Our Services

Social Group - Winter 2025 Session

Our social group sessions are held on weekends. During each session, our sessions focus on teaching developmentally appropriate social skills in a supportive, educational, and fun environment to children between the ages of 5-10 years old.

Connections ABA covers the cost for its clients and their families to attend these events. Pricing for guests or non-patients is listed under each event.

Event Options:

Raising Harts Sensory Play Groups

Community-building event for children of all abilities, including ASD/sensory needs. Games, obstacles, music & more. Bring siblings and family!

Saturday, December 13, 2025, 9:30-11:00am

@ Cheer Factor, 342 Circuit Street, Hanover MA

Nonclients: $20 per family or $10 per child, Venmo @raisingharts

Boston Children's Museum

Morningstar Access at Boston Children’s Museum offers children with disabilities or other special/medical needs the opportunity to visit the Museum at a time when there are only a few other visitors.

Saturday, January 3 and February 7, 2026, 8:00-10:00am

@ Boston Children's Museum, 308 Congress Street, Boston MA

Nonclients: $12 per guest. Visit: https://bostonchildrensmuseum.org/events/boston-childrens-museum-opens-at-10am-due-to-morningstar-access-registration-only-4/

Altitude Trampoline Park

Sensory-Friendly Jump Times are available on Saturday mornings (usually 9-10 AM) with reduced crowds, dimmed lights, and lower music volume for a calmer experience

Saturday, January 17, 2026, 9:00-10:00am

@ Altitude Trampoline Park, 75 Stockwell Drive, Avon, MA

Nonclients: $20 per jumper. $3 for required socks. Visit: https://www.altitudeavon.com/Buy-a-Pass

King's Bowling

Enjoy the thrill of bowling in a quieter setting, with fewer guests and a private lane at the far end of the facility.

Questions? E-mail us at info@connectionsabaofma.com.

Saturday, February 28, 2026, 11:30-1:00pm

@ King's Bowling, 600 Legacy Place, Dedham, MA

Nonclients: $22 per lane reservation. Visit: https://portal.tripleseat.com/direct_bookings/pv78xae34vx42

Winsome Riding Academy

Winsome offers specialized equine therapy programs tailored to the unique needs of children with disabilities through a teaching style that focuses on clear communication, patience, and encouraging support to foster the confidence and progress of each rider. Guests can feed, ride, or brush horses and ponies.

Saturday, March 21, 2026, 11:00-1:00pm

@ Winsome Riding Academy, 384 High Street, Randolph, MA

Nonclients: This visit is covered by Connections ABA for the first 20 participants!

Click here to register!

Home-Based ABA Therapy

Children with Autism are able to receive ABA Therapy services wherever they live, either in person or virtually, on a schedule that works for the family. Home-based interventions provide opportunities to learn and apply skills in the natural environment. These interventions focus on social communication, cooperation, self-regulation, daily living skills (e.g., eating, potty training, hygiene), play skills, social relationships and safety. Services may also include working with the child and his or her siblings to develop a strong family dynamic.

ABA Therapy services are designed by Board-Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) and may be implemented by our Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs). RBTs help with the delivery of services and the collection of data, which is then reviewed and evaluated by the BCBA who then modifies programming. Programming is research-driven and socially significant, meaning it is designed to be as applicable to their real lives as possible.

Initial and Ongoing Assessment

To best understand the needs of each individual client, our Team capitalizes on the use of standardized assessments to identify strengths, deficits and areas of importance. These assessments include but are not limited to the VB-MAPP, Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, and other tools to evaluate skills, highlight strengths, and identify areas of growth.

Caregiver Collaboration

By working together with the families of the children we serve, our organization can provide opportunities for our clients to generalize learned practices outside of ABA sessions. This will not only promote independence for the client, but will decrease challenges for the family as well. We meet regularly with parents, caregivers, educators, and special service providers (e.g., Speech and Language Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, etc.) to ensure continuity across all areas of the child's life. Consistency is key!

Our Methodology

Connections ABA of Massachusetts, Inc. is a proud provider of Applied Behavior Analysis services.

What is Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)?

ABA is “the science in which tactics delivered from the principles of behavior are applied to improve socially significant behavior and experimentation is used to identify the variables responsible for the improvement in behavior”. (Cooper, Heron, & Heward, 2007). ABA allows us to study behavior as it relates to the environment.
ABA is a strong methodology. It is:
Applied- designed to make improvements in behavior that are relevant to people’s real lives
Behavioral- focused on objective, measurable actions
Analytic- evaluative of relationships between the services and changes in behavior
Technological- easily replicable by parents, caretakers, and other members of the community
Conceptually Systematic- rooted in a history of scientific research
Effective- aimed at making meaningful change in behavior
Generality- driven for lasting change in behavior
ABA is accountable, doable, empowering and optimistic!

What does ABA look like?

ABA services are individualized; meaning that each recipient has specific goals that he or she works on at a given time. Goals are designed and adjusted through data-based decisions made by a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). The initial and ongoing assessments we offer allow for constant monitoring of skill acquisition and identification of areas of focus. Goals are embedded into programming that can be delivered by the BCBA or by a Registered Behavior Technician (RBT).
ABA goals often focus on communication, socialization, play and leisure skills, adaptive living skills (e.g., eating, toileting, dressing), motor skills, transitions, and school-readiness skills.
ABA has evolved since its inception in the mid-twentieth century. Modern ABA utilizes naturalistic teaching, which is a personalized approach to embedding and capitalizing on naturally-occurring educational opportunities within the child’s daily activities. There is a high level of focus on providing positive reinforcement for preferred behaviors and preventing reinforcement of challenging behaviors.

Who receives ABA services?

ABA is useful for individuals who demonstrate inappropriate or challenging behaviors as a side-effect of skill deficits in areas like communication, socialization, and self-regulation. For people with Autism and other related Developmental Disabilities, these deficits create barriers for meeting developmental milestones and can lead to externalizing behaviors like aggression, self injury, noncompliance, vocal protests, and property destruction. ABA has been pivotal in teaching more appropriate alternatives to those concerning behaviors.
Individuals qualify for the provision of ABA services based on the impact that symptoms of their diagnosis may have on their daily functioning. These services can be delivered based on medical or educational necessity across any setting of the person’s life.
ABA services are prescribed for an individual, but his or her family and caregivers also are educated in ABA procedures so that the skills can be practiced and maintained across all contexts, including at home, at school, and in the community. Because it is rooted in using environmental manipulations to change behavior, ABA can be helpful for anyone!

For more information about ABA, click "Find Out More" or "Contact Us".

References: Cooper, J. O., Heron, T. E., & Heward, W. L. (2007). Applied Behavior Analysis (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.

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Our Services

Social Group - Winter 2025 Session

Home-Based ABA Therapy

Initial and Ongoing Assessment

Caregiver Collaboration

Our Methodology

Connections ABA of Massachusetts, Inc.

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