If you have never sat in on a session, it is hard to picture what your child actually does for those hours. Parents usually imagine one of two extremes: either a rigid drill sergeant at a table, or unstructured play with no real teaching happening. Neither is accurate, and it is worth walking through what a real session looks like.

If you are researching ABA therapy for your child, you have likely come across the term “assent-based practice” and wondered what it actually means. Assent-based therapy is an approach to ABA that prioritizes a child’s willingness to participate in their own care, not just their compliance with instructions. Here is a simple breakdown of what that looks like and why we build our entire clinic around it.