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ABA Group Therapy

Discover our applied behaviour analysis (ABA) groups, designed to build communication, social and emotional regulation skills. With evening and weekend sessions at four convenient locations, we make support accessible for busy families.  

Looking for something else this summer? Try our 4-week ABA Group Therapy! For ages 10-13: Early to Intermediate Communication and Social Stars For ages 14-18: Early to Intermediate Communication

Select your child's age:

Ages 2-5

Step 3: Social Explorer

Social Stars

6 Weeks | 2 Days/Week | 2 Hrs/Day

Is your child speaking in two- or three-word sentences? Build early social skills like sharing and parallel play with goals like:

  • Waving or saying “hi” and “bye” to others
  • Asking peers for items and responding when asked
  • Telling others to stop a behaviour they don't like
  • Staying calm when a preferred item is removed

Ratio: 1 clinician to 3 children

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Prerequisite Skills

Your child is a great fit if they:
  • Ask for 5-20 different items using short two-to-three-word sentences
  • Follow two-step instructions
  • Enjoy toys and playing
This program is not suitable if your child:
  • Uses fewer than 20 single words
  • Does not yet speak in short two- or three-word sentences
  • Displays behaviours that could cause injury or require emergency help

Schedule

Mandatory Caregiver Participation:
Caregivers will be asked to attend three workshops and two observation sessions during your child’s group. Details provided upon registration.

Downtown

Tuesdays & Thursdays
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
May 13 – Jun 19, 2025
SOLD OUT

Ages 6-9

Step 4 & 5: Interactive Communicators or Social Leaders

Conversation Club

6 Weeks | 2 Days/Week | 2 Hrs/Day
12 Weeks | 1 Day/Week | 2 Hrs/Day

Is your child comfortable chatting at home but hesitant to make back-and-forth conversations with peers? Build conversation confidence with goals like:

  • Making comments during conversations
  • Taking turns speaking, listening and watching for cues
  • Talking about different topics
  • Changing the subject if someone seems bored

Ratio: 1 clinician to 4 children

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Prerequisite Skills

Your child is a great fit if they:
  • Ask and answer questions and make comments when at home or speaking with adults
  • Enjoy talking about their interests
  • Focus on a group activity for up to 15 minutes
This program is not suitable if your child:
  • Does not yet speak in full sentences
  • Rarely asks or answers questions
  • Refuses to interact socially with peers
  • Displays behaviours that could cause injury or require emergency help

Schedule

North York

Tuesdays & Thursdays
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
May 13 – Jun 19, 2025
$3,600
Tuesdays & Thursdays
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Feb 04 – Mar 13, 2025
$3,600

Scarborough

Tuesdays & Thursdays
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
May 13 – Jun 19, 2025
$3,600

Step 5: Social Leaders

Coding & Robotics

6 Weeks | 2 Days/Week | 2 Hrs/Day
12 Weeks | 1 Day/Week | 2 Hrs/Day

Is your child interested in beginner Scratch coding and robots? This program builds planning and problem-solving skills using fun technology, with goals like:

  • Presenting a project to peers
  • Solving problems independently by identifying issues and testing ideas
  • Planning tasks by setting goals and following steps
  • Working collaboratively while learning introductory Scratch coding skills
  • Learning to program interactive robots to act and respond

Ratio: 1 clinician to 4 children

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Prerequisite Skills

Your child is a great fit if they:
  • Ask for help when needed
  • Describe events or stories and answers questions
  • Follow 3-step instructions
  • Can join a group activity for up to 20 minutes
  • Can type short sentences or numbers and use a mouse
This program is not suitable if your child:
  • Is not yet having back-and-forth conversations or asking questions and making comments
  • Displays behaviours that could cause injury or require emergency help

Schedule

Downtown

Tuesdays & Thursdays
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
May 13 – Jun 19, 2025
SOLD OUT

Ages 10-13

Step 2: Early Communicators

Early to Intermediate Communication

10 Weeks | 2 Days/Week | 2 Hrs/Day
12 Weeks | 2 Days/Week | 2 Hrs/Day
4 Weeks | 5 Days/Week | 2.5 Hrs/Day

Is your child starting to use single words or picture cards to communicate? Help them grow their vocabulary and start forming two-word sentences with goals like:

  • Asking for 15-20 items using single words or picture cards
  • Following two-step instructions
  • Making requests using two-word phrases (e.g., “pour juice”)
  • Getting others' attention by saying things like “look here”

