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KC Learning Center

KC Learning Center is Angola’s newest ABA center. Voted Nonprofit of the Year in 2021!
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03/10/2026

We’ve been soaking up this little “false spring” while it lasts! 🌷☀️ The sunshine and warmer weather have been the perfect excuse for our clients to get outside and enjoy some community walks.

While it might look like we’re just enjoying the fresh air (and we definitely are! 😊), there is so much meaningful learning happening along the way. During our walks, our learners have been practicing important safety and independence skills through natural environment teaching. This includes things like listener responding to directions such as “stop” and “wait,” tacting community items, tacting and responding to safety signs, and working on social goals while interacting with peers and staff.

We’re also building self-management strategies and encouraging our clients to self-advocate, helping them learn how to communicate their needs and make safe choices in real-world settings.

One of the most important parts of learning is practicing skills across different environments. When learners practice these skills in the community, it helps them apply what they’ve learned in therapy to the places they go every day—supporting greater independence, confidence, and success across settings.

Plus… a little sunshine never hurts. ☀️💛

03/06/2026

🎉 Happy 3-Year Anniversary, Anna! 🎉

We’re celebrating 3 years with Anna at KC Learning Center! Anna has been one of our longest-standing and most dedicated RBTs, consistently making a difference for the children and families we serve.

We’re also so proud of her as she continues working toward becoming a BCBA. Thank you, Anna, for your hard work, passion, and commitment to our team and clients—we’re so lucky to have you! 💙

02/26/2026

🎉 Happy 2-Year Anniversary, Jessica! 🎉

We’re celebrating Jessica’s 2 years with KC Learning Center! 💙 Her patience, dedication, and heart for her clients truly shine each day. The clients adore her, and we’re so grateful for the consistency and care she brings as a dedicated RBT.

Thank you for all you do, Jessica - we’re lucky to have you! 🌟👏

02/13/2026

✨ Building the Skills Behind Independence ✨

When people think about ABA, they often picture specific goals like communication or behavior reduction — but some of the most important work actually happens in the foundational skills we teach every day.

Skills such as listener responding, imitation, and visual-perceptual and matching-to-sample (VPMTS) may sound technical, but they are the building blocks that make real-life learning possible.

These skills help learners:

• Understand directions from teachers, parents, and community helpers
• Learn by watching peers
• Participate in group activities
• Complete classroom tasks
• Navigate daily routines independently

For example:
📚 Listener responding helps a child follow instructions like “put your backpack away” or “line up.”
👀 Imitation allows them to watch a peer and learn how to play a game, wash hands, or complete a craft.
🧩 VPMTS supports matching, sorting, identifying items, recognizing signs, and using schedules — skills needed for academics and community safety.

We often teach these through hands-on, meaningful activities — play, crafts, daily living routines, and natural social opportunities — because learning is strongest when it’s experienced, not memorized.

Why does this matter?

Because these are the skills that transfer. When a learner can attend, observe, and respond to their environment, they can learn from the world around them — not just from a therapist. That’s what allows success in classrooms, friendships, stores, playgrounds, and everyday community life.

ABA isn’t just about teaching individual tasks — it’s about teaching how to learn.

By strengthening foundational skills, we’re helping our learners build independence, confidence, and the ability to participate meaningfully in school and their community.

And that’s always the goal. 💙

02/06/2026

✨ Autism & Special Interests ✨

Special interests aren’t “distractions” — they’re doorways.

The best therapy starts with what a child loves and uses that joy as the foundation for learning, connection, and growth.

When therapy is centered around a child’s special interests, goals are achieved in the most meaningful way possible. Motivation is natural, engagement is genuine, and learning feels safe and exciting. These interests create powerful opportunities for peers to explore different styles of play, build acceptance, and celebrate variation — because no two learners (or play styles) are the same.

At KC Learning Center, we love supporting our clients and their special interests. Whether it’s trains, letters, animals, music, or something uniquely their own, we intentionally and naturally weave those interests into learning experiences. This approach honors each child’s individuality and supports them in showing up as their most authentic self — curious, confident, and proud of who they are.

Because when children are seen, valued, and celebrated for what makes them them, growth follows 💛

02/04/2026

💘 Why We Love ABA 💘

February is all about celebrating what we love—and at KC Learning Center, that includes Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA).

ABA is so much more than one setting or one diagnosis. While ABA is often associated with autism support, its principles are applied across many environments—homes, schools, clinics, communities, and workplaces—to support individuals of all ages in meaningful ways.

What we love most about ABA is that it is highly individualized. No two learners are the same, and neither are their goals. ABA focuses on the whole person—their strengths, interests, motivations, and needs—while building skills that truly matter in daily life.

