ABA Therapy in Atlanta, Georgia for Children With Autism
Aim Higher ABA provides ABA therapy across the Atlanta area for children ages 2 to 18, in the home, in schools, and at our own clinic at 1549 Clairmont Rd #103 in Decatur. Having a real clinic is unusual here, because most Atlanta providers are in-home only, so you can choose the setting rather than take the only one available. Call (678) 400-5040.
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ABA Therapy Services
Our Applied Behavior Analysis therapy services are designed to effectively address:
Self-Management Skills
Daily Routines
Tantrums
Destructive And Self-Injurious Behaviors
Communication
School readiness
Social Skills
Inappropriate Behaviors
Toileting
Eating
New Environments
Following Directions
About Us
ABA Therapy in Atlanta, Shaped Around Your Child
If you are reading this, you are probably somewhere between a diagnosis and a decision, and the two rarely arrive at a convenient time. We are Aim Higher ABA, and we provide applied behavior analysis therapy for children and teenagers ages 2 to 18 across the Atlanta area. Our job is to take the pressure off you: the assessment, the plan, the scheduling, the insurance paperwork, and the long list of questions nobody handed you an answer sheet for.
What we do is not a program your child is slotted into. Every child we work with has their own plan of care, written by a Board Certified Behavior Analyst after a proper assessment, and carried out day to day by a registered behavior technician working under that BCBA’s supervision. The plan changes as your child changes, because a plan that never moves is not really a plan. We will explain our ABA therapy services along the way.
We want you in the room, not waiting outside it. Parent and caregiver coaching is part of how we work, not an optional extra, because the hours we spend with your child are a small fraction of their week and the rest belongs to you. When something works in a session, we want you to be able to do it on a Tuesday evening when we are not there.
You can reach us on (678) 400-5040 or at [email protected], and we are happy to talk before you commit to anything at all.
At Aim Higher ABA, our ultimate goal is to:
- Make family life more peaceful.
- Prepare children for success in school.
- Improve communication and social skills.
- Help manage and decrease problematic behaviors.
- Increase daily living skills for more independence.
Three Ways to Receive ABA Therapy in the Atlanta Area
No two families arrive with the same situation, so we offer ABA therapy in three settings across metro Atlanta. You do not have to pick the right one on day one, and most families adjust the mix as they go.
- In-home ABA therapy in Atlanta brings a technician to you. Sessions happen in the rooms where the difficulty actually lives: the kitchen at breakfast, the bathroom at bath time, the hallway where shoes and coats become a standoff. Skills learned in the place they will be used tend to stay put, and we get to see your household as it really runs rather than as it would look on a clinic intake form.
- Center-based ABA therapy happens at our own clinic in Decatur. It is a space built for therapy, with other children in the building, which gives us something a living room cannot: natural, low-stakes chances to practice social skills, group routines and the rhythms of a school day.
- School-based ABA therapy puts us alongside your child’s teachers and support staff, so the strategies that work at home do not stop at the classroom door. We coordinate rather than take over, and we work to whatever the school will support.
Plenty of the families we work with combine two of these. A child might come to the Decatur clinic twice a week and have in-home sessions on the other days, or receive in-home therapy with school consultation layered on top. Tell us what your week actually looks like and we will be honest about what fits it.
Our ABA Therapy Center in Atlanta: The Decatur Clinic
Most ABA providers serving Atlanta offer in-home therapy only. We do that too, and we also have a clinic, which means center-based ABA is a real choice for you rather than something you have to drive out of the metro to find.
Our clinic is at 1549 Clairmont Rd #103, Decatur, GA 30033, inside the perimeter and a straightforward drive from Decatur, North Druid Hills, Druid Hills, Brookhaven, Avondale Estates, Scottdale and the neighborhoods around Emory.
A clinic gives us things a home cannot. There are other children present, so social skills can be practiced with actual peers instead of described in the abstract. There is a predictable structure to the space, which helps some children settle into learning faster. And for families preparing a child for preschool or for a return to the classroom, a center gives us a setting that resembles the one we are getting ready for: transitions between activities, sitting with a group, waiting for a turn, following an instruction given to the room rather than to one child.
That said, a clinic is not automatically better than a home. It is better for some children and some goals, and worse for others. We would rather talk it through with you than sell you the option that happens to have space.
