Our Mission: to be a valuable partner of parents of children with autism by providing them with the necessary life skills to thrive independently at home, at school and in the community. The Verbal Behavior Center for Autism (VBCA) is a not-for-profit center, founded in 2003 by a grassroots movement of involved and concerned parents of children with autism. These parents were not satisfied with the autism treatment options available at that time because the services did not seem to be beneficial for them or their children. As a result, the VBCA was formulated, and our services now give children and their families an effective treatment option that directly targets the symptoms of autism through an Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) approach. Applied Behavior Analysis is the only surgeon general approved treatment for autism, and its effectiveness is supported by over thirty years of research and literature demonstrating the efficacy of behavioral methods in reducing inappropriate behavior and in increasing communication, learning, and appropriate social behavior. As a result, children with autism who participate in this treatment have been known to show significant progress towards our ultimate goal of becoming a part of mainstream society. Our program is unique because we create and implement individualized treatment plans for each child based on his or her personal strengths and deficits. The VBCA program is flexible and it can accommodate children on a full or part -time basis depending on the individualized needs of your child. Services can be delivered to your child at our center by our professional and caring therapists, or we offer various other programs such as instruction for parents and consulting services in the home or even at school.