Institute for Applied Behavior Analysis

Co-founded in 1981 by Dr. Gary LaVigna and Dr. Thomas Willis, IABA provides a wide range of services to both children and adults with developmental disabilities including those with challenging behavior. IABA is committed to providing the most advanced and quality services. Our goal is to assure the highest quality of life possible for the individuals we serve by enabling them to live in natural settings with full, positive and valued community presence and participation. Services provided to adults include supported employment and supported living.

Quality Services
To provide the most advanced and highest possible quality services in support of people challenged by a developmental disability. Our goal is to assure the highest quality of life possible for the people we serve by enabling them to live regular lives in natural settings with full, positive and valued community presence and participation. In accordance with our mission, this includes people who have challenging behavior as well as people who do not.

Values Based
To develop and pioneer the use of positive, state of the art behavioral strategies in support of our vision, mission and values.

Dissemination and Education
To be active nationally and internationally as a source for training and consultation in the areas of positive behavioral support, instructional strategies and total quality assurance systems.

Growth
To take advantage of the growth and expansion opportunities consistent with our mission in Southern California, Northern California and nationally, but only at a pace and with identified management resources that assure our reputation as the best.

Contribution to Society
To successfully introduce quality products and services that contribute to society and to the lives of people. These products and services include positive behavioral support, instructional strategies and total quality assurance systems.

Values

• The Golden Rule
• Integrity
• Trust
• Fun
• Quality
• The continuous process of becoming
  • for ourselves
  • for the people we serve
  • for our agency
• Seeing failure as an opportunity
• Organizational excellence
• Management and staff competence
• Focus on outcomes
• Exceeding expectation of the people and families we serve
• Fiscal health
• Using only positive behavioral strategies, when necessary, to support valued place in the community
• Advocacy
• Real, positive relationships between staff and the people we serve