Our Mission and Vision
Assent (v): to agree to or approve of something (such as an idea or suggestion) especially after thoughtful consideration
The Assent Project's mission is simple: help people by respecting people. Our purpose is to provide compassionate Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy, behavioral consulting, educational coaching and disability advocacy. We do this by listening to the people we support. Our clients may not be able to legally consent due to their age or disability, but that doesn't negate their human rights to be heard and respected. Clients participate in the development of their treatment package, including development of their goals, selecting interventions, and our clients always having the right to voice their opinion, question their clinical team, and change their mind.
The Assent Project is just that, a project. Although backed by research and solid outcomes for people with and wihtout disabilities, ABA comes with a not-so-fabulous history of compliance-based expectations lack of assent-based practice. We consider compassionate ABA a practice that we're in charge of dissimenating and have made it our mission to teach others to help people by respecting people.