Behavioural therapy centres on understanding why a behaviour is happening, through a functional behaviour assessment, before deciding how to address it. From there we build an individualised behaviour intervention plan that teaches a replacement skill.
This helps children showing aggression, frequent meltdowns, elopement, self-injury or persistent defiance, and it gives parents a clear plan for the hardest moments of the day.
How we approach behaviour
- We never build a behaviour plan without first completing a functional assessment.
- Every plan teaches a specific replacement behaviour, not just consequences for the one we're reducing.
- The same plan is shared with school and home wherever possible.
- We give parents concrete de-escalation guidance for moments a plan alone can't prevent.
Who behavioural therapy helps
- Children with frequent meltdowns or aggression
- Children who run off or wander (elopement)
- Children who hurt themselves
- Children with persistent defiance at home or school
How it works
- Functional assessment: We find what triggers the behaviour and what it gets the child.
- Behaviour plan: We write a plan that teaches a replacement skill and sets out how everyone responds.
- Training: Parents and, where possible, teachers learn to apply the plan consistently.
- Review: We track data and adjust the plan as the behaviour changes.
Behavioural Therapy at our Chennai centres
We offer behavioural therapy for children at our centres in KK Nagar, Porur and Mylapore.
- KK Nagar: 2nd Floor, 44/2, 102nd St, Ottagapalayam, 14th Sector, Chennai 600078
- Porur: 3/594, Madanandapuram, Bharani Street, Porur, Chennai 600125
- Porur 2: 19A, Krishna Nagar, Madanandapuram, Porur, Chennai 600125
- Mylapore: Mylapore, Chennai 600004
Our core therapies are available across our centres. Please confirm availability for your preferred location when you call, as timetables vary by centre.
Common questions
A structured way of finding why a behaviour happens, through observation, data and conversation with you. The plan is built from that, not from guesswork.
Our plans focus on teaching replacement skills and positive reinforcement, and on prevention. We explain every part of the plan to parents.
Where the school is open to it, we share the plan so your child gets a consistent response in every setting.
They are closely related. Behaviour therapy uses ABA principles specifically to understand and change challenging behaviour.
Related reading
This page is for general information and isn't a substitute for an individual clinical assessment.