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NEW GAHANNA OFFICE LOCATION

How to make your initial appointment with CCBT:
New patients must CALL prior to being scheduled so that intake information can be taken, insurance  contacted when appropriate, and suggestions for staff be provided.  Please do not use email to make an initial appointment as those emails will not be answered.  New patients must call 614.459.4490.

CCBT is pleased to announce that  eight of its Independent Practicing Affiliates will be attending, in October 2009, the 2-day basic training from the Gottman Institute for couples/marriage therapy. CCBT is providing stipends for the tuition costs to build CCBT's capacity to provide empirically supported couples/marriage therapy.

CBT and Behavior Couples Therapy Noted as Empirically Supported

A newly published article in Newsweek magazine reviews the problems in psychotherapy that result from a lack of scientific grounding in treatments. It mentions specifically cognitive-behavioral therapy, cognitive therapy, and behavior couples therapy as methods that have been shown to have an effect on many patients. If you would like to read the article, here is the link:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/216506
 

 

Diagnostic Services

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Autism is characterized by impaired development of social relationships, delays in development of language and communication, and behavioral patterns of repetitive actions that are not functional or preoccupations with objects or parts of objects. By the age of 3 years, there is a delay in the development of social interactions, communication and/or play behaviors.
 

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Aspergers-Aspergers is characterized by impaired development of social interactions and behavioral patterns of repetitive actions that serve no understandable purpose or that are seen as preoccupations with objects or parts of objects. Language development is, however, not effected.
 

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The Center conducts diagnostic assessments that employ state-of-the-art methods, including the ADI-R, Direct Observations, the CARS, the ASDS, medical and educational records reviews, and adaptive behavior scales. When appropriate and needed, additional assessments of cognitive ability can be done, as well as more structured direct observations with the ADOS (after August 2008). The Center intends to implement the Ohio Autism Project’s recommendations when they become available. The cost of the diagnostic assessment is a standard fee, which includes the assessment procedures, a written report, a consultation with the family, and a consultation with the pediatrician or family physician.

Applied Behavior Analysis Services

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ABA is a method of teaching skills to children, in particular those with autism, that relies on managing rewards to reinforce the use of language, social behaviors, and the decrease of repetitive or inappropriate behaviors. Often skills are broken down into discrete steps and taught in such a way that each step triggers the next, so that the child becomes independent in the use of the skills. Ongoing analysis of the acquisition of the skills or management of the behaviors is a hallmark of ABA, allowing for teaching methods and rewards to be modified as needed by the individual child.

 

 

 

 
 
 
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