Fox Behavior Group was born out of a passion for helping people.
Our Executive Director, Lydia Fox, knew she wanted to work in the Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) field since she was a teenager as she began working in in-home programs when she was in high school.
Lydia went on to receive her Masters in Applied Behavior Analysis from Ball State University where she received a Certificate in Autism and attained her Certification in Behavior Analysis by meeting the requirements of the Behavior Analysis Certification Board.
Lydia’s wide range of experience helps her effectively lead a team of behavior technicians, consult and create programs for clients and work with parents and families to enable successful programs. She worked in a center-based program before she transferred her skills back into home program therapy and consulting for kids with autism.
Lydia started Fox Behavior Group in early 2014, wanting to use her skills and passions to work with parents and families of children with autism. She has a smart, talented, passionate team of people who work with her in her vision to improve the lives of kids with autism in the Indianapolis area.
Our Approach
At Fox Behavior Group, we provide individualized programming specially and uniquely created for each child we serve.
We specialize in the verbal behavior approach, which promotes the practice of increasing language, social and functional living skills to reduce problematic behaviors.
Verbal behavior therapy is based on the research by behaviorist B.F. Skinner. Skinner’s theory focuses on teaching a person why we use language – that is, how different words are used for different functions. Whether a child is requesting an object, answering a question or repeating a word, Skinner reinforces the idea that communication can be associated with positive rewards.
By prompting a child to communicate and then providing an instant reinforcement, the child is able to relate using language to getting what he or she wants. Verbal behavior is used for children at all sorts of different levels; a verbal behavior program can begin by simply rewarding a child who points to what he or she wants.
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