Helping Margo Find Her Voice
Published May 31, 2019
When Margo was diagnosed with profound hearing loss shortly after birth, her parents began researching options for early language development for children who have hearing loss. They read a lot of books, researched articles online, and spoke to youn…
Presley's Speech Therapy Journey
Published May 24, 2019
Presley started therapy services with Aveanna in December of 2017. He was a bright, happy, and intelligent three-year-old. But Presley also had a severe fluency disorder and was beginning to show anxiety about the way he spoke. When Aveanna Speech-L…
More Than a Nurse
Published May 17, 2019
By Rachel, Ella's mom Ella has Nemaline Rod Myopathy and an immunoglobulin deficiency. Her skeletal muscles are profoundly weak, which makes endurance difficult and breathing on her own for long periods exhausting. Ella was trached in 2016 after get…
Shannon’s Story – A Mother’s Day Tribute to Mothers of Medically Fragile Children
Published May 12, 2019
By Shannon, Penny's mom When I was pregnant, I daydreamed about what it would be like to hold my baby. I imagined taking her for a walk in the park, but all of that changed when Penny was born with Pierre Robin Syndrome. I realized pretty quickly th…
Parent Involvement and Self-Care
Published April 26, 2019
By Juan Carlos Lopez, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBS When offering services to children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), parents and caregivers play a unique role in their child’s development. It is also important to remember that for the adults, it is as …
Strategies to Reduce Problem Behaviors
Published April 19, 2019
By: Adriana Neumann, BCBA, ABA Clinical Supervisor [caption id="attachment_13093" align="alignright" width="350"]  [/caption] We know why the problem behavior is occurring... But now what? Believe it or not, identifying why a problem behavior is occ…
Why Behavior Happens
Published April 12, 2019
By Keven M. Schock, BCBA, Lead Clinical Director and Kelly Rose, BCBA, Clinical Director Why doesn’t my child engage in the behaviors I would like him/her to? Parents often ask this question, and parents of children that are neuro-atypical have eve…
Finding Hope for J.P.
Published April 8, 2019
“In the beginning, we didn’t want to say autism. We just said J.P. was developmentally delayed. We never said autism. Not to our friends. Not to our family. Not even to ourselves.” J.P.’s parents struggled to accept their son’s autism diagnosis for …
Help Me Help You: A Parent-BCBA Partnership
Published April 5, 2019
By Melissa Fenske, M.S., BCBA, LBS “I need help! My child is out of control, and I don’t know what to do!” These words are all too familiar when we first speak to parents who are seeking home, school, and community services for their child diagnose…
Paris, First and Foremost
Published March 29, 2019
“Paris has cerebral palsy. But she is so much more than her condition.” When Paris was diagnosed with CP at birth, Krystal knew the disorder would impact her daughter in many ways. But she determined early on that she wouldn’t let it define Paris. “…
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