Ratio: 1 clinician to 2 children

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Prerequisite Skills

Your child is a great fit if they:
  • Ask for 5+ items using single words, picture exchange, or another communication system
  • Use words meaningfully in context (e.g., say “fork” when at the table)
  • Can be understood by new people
  • Respond when their name is called
  • Follow one-step instructions like “follow me”
  • Can focus on a group activity for at least 5 minutes
This program is not suitable if your child:
  • Is not yet using single words or picture exchange to communicate
  • Speaks in full sentences (e.g., “I don’t want to go to the park”)
  • Asks “who,” “what,” “where,” “when,” and “why” questions
  • Displays behaviours that could cause injury or require emergency help

Schedule

Holiday Closure:
Spring: No service on April 18-21, May 17-19 or June 6. Summer: No service on July 1.
Mandatory Caregiver Participation:
Spring: Caregivers will attend three workshops, one observation, and one coaching session during your child’s group. Details provided upon registration. Summer: No caregiver workshops required.

Etobicoke

Monday to Friday
1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Jun 30 – Jul 25, 2025
$8,075

North York

Monday to Friday
1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Jun 30 – Jul 25, 2025
$8,075

Step 3: Social Explorer

Social Stars

4 Weeks | 5 Days/Week | 2.5 Hrs/Day

Is your child speaking in two- or three-word sentences? Build early social skills like sharing and parallel play with goals like:

  • Waving or saying “hi” and “bye” to others
  • Asking peers for items and responding when asked
  • Telling others to stop a behaviour they don't like
  • Staying calm when a preferred item is removed

Ratio: 1 clinician to 3 children

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Prerequisite Skills

Your child is a great fit if they:
  • Ask for 5-20 different items using short two-to-three-word sentences
  • Follow two-step instructions
  • Enjoy toys and playing
This program is not suitable if your child:
  • Uses fewer than 20 single words
  • Does not yet speak in short two- or three-word sentences
  • Displays behaviours that could cause injury or require emergency help

Schedule

Holiday Closure:
No service on August 4.

North York

Monday to Friday
1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Aug 05 – Aug 29, 2025
$7,125

Etobicoke

Monday to Friday
1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Aug 05 – Aug 29, 2025
$7,125

Step 4 & 5: Interactive Communicators or Social Leaders

Boys Group

6 Weeks | 2 Days/Week | 2 Hrs/Day

Is your child ready to learn about their changing body? Dive into important conversations about fitness, puberty and consent with goals like:

  • Understanding public and private places and behaviours
  • Identifying private circles and members of their privacy circle
  • Describing examples of good, bad and confusing touch
  • Learning about private body parts, erections, and masturbation
  • Maintain a healthy body through exercise, nutrition, relaxation, sleep
  • Practicing personal hygiene and grooming routines

Ratio: 1 clinician to 3 children

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Prerequisite Skills

Your child is a great fit if they:
  • Follow complex, multi-step instructions
  • Speak in full sentences (e.g., “I don’t want to go to the park”)
  • Ask “who,” “what,” “where,” “when,” and “why” questions
  • Can focus on a group activity for up to 15 minutes
This program is not suitable if your child:
  • Does not yet speak in full sentences
  • Displays behaviours that could cause injury or require emergency help

Schedule

Downtown

Tuesdays & Thursdays
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
May 13 – Jun 19, 2025
SOLD OUT

Step 5: Social Leaders

Coding & Robotics

6 Weeks | 2 Days/Week | 2 Hrs/Day

Is your child interested in beginner Scratch coding and robots? This program builds planning and problem-solving skills using technology, with goals like:

  • Presenting a project to peers
  • Solving problems independently by identifying issues and testing ideas
  • Planning tasks by setting goals and following steps
  • Working collaboratively while learning introductory Scratch coding skills
  • Learning to program interactive robots to act and respond

Ratio: 1 clinician to 4 children

LEARN MORE

Prerequisite Skills

Your child is a great fit if they:
  • Ask for help when needed
  • Describe events or stories and answers questions
  • Follow 3-step instructions
  • Can join a group activity for up to 20 minutes
  • Can type short sentences or numbers and use a mouse
This program is not suitable if your child:
  • Is not yet having back-and-forth conversations or asking questions and making comments
  • Displays behaviours that could cause injury or require emergency help

Schedule

Downtown

Tuesdays & Thursdays
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
May 13 – Jun 19, 2025
$3,600

Etobicoke

Tuesdays & Thursdays
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
May 13 – Jun 19, 2025
$3,600

