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Consultation

Families

The PREP Group values open communication and collaboration with parents through personalized consultations. Our consultation sessions provide a dedicated space for parents to discuss their child’s progress, address concerns, and actively participate in their educational journey. Our team of professionals engages in a two-way dialogue, offering insights, sharing strategies, and collaboratively developing plans tailored to each child’s unique needs. These consultations serve as a foundation for a strong parent-school partnership, ensuring that every child receives the support and understanding required for success. At The PREP Group, we believe in the power of teamwork to unlock the full potential of each student.
The PREP Group can assist in the following services for families and caretakers of those with autism and other developmental disabilities:

Behavior Consultation
Parent/Caregiver Training
Applied Behavior Analysis Basics
IEP Review and Development

Districts

The PREP Group can help create a thriving environment for your school staff and students by helping create procedures and protocols that include evidence-based practices without restraint or seclusion, ever.

Our service does not stop at consultation. We will help with your customized strategic plan for your schools using the tools and resources we have created to help in this transformation.

The PREP Group can assist you in advancing your current teaching and instructional strategies utilizing a variety of tools, including verbal and nonverbal measures and ring scales to ensure a complete picture of each student. We believe that developing a comprehensive educational program starts with a thorough understanding of each student as a unique individual.

Our team can conduct multiple assessments which include: observations across multiple settings; interviews with parents, school staff, and outside support providers where applicable; cognitive development; processing abilities utilizing the cross-battery method of assessment when appropriate; academic achievement; adaptive skills; social-emotional functioning; consideration of eligible criteria.

The PREP Group can also offer trainings in the following areas:

Paraprofessional Trainings
Behavioral Best Practices
Managing Challenging Behaviors
Evading Physical Aggression
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Basics
Discrete Trial Training (DTT)
Functional Communication Training
Compassionate ABA
Opportunity Based Learning

Assessments

The PREP Group provides a comprehensive array of assessments designed to gain a holistic understanding of each individual’s strengths and challenges. Our psycho-educational assessments delve into cognitive abilities, learning styles, and academic performance. Speech and language assessments focus on communication skills, ensuring a tailored approach to support language development. Occupational therapy assessments explore sensory processing, fine and gross motor skills, enhancing our understanding of a child’s functional abilities. Additionally, functional behavior assessments help identify the underlying factors influencing behavior. This multidisciplinary approach allows us to create personalized intervention plans, ensuring a thorough understanding of each child’s unique profile and paving the way for targeted and effective support at The PREP Group. Assessments can be conducted in the home, in the school or at The PREP Group head quarters located in Tustin, Calif.

Expert Witness/Testimony

The PREP Group takes pride in its role as an expert witness, providing testimony rooted in deep expertise across various domains. Our professionals bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to legal proceedings, offering objective and informed perspectives. Whether it’s in the realm of psycho-educational assessments, speech and language evaluations, occupational therapy, or functional behavior assessments, our team stands as a credible source of expert testimony. Our Managing Partners have testified on multiple legal cases as well as testified for multiple legislative efforts.

IEP Review & Analysis

Students with complex needs require individual services and support, including specialized development of educational settings, curriculums, and learning supports. Additionally, sensory integration considerations, speech and language needs, as well as behavioral supports, need to be developed to support each student accessing their education. Each facet of the educational setting is critical and requires evaluation and planning to set each student up for success.

Your student’s Individualized Education Plan (IEP) is a critical component to their success in school and we can help. We can review and analyze your current IEP and help identify the most effective and positive ways to improve deficiency areas in a focused and gentle manner without using restraints or seclusion for behavioral issues.