Integrating Smart Home Tools to Strengthen ABA-Based Routines
The article explores how in-home ABA therapy is being amplified by the thoughtful integration of smart home technology, making routine-based interventions more seamless and effective. By delivering interventions in the child’s natural environment, the piece highlights how in-home ABA therapy establishes continuity between formal sessions and daily life, while smart devices support predictable cues, prompt schedules, and data tracking. This blend of behavioural strategy plus home technology supports routines, transitions and generalisation of skills. One of the major takeaways is that using smart home systems—such as voice-activated assistants, automated timers, smart lighting and environmental sensors—enables parents and therapists to deliver key components of in-home ABA therapy more consistently. For example, a smart speaker might cue a child for a morning routine, or a timed smart light may signal a transition to a preferred activity, reinforcing behaviours taught in therapy. The ...