North York

Tuesdays & Thursdays
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
May 13 – Jun 19, 2025
$3,600

Scarborough

Tuesdays & Thursdays
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
May 13 – Jun 19, 2025
SOLD OUT

Ages 14-18

Step 2: Early Communicators

Early to Intermediate Communication

12 Weeks | 2 Days/Week | 2 Hrs/Day
4 Weeks | 5 Days/Week | 2.5 Hrs/Day

Is your teen starting to use single words or picture cards to communicate? Help them grow their vocabulary and start forming two-word sentences with goals like:

  • Asking for 15-20 items using single words or picture cards
  • Following two-step instructions
  • Making requests using two-word phrases (e.g., “pour juice”)
  • Getting others' attention by saying things like “look here”

Ratio: 1 clinician to 2 children

LEARN MORE

Prerequisite Skills

Your teen is a great fit if they:
  • Ask for 5+ items using single words, picture exchange, or another communication system
  • Use words meaningfully in context (e.g., say “fork” when at the table)
  • Can be understood by new people
  • Respond when their name is called
  • Follow one-step instructions like “follow me”
  • Can focus on a group activity for at least 5 minutes
This program is not suitable if your teen:
  • Is not yet using single words or picture exchange to communicate
  • Speaks in full sentences (e.g., “I don’t want to go to the park”)
  • Asks “who,” “what,” “where,” “when,” and “why” questions
  • Displays behaviours that could cause injury or require emergency help

Schedule

Holiday Closure:
Spring: No service on April 18-21, May 17-19 or June 6. Summer: No service on July 1.
Mandatory Caregiver Participation:
Spring: Caregivers will attend three workshops, one observation, and one coaching session during your child’s group. Details provided upon registration. Summer: No caregiver workshops required.

Scarborough

Monday to Friday
1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Jun 30 – Jul 25, 2025
$8,075

Step 4 & 5: Interactive Communicators or Social Leaders

Take a Deep Breath

12 Weeks | 2 Days/Week | 2 Hrs/Day

Does your teen experience big emotions like worry or anger? Support your teen in navigating these feelings and build emotional resilience with goals like:

  • Identifying emotions and understanding how their body reacts to anger
  • Practice calming techniques
  • Recognizing personal values and connecting behaviour to values

Ratio: 1 clinician to 2 children

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Prerequisite Skills

Your teen is a great fit if they:
  • Experience emotions like worry or anger that impact daily life
  • Follow one-step instructions like “follow me”
  • Recall and describe past events
  • Speak in full sentences (e.g., “I don’t want to go to the park”)
  • Focus on a group activity for up to 15 minutes
This program is not suitable if your teen:
  • Has difficulty following instructions or group routines
  • Needs more support for communication
  • Displays behaviours that could cause injury or require emergency help

Schedule

Mandatory Caregiver Participation:
Caregivers will attend three workshops and three coaching sessions during your child’s group. Details provided upon registration.

Downtown

Tuesdays & Thursdays
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Apr 01 – Jun 19, 2025
$8,160

Step 5: Social Leaders

Coding & Robotics

6 Weeks | 2 Days/Week | 2 Hrs/Day
12 Weeks | 1 Day/Week | 2 Hrs/Day

Is your teen interested in beginner Scratch coding and robots? This program builds planning and problem-solving skills using technology, with goals like:

  • Presenting a project to peers
  • Solving problems independently by identifying issues and testing ideas
  • Planning tasks by setting goals and following steps
  • Working collaboratively while learning introductory Scratch coding skills
  • Learning to program interactive robots to act and respond

Ratio: 1 clinician to 4 teens

LEARN MORE

Prerequisite Skills

Your teen is a great fit if they:
  • Ask for help when needed
  • Describe events or stories and answers questions
  • Follow 3-step instructions
  • Can join a group activity for up to 20 minutes
  • Can type short sentences or numbers and use a mouse
This program is not suitable if your teen:
  • Is not yet having back-and-forth conversations or asking questions and making comments
  • Displays behaviours that could cause injury or require emergency help

Schedule

Downtown

Tuesdays & Thursdays
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
May 13 – Jun 19, 2025
$3,600

Frequently Asked Questions

Individual Services 

1-to-1 Focused Behavioural Intervention

Individual support for specific learning goals.

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Full Day ABA (IBI)

Intensive one-on-one therapy multiple days per week.

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Intensive one-on-one therapy multiple days per week.

