Our comprehensive BCBA-conducted children's assessments identify your child's strengths, challenges, and developmental needs across communication, social skills, behavior, and daily living. The essential first step to a personalized ABA therapy plan, serving families across Ontario and all of Canada.
A children's autism assessment in Canada conducted by our BCBA team is a comprehensive evaluation of your child's developmental profile. It identifies strengths, challenges, and therapy goals across communication, social skills, behavior, and daily living, giving us the precise information needed to create the most effective ABA therapy plan for your child.
Without a thorough assessment, therapy is guesswork. With it, every session has a clear purpose, every goal is measurable, and progress is trackable from day one.
A clear, supportive process from your first call to your child's personalized therapy plan. Children's autism assessment in Canada starts with a simple free consultation.
Book a free 15-minute call. We listen to your concerns, learn about your child's development, and explain the assessment process and OAP funding options.
Our BCBA conducts a structured interview with you to gather detailed background on your child's developmental history, daily routines, and current challenges.
Our BCBA works directly with your child across 2 to 4 sessions, evaluating communication, social, behavioral, play, and daily living skills using standardized tools.
You receive a comprehensive written report with assessment findings, individualized therapy goals, and our recommended ABA program to get started immediately.
Our BCBA assessments in Canada are comprehensive, covering every key area of your child's development to ensure no challenge goes unidentified and no strength goes unrecognized.
Receptive and expressive language, verbal and non-verbal communication, requesting, labeling, and conversational skills for your child's age level.
Eye contact, joint attention, turn-taking, play with peers, understanding social cues, and building meaningful connections with others.
Challenging behaviors, self-regulation, emotional regulation, repetitive behaviors, and identifying the functions behind behaviors to address them effectively.
Functional play, imaginative play, academic readiness, problem-solving, attention, and the cognitive foundations needed for school success.
Self-care routines including dressing, hygiene, feeding, and toileting, as well as independence in home and community settings appropriate for your child's age.
Overall independence, flexibility, ability to cope with change, and how your child functions across different environments including home, daycare, and community settings.
A professional children's assessment in Canada is not just a formality. It is the foundation that makes every hour of ABA therapy more effective and meaningful.
A proper assessment ensures your child's ABA therapy program targets the right goals at the right level, not a generic template applied to every child.
Assessment results create clear starting baselines for every skill area. This means progress is measurable, visible, and reported to you accurately from the first session.
Children whose therapy is based on a thorough assessment make faster and more meaningful progress because every session targets the skills they are actually ready to learn.
The written assessment report gives parents a clear picture of their child's profile, making it easier to advocate for the right services at school, with doctors, and for OAP funding.
A comprehensive BCBA assessment is a key step in accessing Ontario Autism Program funding. Our reports are prepared to meet OAP requirements to support your funding application.
As your child grows, the assessment is revisited and updated. It guides decisions about therapy intensity, focus areas, and when goals should be advanced or changed.
Many families in Canada wait months or years for an official autism diagnosis while their child's critical developmental window passes. You do not have to wait. If you have concerns about your child's communication, social skills, or behavior, our BCBA assessment can identify areas of need and begin supporting your child right away, whether a formal diagnosis exists or not.
Book a Free Consultation TodayOntario families can use their Ontario Autism Program (OAP) funding for BCBA-conducted children's assessments. As a registered OAP provider, Advance Academy helps families across Ontario navigate the full process at no extra charge.
Ask About OAP FundingContact AccessOAP to register your child. We guide you through this step.
Select us as your registered OAP provider for the children's assessment.
Our BCBA conducts the full assessment across 2 to 4 sessions and prepares your written report.
Your individualized ABA therapy plan is created from the assessment results and therapy begins.
Our children's autism assessment in Canada is available in-person across Ontario and virtually in every province from BC to Quebec.
Not in Ontario? Virtual assessments available Canada-wide
Parents across Canada share their experience with Advance Academy's assessment and therapy programs.
"Their professionalism and the progress we have seen in our child have made a huge difference in our daily lives. The assessment was thorough and gave us a clear picture of where to start."
"From the very first consultation the team at Advance Academy made us feel supported. The assessment report was detailed and gave us everything we needed to access OAP funding."
"Absolutely wonderful experience. The BCBA supervisor is thorough, communicative, and genuinely invested in our child's development. We could not be happier with the results."
Answers to what Canadian families ask most before booking a BCBA children's assessment.
A BCBA children's assessment is a comprehensive evaluation conducted by a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. It identifies your child's strengths, challenges, and developmental needs across communication, social skills, behavior, and daily living. The results are used to create a personalized ABA therapy plan.
No. You do not need a formal autism diagnosis to request a BCBA assessment. If you have concerns about your child's development, our assessment can help identify areas of need and guide next steps, whether or not a diagnosis has been made.
Yes. As a registered OAP service provider, Advance Academy's children's assessments are eligible for Ontario Autism Program funding. We guide Ontario families through the full OAP application process at no extra charge.
A comprehensive BCBA assessment typically takes 2 to 4 sessions depending on your child's age and the areas being evaluated. After the assessment, you receive a full written report with findings and recommended therapy goals.
Our BCBA assessments cover communication and language, social interaction, play skills, cognitive development, emotional regulation, behavior patterns, daily living skills, and adaptive functioning. The assessment is tailored to your child's specific age and presenting needs.
Yes. We offer virtual BCBA assessments for families in every Canadian province. In-person assessments are available across Ontario including Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Ottawa, Hamilton, Markham, Vaughan, Kitchener, London, and Windsor.
The first step toward the right ABA therapy plan is understanding your child's unique profile. Book a free 15-minute consultation and our BCBA team will explain the assessment process, answer your questions, and help you access OAP funding in Ontario.
