Welcome to the Developing Ability Partnership

The Developing Ability Partnership offers a wide range of supports for individuals who require specialized educational supports.


"First Steps in ABA" is the first in an innovative series of multimedia courses on a range of topics that will improve the level of experienced support, i.e. the quality of supports delivered by you and your team. The series contains a range of interactive learning experiences, including video clips of best practice in action, that will help professionals and parents alike design individualised supports in skill acquisition and behaviour that challenges to mention but two areas...

If you want to understand how to use ABA instructional programs, how to break complex tasks into manageable sequences, how to arrange motivation for individuals, along with a host of other behavioural skills, this course is your ideal starting point. If as a parent you have access to ABA services, this is the ideal compliment to those services. If you are still trying to access an ABA service, this is an ideal start point and it will allow you begin the 'early intervention' that countless studies show is so important to your child's educational development.

  

On this website, you can purchase the online or DVD based version of the course.  The optimal solution is the three day or six evening workshop style course that is now delivered by our partners around Ireland.  This is backed up by the DVD and online support on the community forums (see top right hand side for the link).

   

Dublin:    email Sarah from Solas on www.autismireland.ie 
Munster:   email Laura or Kieran on www.shineireland.com
Leinster:     email Trish or Katrina on www.saplings.org
Connaught:   email Noel McLoughlin from the Rainchild Network
Ulster:  

to be announced

  

"Managing Challenging Behaviour " and "Visual Supports " are two five module courses currently in development and in review.  These courses will be available later in 2009.  FETAC accreditation is being sought.  If you are seeking to engage with these courses, for accreditation purposes you may be required to have completed "First Steps in ABA" first, or a course of similar certified quality.

  

For more information on the Developing Ability Partnership, its mission and role and how you could benefit, have a look at our Affiliate and Partner Programmes.