✨ ABA:
• Supports collaboration across schools and other therapies
• Encourages active parent and caregiver involvement
• Helps families work toward socially significant goals for both the child and the caregiver
• Builds skills through the child’s interests and natural motivation
• Supports individuals in increasing independence and confidence
• Teaches safer, functional replacements for unsafe behaviors
• Promotes successful transitions into academic, vocational, and community settings

ABA is important to many—and at KC Learning Center, we are proud to serve the Angola community, partnering with families to support our learners as they grow, thrive, and achieve their goals. 💙

This February, we’re celebrating the science, the collaboration, the progress, and—most importantly—the people.

01/27/2026

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01/21/2026

🎉 Happy 1-Year Work Anniversary, Hannah! 🎉
We are so grateful to celebrate one year of Hannah’s dedication and impact at KC Learning Center. Her strong collaboration, attention to individual client needs, and meaningful relationships with families continue to make a lasting difference in the lives of those we serve. Thank you, Hannah, for your passion, hard work, and commitment to quality care—we are so lucky to have you! 💙

01/15/2026

✨ The Joy of Childhood at KC Learning Center ✨

Childhood is meant to be lived—with curiosity, laughter, messy play, and those little moments of shared joy that make kids feel safe, seen, and free.

At KC Learning Center, we empower our learners to truly grow through meaningful experiences. That means exploring new opportunities through play, building confidence through positive experiences, and creating space for authentic connection with peers.

Because friendship is powerful—and the best friendships often happen naturally when kids are supported in the right environment. 🌈💛

When we nurture friendships through play and shared experiences, learners gain meaningful skills like:
🤝 Taking turns & sharing
🗣️ Functional communication
👀 Social awareness & perspective-taking
💪 Self-advocacy
💛 Flexibility, problem-solving, and repair after conflict
🎉 Confidence joining others and staying engaged

We don’t force connection—we support it. We build the foundations so friendships can grow in ways that feel comfortable, joyful, and real.

Here’s to play, connection, and the magic of being a kid. 🧸

01/05/2026

🎉 Celebrating 3 awesome years of Kait at KC Learning Center! 🎉
Thank you for your dedication, heart, and all the positivity you bring—so grateful to have you on our team! 💙✨

12/30/2025

🤝✨ Cultivating Meaningful Friendships Through ABA Therapy ✨🤝

Friendship looks different for every child — and at KC Learning Center, we believe every learner deserves the chance to build connections that feel safe, meaningful, and truly theirs. 💛

In ABA therapy, we create opportunities for connection in ways that respect each child’s comfort level, communication style, and unique personality. That starts with honoring what matters most to them:

🌟 Special Interests Matter
We follow each child’s interests — whether that’s dinosaurs, art, trains, puzzles, music, or pretend play — and use those passions as a bridge to connect with peers. Shared interests can be the first step toward a real friendship.

🧩 Preferred Play is Valid Play
Some kids love imaginative play. Others prefer building, sorting, lining up, or parallel play. We embrace each child’s preferred way of playing and help peers learn how to join in respectfully — because connection can happen in many forms.

🫶 Safety + Comfort Come First
Friendships grow when kids feel safe. We support peer engagement at a pace that helps learners feel comfortable, confident, and successful — whether that means starting with shared space, side-by-side play, short interactions, or structured group activities.

🌈 Skills That Support Connection
Through individualized support, we teach and practice the building blocks of friendships like:
✅ turn-taking
✅ sharing space and materials
✅ initiating and responding
✅ flexible thinking
✅ coping with disappointment
✅ repairing moments when things feel hard

At KC Learning Center, our goal is simple: help learners feel seen, supported, and connected — so friendship can grow naturally in ways that are authentic and joyful. 💛

12/26/2025

🎄✨ Holiday Spirit Week at KC Learning Center ✨🎄

Our halls have been extra merry lately — because we wrapped up an amazing Holiday Spirit Week! Our learners had so much fun dressing up as their favorite holiday characters, rocking their cozy pajamas, watching a Christmas movie, and jumping into all kinds of hands-on Christmas activities that brought the season to life. 🎅🧑‍🎄🎁

Spirit weeks are more than just cute outfits (though we loved those, too 😉). They’re a meaningful way to practice real-life skills in a joyful, low-pressure way — like bonding with peers, building friendship, growing socialization skills, and experiencing the magic of the holidays through a child’s eyes. ❤️

At KC Learning Center, we believe ABA therapy should be individualized and socially significant — and that includes celebrating the moments that matter to families and communities. Incorporating holiday traditions into therapy creates natural opportunities to work on skills like flexibility, tolerating new routines, sharing, turn-taking, communication, and connecting with others… all while making memories.

Thank you to our learners, families, and team for making our spirit week so special. Here’s to more learning, laughter, and holiday joy! ❄️🎄✨

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1605 S. Wayne Street
Angola, IN
46703

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday	8:30am - 4:30pm

Website

http://www.kclearningcenter.org/

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