Social Potential
ABA Therapy | Bay Area

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Types of Services

ABA & SDP Services | Assessments, Direct Sessions, Caregiver Support, Telehealth

We speak your language

Services available in

English

English

All services

Cantonese

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All services

Vietnamese

Tiếng Việt

All services

Receive services in a language that makes sense to your family.

Quick Contact Information

Phone: (510) 858-9010
Email: in**@**********or.com
Response Time: Within 24-48 business hours

Service Areas:
San Leandro, San Lorenzo, Hayward, Castro Valley, Union City, and surrounding areas in Alameda County

Initial Assessments

Unlock personalized insights with our thorough assessments. Our expert team evaluates individual strengths and challenges, paving the way for targeted and effective behavior therapy plans. Through a detailed analysis, we tailor our approach to meet the unique needs of each client, ensuring a foundation for comprehensive and impactful therapy.

Direct Sessions with the Client

We are proud to offer individualized 1:1 sessions led directly by a highly experienced Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). These sessions are designed to provide the highest level of clinical expertise and are tailored to each client’s unique goals and needs.

Services can take place:

In the home, where routines and behaviors naturally occur

Out in the community, to support skill development in real-world environments

Via Telehealth, using secure video conferencing for flexibility and convenience

We offer hybrid models—for clients who qualify—combining in-person sessions with virtual parent training, team meetings, or select direct sessions. This approach ensures consistent, high-quality support while allowing for greater scheduling ease for families.

Caregiver-Led ABA

Experience a transformative partnership in our Caregiver-Led ABA services. Whether in the comfort of your home, community settings, or through our virtual Telehealth platform, parents take the lead in Applied Behavior Analysis sessions. This hybrid approach ensures flexibility, individualized attention, and active family involvement, promoting skill development and progress.

Caregiver Training

Empower yourself through our virtual Telehealth Caregiver Training services via video call sessions. Gain invaluable skills and strategies to support your child’s development and actively participate in their therapeutic journey. Our remote sessions provide a convenient and personalized learning experience, fostering a collaborative and effective approach to behavioral healthcare.

Self-Determination Program(SDP)

Through California’s Self-Determination Program, our BCBAs offer individualized support designed to help individuals achieve greater independence, meaningful engagement, and improved quality of life.

We collaborate directly with individuals, families, and their independent facilitators to develop person-centered strategies aligned with their unique goals. Services may include skill-building in areas such as communication, daily living, social interaction, and emotional regulation, all delivered in the home or community settings.

SDP model gives individuals and their families greater flexiblity, autonomy, and accountability in selecting services and supports that align with the goals outlined in a tailored plan built around their needs.

BCBA Supervision for RBTs

Our team provides structured, BACB-compliant supervision for Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs), delivered by highly experienced BCBAs. Supervision is available in school, home, and community-based settings to ensure contextual relevance and promote skill generalization across environments and can be conducted in-person or via Telehealth.

We emphasize clinical integrity, ethical practice, and competency-based training, aligning with current BACB standards. Our BCBAs offer consistent oversight through direct observation, performance feedback, and collaborative development of behavior intervention strategies. This service is ideal for organizations seeking to enhance the quality and consistency of ABA service delivery through reliable and effective RBT supervision.

Social Connections Play Groups Waitlist | Social Potential

Social Connections Play Groups

Groups form around the people on this list.

Social Potential builds small, caregiver-led peer groups. Rather than publishing a fixed schedule and hoping it fits, we gather interest first, then form each cohort around the ages, communication styles, and availability of the families waiting. Three cohorts are taking shape right now, and we are collecting interest for every other age range so we know what to build next.


The process

Three steps, in order

No payment is collected and nothing is committed. Joining the list is not enrollment.

STEP 1

You send a short message

Through our contact page, with the cohort you are interested in and the days that generally work for your family.

STEP 2

We look for a match

Participants are grouped by age and communication profile so peers can genuinely connect with each other. A cohort opens once enough families in one group line up.

STEP 3

We reach out to you

You will hear from SoPo with dates, group size, participation expectations, and the funding options available to your family before you decide anything.


Cohorts forming

Three groups, built around real interest

These are the groups families have asked us for. Placement is based on communication profile and shared goals, not age alone, which is why two of the ranges overlap.

4 to 6 Early learners Families already interested

Communicating with ASL, AAC, and emerging speech

Built for early communicators who use sign language, a speech generating device, a picture system, single words, or a mix of all of them. Sessions focus on requesting from a peer, tolerating a peer nearby, taking a turn, and early shared play, with the caregiver coached in the moment. Every adult in the room learns the group's communication methods, so no participant is the only one signing or using a device.

