Integrated Behavioral and Educational Services and Training, LLC
Francine Baffa, PhD, BCBA-D

Integrated Behavioral and Educational Services and Training offers a complete array of professional consulting services for autism spectrum and related disorders, including:

Direct interventions to complement school programs
Social Skills Training and Groups
Records review
Educational and other evaluations including ADOS, ADI-R, ABLLS-R, VB-MAPP
Instructional special needs assessments using tools such as ASIEP-3 and SRS
Evaluation of current and/or prospective educational and behavioral programs
Participation at school PPT/IEP meetings
IEP (Individualized Educational Program) development
Conduct functional behavior assessments and compile behavioral intervention plans
Oversee program implementation
Referrals to appropriate diagnostic services and/or related service providers
BCBA Supervision
Parent training and workshops

Direct interventions to complement school programs

Home based behavioral services

In–home direct instruction can be provided for your child to address academic, social and behavioral challenges. Additionally home based services include transition programming to assist with regular routines and activities of daily living.

Evaluation and assessment

Using scientifically proven tools we look at your child’s current level of functioning and help design the most effective program with inherent school and home curriculum for them to develop to their potential.

School consultation

Our staff is available to consult with school districts and individual families for the purpose of enhancing educational social programs.

Intensive 1:1 instruction

Individualized instruction is a bridge to success in so many ways. Dr Baffa teaches children one-on-one, in the home or in a community setting, in a way that allows them to learn language, play and social skills together. Additionally we can design and implement Applied Behavior Analysis instructional programs for school districts, or assess the effectiveness of existing programs.

Shadowing in school and community locations

Trained professionals will accompany your child in both school and community setting to facilitate social interactions through modeling and prompting.

Training for school districts and service providers

As a special education and regular education teacher trained in universal design and familiar with the scope and sequence in academic areas, Dr Baffa can provide staff training on how to best service and include students in classes with peers, as well as receive the individualized instruction and support they require for success.

Social Skills Training and Groups

Interactions with others are guided by social rules and expectations. For those children with autism spectrum disorders, it is challenging to initiate and read social innuendos in their environment.

Necessary development of social skills requires a level of social cognition and direct instruction in joint attention, taking perspectives, and reading non verbal communication.

We focus on the following accepted 10 categories, ensuring that these social skills are introduced in a systematic fashion that can be generalized to home, school and community settings.

Joint Attention — acknowledging and attending to others; making and maintaining eye contact
Greetings — acknowledging and greeting others
Social Play — interacting with others, engaging in play, recognizing common interests
Self Awareness — sense of proximity, delaying reinforcement, monitoring own behavior
Conversation — acknowledging and responding to another person’s conversation, initiating and sustaining conversation
Perspective Taking — labeling personal feelings and feelings of others, showing compassion, knowing own behavior affects reactions of others and changing it appropriately
Critical Thinking — problem solving, planning what comes next
Non Verbal Communication — interpreting social cues, facial expressions, body language
Friendship — recognizing someone as a friend, sustaining that friendship
Community/Home Skills — independence and comfort in the community and throughout everyday experiences