Why we choose to Step-In:
Providers at Step-in Autism Services understand the importance of intensive intervention for individuals diagnosed with Autism or other developmental delays. We have seen firsthand the impact Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) creates in the lives of the individual, siblings, and family members. This is why we pride ourselves on quality ABA services.
The services offered are dependent on the individual and family needs:
Step-In’s center-based service model:
Step-In utilizes a relatively novel approach to ABA. Our center is set up, not like a clinic, but like a natural setting. One of our founders, Linda Robertson, coined the term ‘family style ABA’ to describe the services provided at the Step-In Center. With an open layout, all of the clients engage with each other and all of the staff. Siblings and peers are often on site to provide more social opportunities for clients.
Center-based services offers the opportunity to teach skills in a novel environment. Often, individuals have a history with a behavior in their home environment. This means that in order to teach new skills, the individual has to UNLEARN competing behaviors too! A separate environment, such as a center, can provide a new set of contingencies under which to learn the new behavior a bit easier.
Benefits of a center-based autism therapy program include:


No two children are exactly the same, and center-based services supply variables that may increase opportunities to jumpstart new skills and interactions, many of which are afforded by having your loved one in a shared space with other individuals.