5 to 8 Shared games Families already interested

Cooperative play and conversation

For children who use phrases and sentences and are ready to practice with peers. Sessions focus on joining a game already in progress, following group directions, starting and keeping a conversation going, handling a change in plan, and recovering when a game does not go their way.

21 to 25 Young adults Interest noted Telehealth, statewide

Community, connection, and self advocacy

An adult group built around the goals young adults name for themselves: asking for what they need, group problem solving, planning and following through on something with a peer, and keeping a friendship going outside a structured setting. Support person participation is arranged individually rather than assumed, and goals are set with the participant, not only about them.

This group meets by telehealth only. Sessions run on a HIPAA compliant video platform, so participants anywhere in California can join, not only the East Bay. Between sessions, participants practice in their own communities with the support they already have in place.

Every
other age
Gathering interest Always open

Toddlers, teens, adults over 25, and everyone in between

The three cohorts above exist because families asked for them. If your family member falls outside those ranges, we still want to hear from you. Every inquiry is logged by age and by what you are hoping a group will help with, and when enough families line up in one range, that becomes the next cohort we build.

Tell us the age and the goals even if no group exists yet. That is exactly how each of these started.

In person cohorts meet in San Leandro and in the surrounding community. The young adult cohort meets by telehealth and is open to participants across California.


What a cohort looks like

Caregiver-led, in real settings

Groups run on the N.I.C.E. Framework™ (Naturalistic, Individualized, Collaborative, Evidence-Based). Skills practiced with peers are more likely to carry over into daily life when the caregiver or support person is in the room learning alongside the participant, which is why we ask them to attend.

FORMAT

Eight weeks, small by design

Each cohort runs as an eight week series with a small number of participants so every family gets coaching in the moment.

PARTICIPATION

Attendance at every session

This is a participation model, not a drop-off program. One caregiver or support person stays for the full session and practices alongside the participant.

SETTING

Center, community, or telehealth

In person cohorts alternate between our San Leandro group space and community outings within roughly a twenty minute radius. The young adult cohort meets by telehealth and is open across California.

LANGUAGE

English, Cantonese, Vietnamese

Group coaching is available in all three. Tell us your preferred language and we will plan around it.

GOALS

Set with you, before week one

Priorities are agreed on with each family, and for the young adult group, with the participant directly.

FUNDING

Several possible paths

Private pay, and in some cases commercial insurance, Regional Center, or Self Determination Program funding. Options are reviewed individually. Coverage is never assumed until a payer confirms it.


Join the list

Send us a message through our contact page

Our contact form is one place, one inbox, and one system, which means nothing gets lost. Including the details below helps us place your family accurately the first time.

What to include in your message

  • Which cohort you are interested in 4 to 6 early learners, 5 to 8, 21 to 25 by telehealth, or an age range we have not listed yet. All four are welcome.
  • Age in years First name or initials is plenty. A full name is not required at this stage.
  • Your city In person cohorts serve the East Bay. The telehealth cohort is open anywhere in California.
  • How the participant communicates most often Sentences, single words and phrases, an AAC device or picture system, sign language, or a mix.
  • Days and times that generally work Weekday afternoons, weekday evenings, Saturday mornings, and so on.
  • Your preferred language English, Cantonese, or Vietnamese.
  • What you are hoping a group will help with A sentence or two is enough. Playing with peers, conversation, joining a group, handling changes, community independence.
  • Whether you are already a Social Potential family And if you would like us to explore private pay, insurance, Regional Center, or Self Determination Program funding.

Please keep diagnosis, medical history, and insurance ID numbers out of the contact form. Email and web forms are not fully secure, and none of that is needed to hold a spot on the list. Anything clinical is gathered later through our secure intake process. Your information is used only to plan and staff future groups. It is not sold or shared with third parties, and you may ask us to remove it at any time by emailing in**@**********or.com. If you or your family member is in crisis or needs urgent support, contact your medical provider or call 988.


A group opens when the families are there.

Tell us who you are and what you are hoping for. We will let you know where your cohort stands, whether it is close to starting or still gathering.

Social Potential

Caregiver-led, neurodiversity-affirming ABA for East Bay families.
San Leandro, California. Telehealth available statewide in California.
Services in English, Cantonese, and Vietnamese.
in**@**********or.com  |  (510) 858-9010

Tiffany Nguyen, MS, BCBA & Owner. Social Connections Play Groups are a behavioral health service. Placement is determined through a consultation and, where a funder is involved, that funder's authorization. N.I.C.E. Framework is a trademark of Social Potential LLC.

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