At Momentum, our goal is to help people live fulfilling, meaningful lives. Often when a child is engaging in challenging behaviors or lacking in specific skills, this can affect the lives of the whole family.
That’s why we offer behavioral therapy for children with autism and other developmental disabilities. Using research based Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) practices, our Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) and Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs) will work one-on-one with your child, as well as with the family, to help identify and develop the skills your child needs to achieve their best possible life.
- The BCBA will conduct an evaluation and create a customized plan designed in collaboration with your family to promote positive changes to help your child learn new skills and increase their independence.
- The BCBA and RBT (under supervision of the Behavior Analyst) will then work with you and your child to implement the plan. This includes regular sessions with your child as well as providing training for the family.
Momentum Provides
• Compassionate support from experienced Board Certified Behavior Analysts
• Help with severe, moderate and mild behavioral challenges
• Programs that can be implemented in person or virtually
• Individualized programs to enhance the independence and well-being of all involved
Our Unique Approach
- Customized & Flexible
- Designed Across Life Stages
- Involves Family, Teachers & Other Support People
- Promotes change with a compassionate, trauma informed approach
Four Areas of Focus for Applied Behavior Analysis:
- Help individuals safely, effectively and respectfully communicate wants, needs, likes and dislikes in ways that are understood by others
- Help individuals safely and effectively gain the attention of others in ways that are understood by others
- Help individuals joyfully and safely engage in life’s activities
- Help individuals safely, effectively and diplomatically cope with adverse situations that are in their long-term best interest
Specifically:
- ABA services are meant to improve socially significant skills
- Language and communication skills to achieve an ability to express one’s wants and needs
- Relationship skills that improve social interactions with peers and family
- School and work-related behaviors such as attention to task and work completion to expand opportunities for education and independence
- Self-help skills to reduce the need for others to do things for the person
All of our services begin with an individualized assessment to ensure we meet the needs of each individual who seeks support.
- In-home one on one therapy provided by Registered Behavior Technicians (RBT) and Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBA)
- Clinic services that provide intensive ABA therapy and opportunities for structured interactive play
- Family training to help generalize the gains the person makes in therapy
- School consultation
Serving all of the Northern Illinois, including Rockford, Dixon, DeKalb/Sycamore and the Chicagoland suburbs.
Clinic Locations:
920 S Prairie Drive
Unit G
Sycamore, IL 60178
- We also provide in-home services throughout Illinois
Mark Ammer
Mark is a BCBA experienced supporting Adults and Children with Developmental Disabilities and Autism for over 30 years. He has a passion for building compassionate experienced teams that provide the highest quality of care. Parents and caregivers seek out ABA services to help their loved ones reach their potential. Mark and his teams focus on each individual, partnering with them to achieve their unique life goals.
Christine Davis, LBA, BCBA
Christine currently holds a Master of Science in Behavior Analysis and Therapy and has been board-certified since 2004. Her experience includes providing behavioral assessment, consultation, and in-home ABA support services to children, adolescents, and adults on the Autism Spectrum, as well as additional comorbid behavioral, mental health, and developmental diagnoses. She has extensive experience working in home with families to provide direct applied behavioral support services and family guidance and consultative supports. She has assisted residential agencies in supporting children and adolescents with significant trauma, mental health and behavioral needs, provided residential program consultation to assist with developing effective environmental modifications and behavioral modification systems, as well as assisted in consulting on transitioning children and adolescents from residential and foster care settings back to home environments.
