Welcome
to Little Valley ABA
Every child brings their own special strengths, gifts, and unique needs to the world. At Little Valley ABA, we take a big-picture approach to behavior therapy for children with autism and other special needs—crafting comprehensive, tailored plans designed to help your child thrive and support your entire family.
Our therapy is designed to feel like play, utilizing a gentle, child-led approach while strictly maintaining the highest standards of evidence-based practice.
Unique to our care is how deeply we focus on the basic building blocks of growth: sleep and nutrition. These essentials heavily influence how your child feels, behaves, and processes the world. By helping you settle these foundational pieces first, we make sure the rest of your child’s learning can beautifully stack into place.
You may have observed
your child struggling in areas such as
language and communication
social and emotional development
daily living skills and routines
fine and gross motor movements
sleep, focus, learning, and memory
You may also notice tantrums, stimming, and other problematic behavior.
Applied behavior analysis (ABA) is an evidence-based behavioral treatment which addresses these concerns effectively. But we don’t stop there.
Our Approach
ABA therapy plus sleep coaching and nutrition counseling
ABA. We use the techniques of applied behavior analysis to teach children the skills they need to navigate their lives confidently and to expand their repertoires of appropriate behavior.
A hallmark of our approach is our special focus on healthy sleep and nutrition. Both are essential for learning and development, and often they pose a particular struggle for neurodivergent children. By improving sleep and diet, our behavioral interventions have a greater effect, and we give our learners a significant leg up in their physical, cognitive, and social-emotional development.
Healthy sleep is fundamental to learning and memory. It enhances our children's attention and focus. It increases their tolerance, patience, and impulse control. Sleep helps children process social situations, decipher social clues, and build healthy social relationships. It enhances their creativity and problem solving skills. It supports their immune system, builds resilience, and reduces stress and anxiety.
Healthy nutrition goes hand in hand with sleep. Some nutrients are critical for sleep, and an overall well-balanced diet supports sleep quality. Conversely, poor sleep can lead to food selectivity and diminished nutrient absorption. Of course, as many studies have shown, our kids' diets also influence directly their physical and mental health, their mood, and their ability to learn.
Tailored Treatment Plans
ABA therapy or stand-alone parent coaching
We partner with you. At Little Valley ABA, we seek to deeply understand your child and your unique family situation. Our services are based on a partnership model where you are the expert of your child and your family, and we combine our scientific knowledge and experience from working with a diverse client base to create a treatment experience that fits your family’s needs, values, and schedules.
We offer two distinct service options: Consultation-only and full therapy programs. Our full therapy programs include both one-on-one sessions for your child and tailored coaching for parents.
Session Format. Our sessions take place in your child’s natural environment: Your home, your child’s school or daycare, or in the community. We take a holistic (“head, heart, and hands”) approach, addressing your child's cognitive, emotional, and physical needs at every step.
Parent coaching and guidance sessions are available both in person and virtually, to best fit your schedule.
Contact Us
If you are curious about our unique approach and want to learn more about how we can help your child, please contact us for an initial free consultation.
Noe Valley, San Francisco, CA
(415) 370-4771
christine@LittleValleyABA.com