Board Certified Behavior Analysts
Applied Behavior Analysis programs in home/in school-
Specializing in teaching language and social skills
Teaching play skills, life skills, job skills, language, safety skills, community skills, social skills etc
- decreasing problem behaviors while teaching new skills!!
-Develops education programs for homeschoolers
One on one therapy with trained ABA therapists that will come to your home
-Behavior Analyst consults, develops programs, and supervises therapists
- offering social skills groups in many areas -
Please call or email with any questions

Our Vision:
The Mental Health/Mental Retardation system will be a partnership of consumers, family members, services providers and policy makers, which creates options responsive to individual needs and preferences.

Our Mission:
To provide quality care as well as the delivery of efficient public services and supports for individuals with mental illness and mental retardation so that they can increase their opportunities and abilities to lead lives of dignity and independence. Acknowledging that Recovery is an ongoing process, MH/MR is committed to promoting personal growth, choice, and inclusion of consumers in their community.

Devereux Pocono Center’s vibrant community programs for adolescents and adults are located throughout the Pocono/Northeast. Devereux serves the Pocono/Northeat with relief care - day, overnight, in-the-home, & within our facilities, residential programs, pre-vocational and vocational training Programs. Our School to Community Transition Training Programs ensures special needs students can progress successfully to community work and living.

We are part of the national Devereux Foundation, founded in 1912, a national continuum of care with centers in thirteen states and the District of Columbia.

Gateway Employment Resources is a tool for teachers, parents, and individuals with ASD to aid in the process of gaining competitive employment. Gateway Employment also provides community based work assessments to help an individual match their skills to a career opportunity.

Behavior Consultation for children with ADD/ADHD, ODD & Autism Spectrum Disorders. Specialized in grades 9 thru 12 past five years, however works with children 18 months to adulthood. Background: ABA from Children's Seashore House Biobehavioral Unit and M.Ed in Special Education. Procured contracts to assist with implementation of co-teaching methods and inclusion for children with autism/brain injury.

Founded in 1905, KenCrest is the largest provider of community-based services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Pennsylvania and Delaware. KenCrest serves more than 7,000 people each year through early intervention, Head Start, homes for medically fragile children, community group homes for adults, Lifesharing, and employment services for youth and adults with special needs.

KenCrest offers a wide variety of autism services, including:

Inclusive Preschool
(learning side-by-side with typically developing children)

In-Home Services
(child and family support using the ISP Model)

Communication Training
(child and family support using the Hanen approach)

Socialization Training
(emphasis on building relationships using real life experiences)

Compensatory Education
(services for families with educational trusts)

After-School Services (transition services from school to the community).

Mission: Potential, Inc. seeks to assist individuals in reaching their potential by conducting and applying scientific research, offering direct and consultative services, and disseminating the latest treatment information.

Licensed private academic schools for children with autism and emotional support needs. K-12. Offer many different related services to meet the needs of your child.

Potential, Inc. is a non-profit organization whose goal is to provide the highest quality interventions for individuals on the autism spectrum and other developmental disabilities. We utilize current research in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) which includes an analysis of Verbal Behavior (VB) to improve communication, behavior, toileting, social skills and more. Visit our services page to learn more about Educational and Behavioral Consultant Programs, ABA-VB, Social Skills, Toilet Training, Workshops and Clinical Services. We serve all ages and diagnoses... We treat the individual, not the label.

Transition program for students 14-21 with Autism. Focus on employment and skills of daily living in community based instruction.

Mission: To provide school-to-work transition instruction in the classroom, on-site business, and community-based work sites for students aged 13-21.

The program is structured to meet the needs of students who do not learn well in typical classroom settings due to unique cognitive, communication, and sensory challenges, including students with autism spectrum disorders.

Spectrum Charter School is a recipient of the "PA Bureau of Special Education Performance Grant for Transition from School to Community-Based Employment"

private, non-profit human service organization providing community based services and supports to individuals with mental illness, mental retardation, and autism.

The Vanguard School is an Approved Private Day School serving special education students between the ages of 4 and 21. Located on 28 acres, Vanguard provides innovative, state of the art educational and therapeutic programs for students with the exceptionalities of ASD, Neurological Impairment and Serious Emotionally Disturbance. Students are referred to Vanguard by their local school district; tuition is paid by the school district and the PA Department of Education. Private enrollment with full tuition paid by the family is also available. All teachers are certified PA DOE special education teachers. Class sizes vary from a maximum of 8 in elementary school, 10 in middle school and 12 in high school. All therapists are hired as employee of The Vanguard School allowing for frequent and consistent interaction between the classroom teachers and therapists. The Vanguard School will celebrate it's 50th Anniversary in 2008.

The Watson Institute is an educational organization, one of Pennsylvania's Approved Private Schools. It specializes in educating children with special needs and in training the professionals and pre-professionals who serve these children. Watson operates a preschool program that brings together children with autism and their typically developing peers in a positive learning environment. Watson offers inclusive summer camp programs and provides child assessment and therapy for children and adolescents with autism. Watson also provides educational programs with a partial hospital component to children and adolescents with severe emotional disturbances.

Child Psychology
Wraparound Services
Evaluations
Divorce Mediation
Outpatient

Methods, Treatment, and Educational Programs.

VPS specialized in autism services supervised by board certified behavior analysts and Psychologists on staff. Specialized evaluations are available including neuropsychological assessments and autism screening including the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS). VPS provides wraparound services, outpatient counseling and group therapy including social skills and anger management. VPS provides job coaching and tutoring services and is credentialed to offer training for APA, NBCC and social workers for continuing education credit. Services are available in our 5 western Pennsylvania offices: Lawrence, Butler, Mercer, Monaca and Slippery Rock.

VPS specializes in autism services supervised by board certified applied behavior analysts and Psychologists on staff. Specialized evaluations are available including neuropsychological assessements and autism screening including the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS). VPS provides wraparound services, outpatient counseling and group therapy including social skills and anger management. VPS provides job coaching and tutoring services and is credentialed to offer training for APA, NBCC, and social workers for continuing education credit. Services are available in our 5 western Pennsylvania offices: Lawrence, Butler, Mercer, Monaca and Slippery Rock.

Wraparound, evaluations (autism, ADHD, Learning, vocational, psychological, neuropsychological)
Autism services (ADOS, social skills groups, evaluation, wraparound), individual, group and marital counselihg, trainings, job coaching, board certified behavior analysts and Psychologists on staff

VPS specializes in autism services supervised by board certified applied behavior analysts and Psychologists on staff. Specialized evaluations are available including neuropsychological assessments and autism screening including the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS). VPS provides wraparound services, outpatient counseling and group therapy including social skills and anger management. VPS provided job coaching and tutoring services and is credentialed to offer training for APA, NBCC and social workers for continuing education credit. Servces are available in our 5 western Pennsylvania offices: Lawrence, Butler, Mercer, Monaca and Slippery Rock.