How We Start With a New Atlanta Family
The first step is a conversation, not a commitment. Call us on (678) 400-5040 and we will ask about your child, what a hard day looks like, what you have already tried, and what you would most like to be different in six months.
From there we check your insurance benefits and handle the authorization paperwork ourselves. We will tell you what we find and what it means in plain language, including anything we are still waiting on. We will not tell you what your plan will approve or how long it will take, because that is your insurer’s decision and not ours to promise.
Next comes the assessment. A BCBA spends time with your child, uses research-based assessment tools, and talks with you at length. Out of that comes an individualized plan of care: the goals we are working towards, how we will measure progress, and which setting or combination of settings we are recommending and why.
Then therapy begins, and so does the part people underestimate. We collect data every session, the BCBA reviews it, and the plan gets adjusted. You get to see that data and ask about it. If something is not working, we would rather hear it from you early than discover it three months in.
Children and Teenagers Ages 2 to 18 |
We work with children from age 2 through to 18, and the work looks genuinely different at each end of that range. With our youngest learners, much of it is play that has a purpose: building requesting and communication, tolerating transitions, joining in, and easing the daily routines that have become flashpoints. Early intervention gives us a lot of room to work with, and we take it seriously. With school-age children, goals often move towards independence and the classroom: following multi-step instructions, managing frustration, self-care, staying with a task, and getting along with peers. With teenagers, the conversation changes again. Adolescents have opinions about their own therapy, and they should. Goals here tend to center on independence and daily living: travel, personal care, managing a schedule, self-advocacy, and preparing for whatever comes after school. Across every age, we focus on building skills and reducing the obstacles in the way of them. We are not interested in compliance for its own sake. |
Insurance, Medicaid and the Paperwork We Take On |
The administrative side of ABA is where a lot of Atlanta families get stuck, and it is the part we deliberately take off your desk. We accept Georgia Medicaid and most commercial insurance plans. Our insurance team verifies your benefits, submits the authorization request, tracks it, and follows up on claims. What we will do is tell you the truth at every stage: what your plan appears to cover, what documentation is outstanding, and where things currently sit. What we will not do is promise you an approval or a date, because no provider can honestly do that. Anyone who does is guessing. If you are not sure what you have, that is fine. Call us on (678) 400-5040 with your insurance card to hand and we will take it from there. |
Insurance
We Accept Medicaid and Most Commercial Insurance Plans
Our expert team will take care of all the heavy lifting when it comes to understanding and taking advantage of your insurance plan benefits.
Why Choose Us
We would rather give you reasons you can check than adjectives you cannot.
You have a genuine choice of setting. In-home, center-based at our Decatur clinic, and school-based, and you can combine them. Many Atlanta providers can only offer you one.
You get BCBA oversight, not just a technician and a hope. Sessions are delivered by registered behavior technicians and supervised by a Board Certified Behavior Analyst who reviews the data and adjusts the plan.
You are treated as part of the team. Caregiver coaching is built into how we work, and you have access to your child’s data and goals.
We handle the insurance side. Medicaid and most commercial plans, with our own team doing the verification and authorization legwork.
And we will tell you when we are not the right fit. If what your child needs is something we cannot deliver well, we would rather say so than take the referral.
We select only the most qualified therapists.
We support parents every step of the way.
One-on-one therapy based on research and science.
We value the relationships we build with each and every family.
We work on the skills and behaviors that will make the biggest possible difference in your child’s life.
Our home-based services allow for therapy to take place in a natural and comfortable environment.
We get results!
The Atlanta Areas We Serve
Our in-home and school-based ABA therapy covers metro Atlanta and the surrounding communities, including Decatur, Druid Hills, North Druid Hills, Brookhaven, Avondale Estates, Scottdale, Chamblee, Doraville, Tucker, Stone Mountain, Sandy Springs, Dunwoody, East Atlanta, Kirkwood, Buckhead and the neighborhoods across DeKalb and Fulton counties.
Our clinic in Decatur serves families willing to travel to center-based session.
If you are just outside the areas listed and wondering whether we can reach you, ask. Coverage depends on scheduling and availability, and it is a quicker answer by phone than by guesswork.
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Please use the form below to get in touch, or call (678) 400-5040.