Header image: Co-Founder Nathan Albright, BCBA and Jenna Timpson, RBT – NPI. Not pictured: Tyler Douthit, Co-Founder and CFO (Photo by Robert Jones)
Tight-knit. High quality. Personalized Growth. Albright ABA Therapy strives to be all these things and more for children in Hamilton County.
Nathan and Courtney Albright will be opening Albright ABA Therapy with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 5 in Carmel. Both Albrights have worked in the field of applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy in a variety of capacities over the years. Courtney continues her passion as President of the Westfield Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Westfield Association, but proudly supports Nathan’s endeavors in opening this practice.
Having worked with children all his life, Nathan worked as a special-education teacher, assisted in designing EMR programs for autism therapy companies, overseen dozens of therapy centers across the United States, and has been active on numerous clinical advisory boards.
After seeing the disparity between a board-certified behavior analyst’s (BCBA) job performance and children’s needs at a school where he previously worked, Albright was inspired to become a BCBA himself. As a practicing BCBA for 12 years, he strives to provide a therapeutic environment that is drastically different from how ABA therapy was conducted in the past.
“In its foundation, it’s a helping profession,” he says. “So if you’re not in it for somebody else, then you’re not in it for the right reasons in the first place.”
The Carmel Center will be structured to emulate daily life, allowing therapists to help prepare kids by enacting real-life scenarios. Gone is the negative pressure, opening the way for naturally structured, individual therapy. ABA is meant to provide clients with new ways to express and communicate their needs. BCBAs and registered behavior technicians (RBTs) provide new skill sets for clients and their families through one-on-one therapy. Albright ABA also supports home and community-based therapy in the Martinsville, IN area.
Albright hopes the center will become a place where BCBAs and RBTs can foster a welcoming environment for children to learn and grow, as well as a comforting place for parents and caregivers to be regularly involved in the therapy process.
Family involvement is crucial and required at Albright ABA. This ensures the practices being learned at the center are transferred to parents and caregivers in other environments.
“The challenge for children is not to meet us where we are in our treatment plan, it’s for us to design and individualize our treatment plans to meet them where they’re at,” Albright says. “We tell families all the time that the goal is not to cure anything. It’s just to help them be the best versions of themselves they can be, which is our ultimate goal for anyone we provide therapy for, children and families alike.”
ABA therapy is exclusively provided in a 1:1 setting. There is no age requirement, but a diagnosis of Autism and a medical recommendation (typically from a family’s primary care physician) for therapy is generally required. Albright ABA prioritizes their approach to ensure therapy is driven by positive behavior support, evidence-based interventions, and a strict focus on ensuring children are supported through strength-based programming.
Albright ABA also provides comprehensive Autism testing and evaluation services, which is a separate service from ABA therapy. Evaluations can be scheduled within 2 weeks of families contacting Albright ABA, either by phone or through the contact page on their website, albrightaba.com/diagnostics.
Albright ABA strongly encourages families with questions about therapy, or those looking for diagnostic services (or on waitlists for services) to reach out directly. Albright ABA Therapy can be contacted by email at info@albrightaba.com, or by phone at 317-763-2724.
