The USC ABA practicum consists of the highest-quality work experience in real-life ABA service provision settings. Practicum sites have been hand-picked and carefully evaluated for inclusion in our program. Each agency offers a unique experience for students and the group of agencies represent a wide variety of work experiences in applied behavior analysis. Students learn principles and procedures in 100% on-campus coursework taught by doctoral-level professors and put what they learn into practice in their practicum placements, comprising a cutting-edge scientist-practitioner model of training. Each practicum site is briefly described below, in alphabetical order, and we encourage you to navigate to their websites for more information on each.
Autism Behavior Intervention
At Autism Behavior Intervention (ABI), we provide state-of-the art, therapeutic programs to children across the autism spectrum to help each child learn to communicate, play, and socially interact with adults and peers. ABI’s mission is to provide quality, scientifically-proven ABA treatment that meets the unique needs of each child. We believe that by committing ourselves to comprehensive, ongoing, staff training and development, we can maximize each child’s potential. Please visit our website at TeamABI.com for more information regarding our practice. For more information click here.
Center for Applied Behavior Analysis
We at Center for Applied Behavior Analysis (CABA) rely on a foundation of evidenced-based practices and are dedicated to providing personalized care towards an improved quality of life for the individual’s we serve; regardless of age, history, or diagnosis. We offer six separate service lines including individualized In-Home and School-Based support, Specialized Therapeutic Services (for individuals with severely challenging behaviors), Group Social Skills, Adult Tailored Day Services (i.e. a community-based Day Program), and two Enhanced Behavioral Support Homes (one for children/adolescents, and one for young adults). CABA team members receive training and support to become a Registered Behavior Technician (RBT®) and/or a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA®). For more information, please contact us at info@centerforaba.com or visit us here.
Creative Behavior Consultants Inc. (CBC)
Gain internship experience working with Creative Behavioral Consultants, Inc.’s (CBC) clinical staff of Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBA) in clients’ homes, classrooms and in the community. We work with clients of all ages, who have developmental disabilities, using evidence-based Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). Skill deficits and problem behaviors take place across different environments, therefore, personalized programs and tailor-made intervention strategies are necessary to meet each client’s individual needs. With an emphasis on generalizing and maintaining skills in all settings, there are no “cookie cutter” approaches to interventions at CBC. Our BCBAs provide supportive on-going supervision to BCBA interns whose ABA skill set is continuously evolving. CBC provides best practices in the field to help clients and families, and BCBA interns meet their goals. Part of the ABA services we provide involves communication, collaboration and consultation with other professionals of the treatment team. In addition, CBC encourages and supports experimental program evaluations. Frequent in-service trainings in various areas such as language assessment and treatment, functional analysis, caregiver training, and intern training (i.e., how to deal with common parental resistance) are just a few of the tools you can add to your ABA toolbox. If you are looking for a comprehensive hands-on ABA training program in an environment where you can feel challenged to reach your full potential, then CBC is the right internship for you. For more information please contact Dr. Matinata at vmatinata@cbc-autism.com or click here.
FirstSteps for Kids
FirstSteps for Kids, Inc. specializes in improving the lives of children diagnosed with Autism, PDD, Asperger’s syndrome, and related disorders. Using state of the art, empirically validated ABA treatment, our highly skilled therapy teams work to remediate social, communicative, adaptive skills, and academic functioning while simultaneously reducing and decelerating maladaptive behavior. At FirstSteps, we employ only the most highly qualified and caring instructors to implement each child’s treatment. We insist upon accurate and on-going assessment to create individualized and comprehensive treatment plans, and empower parents with the specific skills essential to support their child’s learning. Together, with dedicated parents and families, we are committed to making each child’s firststeps the right steps towards a brighter future. For more information, visit us here.
Learning and Behavioral Center
The Learning and Behavioral Center, LLC. is dedicated to providing applied analytic treatment to children 18 months to 18 years of age. We are amongst the most experienced organizations, effectively treating children with an absence or deficit in their attention span, language, and social skills. Additionally, we treat excessive behaviors such as crying, tantrums, aggression, fidgeting, and other behaviors associated with disabilities including, but not limited to, Autism (ASD), ADD, ADHD, and Downs Syndrome. For more information, visit us here.