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By 2 months

Has your baby had their hearing screened? YES NO

By 6 months

Does the child?

Startle in response to loud noises? YES NO
Turn to where a sound is coming from? YES NO
Make different cries for different needs (hungry, tired)? YES NO
Watch your face as you talk? YES NO
Smile/laugh in response to your smiles and laughs? YES NO
Imitate coughs or other sounds such as ah, eh, buh YES NO

By 9 months

Does the child?

Respond to their name? YES NO
Respond to the telephone ringing or a knock at the door? YES NO
Understand being told no? YES NO
Get what they want through using gestures (reaching to be picked up)? YES NO
Play social games with you (Peek-a-Boo)? YES NO
Enjoy being around people? YES NO
Babble and repeat sounds such as babababa or duhduhduh? YES NO

By 12 months

Does the child?

Follow simple one-step directions (sit down)? YES NO
Look across the room to a toy when adult points at it? YES NO
Consistently use three to five words? YES NO
Use gestures to communicate (waves hi/bye, shakes head for no)? YES NO
Get your attention using sounds, gestures and pointing while looking at your eyes? YES NO
Bring you toys to show you? YES NO
Perform for social attention and praise? YES NO
Combine lots of sounds together as though talking (abada baduh abee)? YES NO
Show an interest in simple picture books? YES NO

By 18 months

Does the child?

Understand the meaning of in and out, off and on? YES NO
Point to more than 2 body parts when asked? YES NO
Use at least 20 words consistently? YES NO
Respond with words or gestures to simple questions (Where's teddy? What's that?)? YES NO
Demonstrate some pretend play with toys (gives teddy bear a drink, pretends a bowl is a hat)? YES NO
Make at least four different consonant sounds (p ,b, m, n, d, g, w, h)? YES NO
Enjoy being read to and sharing simple books with you? YES NO
Point to pictures using one finger? YES NO

By 2 years

Does the child?

Follow two-step directions (Go find your teddy bear and show it to Grandma.)? YES NO
Use 100 to 150 words? YES NO
Use at least two pronouns (you, me, mine)? YES NO
Consistently combine two to four words in short phrases (Daddy hat. Truck go down.)? YES NO
Enjoy being around other children? YES NO
Begin to offer toys to other children and imitate other children's actions and words? YES NO
Use words that are understood by others 50 to 60 per cent of the time? YES NO
Form words or sounds easily and without effort? YES NO
Hold books the right way up and turn the pages? YES NO
Read to stuffed animals or toys? YES NO
Scribble with crayons? YES NO

By 30 months

Does the child?

Understand the concepts of size (big/little) and quantity (a little/a lot, more)? YES NO
Use some adult grammar (two cookies, bird flying, I jumped)? YES NO
Use over 350 words? YES NO
Use action words such as run, spill, fall? YES NO
Participate in some turn-taking activities with peers, using both words and toys? YES NO
Demonstrate concern when another child is hurt or sad? YES NO
Combine several actions in play (puts blocks in the train and drives the train, drops the blocks off.)? YES NO
Put sounds at the beginning of most words? YES NO
Use words with two or more syllables or beats (ba-na-na, com-pu-ter, a-pple)? YES NO
Recognize familiar logos and signs involving print (Stop sign)? YES NO
Remember and understand familiar stories? YES NO

By 3 years

Does the child?

Understand who, what, where and why questions? YES NO
Create long sentences using five to eight words? YES NO
Talk about past events (trip to grandparents house, day at child care)? YES NO
Tell simple stories? YES NO
Show affection for favourite playmates? YES NO
Engage in multi-step pretend play (pretending to cook a meal, repair a car)? YES NO
Talk in a way that most people outside of the family understand what she/he is saying most of the time? YES NO
Have an understanding of the function of print (menus, lists, signs)? YES NO
Show interest in, and awareness of, rhyming words? YES NO
Read to stuffed animals or toys? YES NO
Scribble with crayons? YES NO

By 4 years

Does the child?

Follow directions involving three or more steps (First get some paper, then draw a picture and give it to Mommy)? YES NO
Use adult type grammar? YES NO
Tell stories with a beginning, middle and end? YES NO
Talk to try and solve problems with adults and with other children? YES NO
Show increasingly complex imaginary play? YES NO
Talk in a way that is understood by strangers almost all the time? YES NO
Generate simple rhymes (cat-bat)? YES NO
Match some letters with their sounds (letter b says buh, letter t says tuh)? YES NO