Community Behavior Consulting

02/08/2026

✨ Why Pretend Play Matters in ABA ✨

This week in Canfield, our learners were busy exploring the world through pretend play—and it’s so much more than just “playing.”

🧠 Pretend play helps children:
✔ Build language and communication skills
✔ Practice social interaction and turn-taking
✔ Strengthen problem-solving and flexible thinking
✔ Develop emotional understanding and self-regulation
✔ Generalize skills to real-life situations

In ABA, we use play-based, evidence-based strategies to turn moments of imagination into meaningful learning opportunities. Whether they’re cooking in a play kitchen, running a fire station, or caring for dolls, our students are practicing skills that support independence and success in school and beyond.

We love seeing confidence, creativity, and connection grow—one pretend adventure at a time. 💫

02/02/2026

Congratulations to Ms. Ashley! From Behavior Intervention Coordinator to passing the big BCBA exam!

01/25/2026

01/24/2026

📚🥞 Storytime Meets Skill-Building at Our Canfield Early Intervention Clinic! 🐷💛

This week, our learners dove into a fun, hands-on theme inspired by If You Give a Pig a Pancake — and it was a hit!

Through coloring, sequencing, cutting, gluing, and matching activities, our students worked on:
✨ Fine motor skills
✨ Following directions
✨ Language development
✨ Early literacy
✨ Social engagement

All while having fun with pancakes, syrup, and a very silly pig! 🐖🥞

We love bringing books to life and turning stories into meaningful learning experiences for our kiddos. Moments like these remind us how powerful play-based, intentional learning can be.

01/19/2026

This Friday and Saturday, our BCBAs participated in the Association for Behavior Analysis International® Autism Conference virtually from the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber Conference Room. We explored topics such as autism biomarkers, gradualism, treatment fidelity, profound autism, essential skills, treatment effectiveness, public policy, and stimulus control. We are so excited to put our knowledge into action!

01/08/2026

Do you struggle with the power struggle? This resource provides good techniques and reminders when facing the dreaded power struggle.

01/01/2026

We will continue to let our values guide our way in 2026!

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas from all of us! We had a fantastic couple of weeks celebrating!

12/24/2025

As we settle into a holiday break, we want to recognize our amazing team! A few weeks ago we celebrated our community at our annual Holiday Party at Cafe 422!

12/10/2025

Take a look at our 2025 recap! What a year!

As we reflect on 2025, one theme stands out above all else for Community Behavior Consulting: Growth born from genuine community need. Many of the major developments this year were not part of an initial plan, they emerged organically as families, schools, and partners expressed what was needed most...

12/02/2025

I know, we go on and on about natural environment teaching... but we know that this type of instruction is the best for our learners!