Lemon Tree Pediatric Center
Lemon Tree Pediatric Center is an ABA agency committed to helping children with special needs thrive, while also providing support to families to ensure the best possible success for our clients. Much like seedlings that eventually grow into formidable trees, children prosper under the care and nurture of not only their parents but also their communities. The team at Lemon Tree Pediatric Center strives to provide that sense of community in order to help every child open new doors to independence. Just as branches help transport nutrients from the tree trunk to the leaves, Lemon Tree Pediatric Center is dedicated to helping every child develop the skills (or “branches”) that are needed to overcome the various demands of everyday life at home, in school, and in the community. At Lemon Tree Pediatric Center, we firmly believe that when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. The Lemon Tree Pediatric Center team has made it their mission to be the pillars of support in this community, by helping children and their families embody this belief and achieve in all areas of life.We want everyone to love working with Lemon Tree, which requires a supportive team and a respectful working environment! When a team works together, that is how we make a difference in our clients’ lives. For information, contact dhuang@lemontreepc.com
Loving Hands
The mission of Loving Hands is to support families and clinicians who are underrepresented and not often understood. It is our intention to create safe spaces with every individual we work with. Since 2015, our committed mission is to provide equitable access to resources for individuals and their families diagnosed with ASD and other developmental challenges, with loving hands and hearts.
We strive to provide organic and genuine services that are rooted in the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). Compassion and respect are at the heart of our services while protecting the dignity of each individual we serve. Here at Loving Hands, we are devoted to providing personalized care while promoting independence. We honor the differences in each individual, and every service provided is designed with the uniqueness of that person. It is our sincere expectation to build lifelong relationships so that everyone who is in our “Loving Hands” can achieve their own personal level of success. For more information, visit us here: https://lovinghandsfamilysupportservices.com/
Shabani Institute
The Shabani Institute aims to provide the highest quality, empirically supported, behavior analytic services to those individuals with severe problem behavior. We are committed to providing effective, empirically-validated, individualized behavioral services to individuals, their families, and the communities within which they live. Through the use of scientifically supported, behavior analytic assessment and intervention strategies, the Shabani Institute promotes and improves quality of life in all of its learners, regardless of age or diagnosis. We focus on the severity of problem behavior, across the life-span, and assist with the development of both short-term and long-term treatment plans to reduce maladaptive behavior, while promoting the acquisition of various functional skills. Treatment is developed and tailored based on the current needs of the client and their families, and can be delivered in various forms including consultation with indirect consumers, day-treatment services, school-based support, intensive early intervention, group skill development, and other unique models as necessary. For more information email us at clinical@shabani-institute.org.
Special Needs Network Applied Behavior Analysis (snnaba)
SNNABA provides direct therapy in a one-to-one setting, delivered by highly skilled, experienced, and culturally competent clinical staff. During individualized therapy sessions, behavior-based principles and naturalistic teaching strategies are used to target maladaptive behaviors and increase functional skills with the goal of improving the child’s and family’s quality of life. SNNABA is committed to meeting the needs of every community through providing culturally responsive care. We are uniquely positioned and committed to serving families from diverse socioeconomic and sociocultural backgrounds.
Many families contend with socioeconomic barriers that compound their difficulties accessing resources and high-quality care. Moreover, they often face misconceptions, stigmas, and discriminatory practices in governmental agencies, educational systems, and even amongst service providers.
Our expert team partners with families in traditionally marginalized communities to help overcome obstacles in obtaining diagnoses and accessing services. We educate and motivate parents to take the lead in their child’s care so that each and every child in our community can grow and fulfill his or her greatest potential, regardless of ability. By educating and empowering parents, we help unleash the unlimited potential that exists in each and every individual with a developmental disability or autism spectrum disorder. For information about available positions, visit: https://snnla.org/available-positions/