Resource Guide For Remote ABA Treatment

Overview
Due to the global Covid-19 epidemic, ABA services have needed to evolve to suit the recommendations and laws of a region’s governing body. The concept of social distancing is a large component of Canada and Ontario’s response to reduce the spread of Covid-19. Therefore, services like ABA were modified for delivery through the Telehealth model. However, ABA is predominately a service that requires a behaviour analyst’s physical presence with the client in order to develop and deliver behavioural interventions (Cox, Plavnick & Brodhead, 2020). Behaviour analysts are trained to observe and record frequencies of behaviour, behavioural analysis and then develop treatment plans. In order to successfully deliver ABA services through a Telehealth format the following five key issues need to be considered: delivery format, readiness of client to engage via Telehealth, competency of the caregivers, client safety and ethical considerations, and assessment of Telehealth treatment efficacy. This project developed a resource guide for Telehealth Approaches to ABA. 

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