✔ Members do not use or advertise ABA, or NDBIs (e.g., Early Start Denver Model, PRT, etc.) or any form of positive reinforcement, rewards, or compliance-based motivation strategies. If you offer ABA or NDBI therapies, your application will be denied.
✔ Members do not provide or advertise Social Skills training (SST). If you offer SST, your application will be denied.
✔ Members do not use or advertise tolerance, desensitization, or exposure-based therapies or approaches, including but not limited to:
- Sensory desensitization therapies (e.g., sensory tolerance, feeding desensitization, distress tolerance)
- Exposure-based therapies (e.g., ERP, in vivo exposure, imaginal exposure, prolonged exposure)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) or Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), even if “modified” or “adapted.” If you use CBT, DBT, or any of the above approaches in your practice, please do not apply. Your application will be denied.
✔ Members are advocates for Disability Rights and Civil Rights
✔ Members are advocates for equitable inclusion, and unrestricted access to supports, modifications, and accommodations
✔ Members use ethical billing practices in all settings
✔ Members adhere to ethical sales of therapy/parent materials/apps/programs
✔ Members provide therapeutic programs that are respectful of neurodivergence, such as autistic differences and sensory processing differences, and address the individual’s specific needs as opposed to a diagnostic label
✔ Members practice with a presumption of competence and respect for personal agency
✔ Members apply a Strength-Based Approach
✔ Members are unapologetic in their opposition to the use of ABA, including Positive Supports and Positive Reinforcement (PBS and PBIS)
✔ Members use humane and trauma-informed approaches to Feeding Therapy
✔ Members provide access to robust AAC with core language, aided language stimulation, and modeling with no prerequisites
✔ Members respect Bodily Autonomy
✔ Members do not use Seclusion and Restraint in our Practices