Communication & self-advocacy
Expressing preferences, making choices, requesting help and supporting speech, gestures or AAC.
FAMILIES, EDUCATORS & PROFESSIONALS
Learning with care and curiosity.
An accessible introduction to Applied Behaviour Analysis and the inclusive principles that shape our books and developing resources.
LEARNING, COMMUNICATION & EVERYDAY LIFE
What is ABA?
Applied Behaviour Analysis
Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) is a scientific approach to understanding how people learn, how behaviour is influenced by their environment, and how meaningful skills can be supported.
Behaviour includes the ways we communicate, interact, explore, learn and participate in everyday life. ABA-informed approaches use evidence-informed strategies, consider each person's strengths and preferences, and check whether supports are actually helpful.
How can ABA-informed supports help?
The goals should be meaningful to the child and their family, with choice, dignity and individual differences at the centre.
Emotional well-being
Recognizing feelings, communicating discomfort and exploring coping and co-regulation supports.
Play & connections
Supporting shared activities, relationships and understanding different perspectives.
Independence & participation
Building useful everyday skills and adapting routines and learning environments.
OUR COMMITMENT
Support the child, not conformity.
At WonderGrow Nest, we take a strengths-based, neurodiversity-affirming approach. Our resources aim to support communication, autonomy, belonging and participation — not pressure children to hide who they are.
Learning is individual. Families, children, educators and clinicians bring different perspectives, and strategies should be responsive to the child's needs, voice and preferences.
Want to learn more?
Explore information about behaviour analysis and professional practice from Ontario organizations.
Ontario Association for Behaviour Analysis College of Psychologists and Behaviour Analysts of OntarioWonderGrow Nest provides educational materials, not individualized clinical assessment or intervention.
Every voice matters OUR APPROACHDifferent strengths.
Different strengths.
Endless possibilities.
We believe children's stories should celebrate their strengths, identities, interests and different ways of learning and communicating.
Our aim is to connect joyful, inclusive storytelling with practical, respectful supports that value autonomy, connection and participation.
Strengths-basedPlayful learningCommunication for allBelonging
GROWING TOGETHER
A little something for every grown-up.
WonderGrow Nest is being developed for the people who nurture children's learning, communication, confidence and well-being every day.
WonderGrow Together
Enjoy stories and activities together, with family-friendly guides and practical ideas for supporting children in everyday moments.
Family resource collection in development
WonderGrow Clinical
We're developing ABA-informed educational resources to support communication, self-advocacy, participation, independence and meaningful learning.
Professional resource collection in development
WonderGrow Nest provides educational content. Future resources will complement, not replace, individualized assessment, clinical judgment or professional care.