Structured Daytime Learning
ABA Support in an Educational Setting
A different kind of ABA — personal, purposeful, and built around your child
- BCBA
- Board Certified Behavior Analyst
- In-setting
- Support where learning happens
- Adolescents
- And young adults, often underserved
Resource Room partnering with POPS ABA gives families access to behavior support that can work alongside tutoring, executive functioning support, Pathways Academy programming, and our homeschool co-ops. This opportunity is designed for students who need help building the skills that make learning possible. By connecting ABA support with real educational settings, students can practice these skills during academic work, group activities, and everyday learning routines.
Real learning demands
Working through challenging assignments, following directions, receiving feedback, and persisting when a task gets hard.
Real social expectations
Practicing communication, cooperation, group participation, conflict management, and flexibility where it counts.
Real independence skills
Building transitions, routines, self-advocacy, task completion, emotional regulation, and future readiness.
Details
What the program includes.
- Individualized, data-driven support from a Board Certified Behavior Analyst
- Support delivered inside real educational settings
- Coordination with one-to-one tutoring and academic instruction
- Integration with Pathways Academy programming where appropriate
- Goals tied to communication, regulation, independence and readiness
- Ongoing communication with families
Our model
Why ABA in an educational setting matters.
If you've researched ABA, you may have encountered strong opinions. Some families worry it can feel rigid, repetitive, or focused on compliance over the child. We share those concerns, and that's exactly why this partnership exists.
Our model is built on a simple belief: the goal is never to replace learning with therapy or to add hours for the sake of adding hours. The goal is to help students access learning more effectively by supporting the behavioral, social, emotional, and functional skills that make learning possible.
ABA is often delivered at home, in a clinic, or in one-on-one therapy rooms. Those settings have value, but students also need to practice skills where they're actually expected to use them. An educational setting provides that.
This collaboration is uncommon. In most educational environments, outside ABA providers can't work directly with students during the school day, and families are left coordinating school, tutoring, therapy, and home routines separately. Resource Room is building a more connected model.
The skills behind academic success
What ABA support can help with.
A student may know how to solve the math problem but shut down when it feels overwhelming. They may understand the reading but struggle to join the discussion. These aren't separate from education — they're often the very skills that determine whether a student can access their education.
- Starting and completing academic tasks
- Managing frustration during hard assignments
- Transitioning between activities
- Accepting feedback or correction
- Participating in group instruction
- Handling disagreement appropriately
- Communicating needs clearly
- Building independence and self-advocacy
The person behind the work
Meet Hunter Weber.
Hunter Weber
M.A., BCBA, LBA — Lead ABA Specialist
The reason we're confident in this partnership is the person leading it. Hunter is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst who cares deeply about providing the right support for each student, not a one-size-fits-all program.
Hunter has extensive experience supporting adolescents and young adults in communication, social development, independence, emotional regulation, and life skills. That matters: middle schoolers, high schoolers, and adult learners are often underserved in ABA, where services traditionally focus on early childhood.
His approach is individualized, practical, and centered on long-term growth. Hunter believes every student has strengths worth building on, and his work focuses on helping them discover and practice the skills that lead to greater independence, stronger relationships, and more successful participation in school, home, community, and future work.
- Supporting adolescents, older students, and young adults
- Building communication and social problem-solving
- Developing independence and flexibility
- Strengthening emotional regulation and life skills
- Practicing communication in real-world contexts
- Developing workplace readiness
- Helping students feel supported, challenged, and valued
How it works
How families can use ABA support.
Families pursue ABA in different ways. For many, most ABA services still happen outside the educational setting. The unique opportunity here is that ABA can also coordinate with real educational services.
With one-on-one educational support
For students in tutoring or individualized instruction, ABA may support attention, task initiation, frustration tolerance, communication, flexibility, organization, and independence during academic work.
With Pathways Academy
For Pathways students, ABA can be woven into the school environment, focusing on group dynamics, cooperation, communication, conflict management, emotional regulation, and real-world readiness.
Questions
Frequently asked questions.
Does ABA replace tutoring or academic instruction?
No. The goal is never to replace academic instruction with therapy. It's to help students access learning more effectively by supporting the behavioral, social, emotional, and functional skills that make learning possible.
Can ABA support be used with one-on-one tutoring?
Yes. Families may explore ABA that coordinates with one-on-one educational support, especially when a student needs help with task initiation, frustration tolerance, flexibility, communication, or independence during academic work.
Can ABA support be used with Pathways Academy?
Yes. For Pathways students, ABA support may be incorporated into the educational environment, particularly around group dynamics, cooperation, emotional regulation, conflict management, and real-world readiness.
Will all ABA services happen at Resource Room?
Not necessarily. Many families use the majority of their ABA services outside the educational setting, including home-based support, parent consultation, or independent living routines. Resource Room provides the opportunity for some support to occur alongside educational services.
Why is this model rare?
In many school environments, outside ABA providers can't work directly with students during the day. Resource Room and Pathways Academy offer a more flexible private setting where educational support and behavior support work together meaningfully.
What makes Hunter's approach a good fit for older students?
Hunter has experience supporting adolescents, young adults, and adult learners in communication, social development, independence, emotional regulation, life skills, and workplace readiness. This matters because older students are often underserved in ABA compared with younger children.
Services are recommended with purpose. This partnership is not about adding hours for the sake of it. ABA services should always be individualized, appropriate, and connected to meaningful goals for the student and family. That is the standard we hold.
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