hygiene, dressing, meals, household responsibilities, and other practical life skills.
Teaching functional communication, coping, tolerance, flexibility, and other replacement skills that can help learners navigate challenging situations.
Skills are most meaningful when learners can use them in the places they naturally live and participate.
Home-based services allow our team to work within real routines and everyday situations—helping learners practice skills with the people, activities, and environments where those skills matter most.
Helping families turn strategies into everyday routines.
Caregiver involvement is an important part of meaningful and lasting progress. Our BCBAs work collaboratively with parents and caregivers to develop practical strategies that fit the needs of the learner and the family.
Caregiver training may address:
Understanding where a learner is today so we can plan where to go next.
Our BCBAs conduct individualized assessments to identify strengths, areas of need, and meaningful priorities for intervention. Assessment selection is based on the learner's age, skills, needs, and reason for referral.
Assessment findings are used to develop measurable, socially significant goals and individualized recommendations.
Collaborative behavioral support for meaningful success at school.
SKC Learning partners with New Jersey school districts, educational teams, teachers, paraprofessionals, and families to address behavioral and skill-development needs within the school environment.
School-based services may include:
Our goal is to provide practical, evidence-based recommendations that can be implemented consistently by the learner's educational team.
Tell us a little about your learner and what you're hoping for. We'll help you figure out the next step.