Autism can cause life long impairment in every aspect of a young person's development without intervention. Over 40 years of research has resulted in a treatment that radically changes that outcome for the better. These applied behavioral analytic techniques are not yet available to most children with autism. The KcATC promotes these state-of-the-art services and provides them to Kansas City area children and their families.
KcATC provides treatment to children between two and a half and twelve years of age with a minimum of 20 hours per week or a maximum of 35 hours per week of one-to-one instruction for 49 weeks per year. Initially, treatment consists of discrete trial sessions separated by short play breaks. During sessions, the providers follow highly detailed procedures and record the child’s responses on each presented trial. During play breaks the children are taught play skills and encouraged to interact with their peers and staff members.