Type of service: Assessment, Occupational Therapists (independent), Interventions and therapies

Dr Christos Nikopoulos is a qualified occupational therapist and a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst.

Autism Consultancy Services offers

• Consultation for Home-based ABA (applied behavioural analysis) programmes.
• Consultation for School-based ABA programmes.
• OT and SLT programmes, fully integrated within the overall ABA programme.
• Training and Workshops (activities of daily living, academic skills, social skills, play skills, verbal behaviour, communication skills, motor skills).
• Supervision to individuals pursuing BCBA and BCaBA certification.

Assessment Tools used:
• Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, 2nd ed. (VABS™-II).
• Childhood Autism Rating Scale, 2nd ed. (CARS2™).
• The Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP).
• The Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills - Revised (ABLLS-R).
• The Assessment of Functional Living Skills (AFLS).

Dr Nikpoulos can make independent expert reports, make home visits, visit a client's school or nursery and attend tribunals/ education appeal committees.

Aimed at: Adolescent , Child

Specialisms: Exclusively autism specific, Staff and volunteers get autism awareness training

Other specialisms: Challenging behaviour, Learning disability

Registrations and professional qualifications: PhD, BSc(Hons), BCBA-D, MBPsS, CSci, FHEA. Member of the College of Occupational Therapists. Registered with HCPC.