The Houston ABA curriculum was written based on the analysis and synthesis of published curricula. The curriculum is composed of the essential programs and sequential order that was written by behavior analysts including Leaf and McEachin, Lovaas, Maurice, Sundberg and Partington, Taylor and Jasper, and McDonough.
Curriculum Areas and Programs may include but are not limited to:
LANGUAGE
- Requesting
- Same/Different
- Follow Instructions
- Plurals
- Noun Identification
- Adverbs
- Verb Identification
- Adjectives
- Body Part Identification
- Correct Tenses
- Identify by Function, Feature, and Class
- Describe a Picture
- Yes/No
- Identify Emotions
- Length of Utterance
- Prepositions
- Answer Social Questions
- Pronouns
- Reciprocates Information
- Stays on Topic
- Ask and Answer WH Questions
- Recalls Past Events
- Conversation
IMITATION
Motor Imitation Verbal Imitation
- Gross Motor
- Fine Motor
- Oral Motor
- Chaining Imitation
- Spontaneous Imitation
Verbal Imitation
- Sounds
- Words
- Phrases
- Prosody
PLAY AND SOCIAL SKILLS
- Explore Toys
- Spontaneously Eye Contact with Peers
- Play Skills
- Imitates Peers
- Pretend Play
- Greetings
- Turn Taking
- Initiates and Responds to Peers
- Comments during Play
- Initiates Topic for Conversation
ACADEMIC
- Matching
- Sorting
- Identify Colors/Shapes
- Fine Motor Skills
- Gross Motor Skills
- Writing
Reading
- Letter Identification
- Sound Identification
- Phonemic Awareness
- Decode Words
- Match Word to Picture
- Reading
- Story Comprehension
Math
- Number Identification
- Rote Counting
- Quantities
- More/Less
- Addition
- Subtraction
- Time
- Money
SELF-HELP SKILLS
- Eating
- Dressing
- Bathing
- Wash Hands
- Brush Teeth
- Toilet Training