Answers, not a sales pitch.
Guides written to be useful to you whether or not you ever become a client — including the parts about this field that are uncomfortable for a provider to publish.
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What is ABA therapy?
The core idea in one example, what a session actually looks like, what the evidence supports — and the criticism of ABA, answered without defensiveness.
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Autism levels 1, 2 and 3
What the level on your child's report means, why there are really two levels and not one, and the four things it does not tell you.
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Signs of autism by age
From 12 months to the teen years, described the way you'd actually notice it — plus the children this kind of list usually misses.
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ABA therapy examples
Eight techniques you'll hear named in a treatment plan — reinforcement, prompting, chaining, shaping — each shown in an ordinary family moment.
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ABA therapy for ADHD
The methods help; the funding usually doesn't follow. What the evidence supports, and what to ask for instead.
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Discrete trial training
The four parts of a trial, how DTT differs from teaching in the natural environment, and six things to watch for as a parent.
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Types of autism therapy
ABA, speech, OT, developmental approaches, social groups, parent training and medication — including the ones we don't sell, and why there's no single best.
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Positive reinforcement
The most misused term in the field. What it actually means, how it differs from bribery, why reinforcers stop working, and how they get faded out.
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Autism resources for parents
Six federally funded programmes in every state that cost nothing and need no referral — plus what to actually do in the first month after a diagnosis.
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When you’re ready to move
How to get an evaluation
Three referral doors, two of them free and open to you today.
The M-CHAT explained
What the screening questionnaire is, and what a positive result really means.
How coverage works
Medicaid, private plans, prior authorization, and the self-funded trap.
Where therapy happens
Home, school, daycare, telehealth — with the trade-offs of each.
NOT SURE WHERE TO START?
“I’m worried, but there’s no diagnosis yet.”
That’s where most families begin. Tell us what you’re seeing and we’ll help you figure out the next step — even if it isn’t us.
Help me figure it out“We have a diagnosis. What does ABA cost?”
For most families it’s covered — Medicaid in every state, and every state has an autism insurance law. See exactly how yours works.
Check my state + insurance“I just want to talk to a person.”
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