ABA Therapy Clinic

Crossroads ABA Clinic offers a variety of services including insurance funded services, caregiver and provider Information sessions, as well as School District Trainings and Consultation. See below for more details!

Insurance Funded Services

Many insurance policies have an autism benefit that allows for coverage of ABA services for children with an ASD diagnosis and their families. See below for descriptions of the various services that can be provided via insurance reimbursement!

Crossroads is credentialed with the following insurance carriers/plans:

Aetna, CDPHP, Cigna, Beacon Health Options, BlueShield of Northeastern New York, MVP, Optum, The Empire Plan, United Health Care, and Value Options.

• Individualized Therapy

The ABA Clinic at Crossroads Center for Children specializes in providing individualized therapy to children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. A variety of skills can be targeted ranging from improvement of play and leisure skills, adaptive skills, communication skills, and social skills, to addressing toilet training issues, various sleep and eating issues, as well as problem behaviors. An individualized plan is created to meet the needs of children and their families. Services are provided by Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) and highly skilled behavior technicians.

• Social Skills Groups

Social skills groups are great for children who have advanced through the basic skills programs and are ready to learn in a group format. This type of session also allows for our therapists to target skills that are related to interacting with others in a positive manner. Social skills groups are used to teach a variety of social behaviors such as conversation skills, friendship skills, problem-solving, social competence, and problem-solving. In addition, specific interaction skills such as initiation, responding, maintaining, greeting, giving/accepting compliments, turn taking, sharing, asking for help, offering help, and including others in play activities.

• Caregiver Consultation

Crossroads can provide support to caregivers who find themselves struggling with behavior, eating, and/or sleeping issues related to their loved one with autism. This service can be provided as a stand-alone service or in conjunction with individualized therapy.

Therapy may occur at the Clinic (located in Schenectady) or the child’s home, daycare, and/or other community settings. Services are provided in the following counties: Albany, Fulton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, and Schenectady.

Call us to see if ABA is a covered benefit with your insurance plan!  518-280-0083 ext. 104

Caregiver and Provider Information Sessions

The Clinic also provides free Topic/Skill specific information sessions online on a regular basis. Topics include: Toileting Training, Sleep Training, Feeding Training, ABA 101, Behavior Detectives, Safety

Training, etc. These trainings are great for caregivers and providers! Email carolyns@crossroadcenter.org for dates, times and meeting codes.

District Trainings and Consultation

Crossroads has experienced success partnering with public schools for a variety of reasons ranging from simply providing basic trainings to more intense levels of support such as collaborating to provide programming for students who have not been successful in district and find themselves being educated at home. Supports that fall in between these two ends of the spectrum include classroom or student specific recommendations, functional behavior assessment, training and supervision of staff in implementing recommendations, etc. Please contact us to learn more about the full range of supports that can be provided! carolyns@crossroadcenter.org