Children diagnosed with ASD may continue to receive critical ABA therapy remotely during COVID-19 pandemic. Washington, DC; LANDOVER, SPARKS, PERRY HALL & COLUMBIA, MD; Springfield VA… LEARN Behavioral, the leading network of providers serving children with autism and other special needs, announces the availability of telehealth Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) services to children diagnosed with…
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By: Angela Montes, MS, BCBA Racism. Its existence makes our hearts heavy, evokes sadness, generates uncertainty, and creates fear. Starting and having a conversation about racism has always been difficult. Even though it may make us uncomfortable, it’s an important conversation to have. As parents and caregivers, you may find yourself asking: How old…
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Now that things are beginning to open back up in some communities, we may start to turn our thoughts to one of the luxuries that may have been unavailable to many of us for the past few months – babysitters! Particularly now, as many of us have been with our children for months, the thought…
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Over the last 10 weeks, I know that most of us have experienced some level of fear, sadness, uncertainty, and hardship as the pandemic has swept across the country and changed almost every facet of American living. For many of us, these feelings have been compounded in recent days with sorrow, anger, and confusion as…
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teleABA offers your family an effective alternative to in-person services by providing ABA therapy via computer, tablet or smartphone. Through a secure and easy virtual meeting, your BCBA can provide direct therapy and parent consultation remotely – helping your child learn new skills, avoid regression, and continue to make great strides in their progress. Click here…
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As some states cautiously move into the initial phases of re-opening, there may be more places to go within your community, and more opportunities to see people you haven’t been with for some time. Even so, it’s likely there are people in your child’s life that you are still unable to see, whether it is…
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This was a text from one of my mom-friends in the early days of our stay-at-home order. It took me a second to register the meaning in this statement from someone who is my friend, my peer, who has children of the same age. It felt so foreign, and I immediately thought, Time?! What am…
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As states take their first tentative steps toward reopening, we want to support families navigating new rules that may be encountered in the outside world: hand hygiene, wearing masks, and physical distancing. You may be considering sending your child back to a center-based program soon, or thinking about what things will look like at school…
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By Dr. Hanna Rue and Justin Funches COVID-19 has changed the daily life of most families in the United States. Many in the autism community are now faced with challenging decisions. Families must decide how they’ll continue their child’s therapy program. Should they increase or decrease therapy hours? Consider online therapy? Or just keep things…
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Being a working parent is demanding. Being a working parent with your kids home all day is demanding squared. Being a working parent with your kids home all day when your child does not have a lot of independent play skills is relentless! For parents of children who require a lot of supervision, there are…
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