ABA Therapy
Step Beyond Development
- early intervention
- behavior management
- social skills
interests + abilities
At Step Beyond Development, your child’s interests + abilities will be celebrated
What child gains
Your child will recieve learning opportunities that are delivered in a fun + contextual style way of teaching
qualities built
Learners will gain the skills needed to independently function within an academic setting, home setting, and extracurricular setting
Step Beyond Development
Step Beyond Development is not investor owned. Our center is clinician owned by a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. Every child receives individualized treatment specific to each child’s needs. Serving Pinellas County since 2020.
BCBA Owned
Small center feel
Individual treatment
Family Focused
Our Programs

Behavior Management
ABA Therapy will help teach your child the coping skills and functional communication skills needed for self-management

early intervention
Through ABA therapy, your child will learn the skills they need to function within their natural environment.
Skills we teach: communication, safety, developmental, daily living, play, and social skills, etc.

Social Skills Group
Step Beyond Development uses a social skills curriculum that all of our students will have embedded into their therapy programs. Both individual and group social skill goals including role-plays!
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Frequently Asked Questions
Early Intervention is typically delivered between the ages of 2 and 5 years of age. Although not always the case, it is often intensive and comprehensive, focused on changing the developmental trajectory of a child (25-40 hours per week).
We are a vendor with Step Up for Students Scholarships.
All of our 1:1 therapy sessions are within the center. But we can provide parent training sessions with our BCBA’s at your home.
ABA stands for Applied Behavior Analysis. ABA is an evidence based practice that studies human behavior. ABA provides an approach for understanding the many variables that influence socially significant behavior such as communication and social interactions.
We accept most major insurance plans such as BCBS, Aetna, Tricare, Cigna, United/Optum, and Sunshine Health Medicaid
We help individuals from 2 years to 17 years old.
Unfortunately, we only perform our ABA therapy services within our clinic setting only.
To start ABA therapy, we have to request authorization from your insurance company. We will need a copy of your insurance card, comprehensive diagnostic evaluation (CDE), and an ABA referral letter signed by an MD.
We help individuals who are diagnosed primarily with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Typically, we see dual diagnoses with ADHD, ODD/PDD, speech delays, developmental delays, etc.
Yes! We have a full intensive potty training program for our comprehensive treatment plan clients. Currently, we have a 100% success rate!
We understand that with autism comes picky eating. We can work with clients through positive reinforcement and compliance training to touching and tasting new foods. However, we are not feeding therapist specialists and you should also co-coordinate with feeding specialists.
Yes, our center director will arrange with for you.
ABA therapy is responsible for teaching a wide range of skills such as communication, developmental, play, social, safety, coping/self-regulation, daily living skills, and more!