Since the end of January, Katelyn had been getting 7.5 hours of ABA per week. We were on waiting lists for a few different ABA providers, hoping to get more hours added. However, it never seemed to pan out.
Then one day I met another local mother at Katelyn's EI playgroup. Her son also has autism, so we began talking about therapies. I mentioned that Katelyn was only getting 7.5 hours per week, despite the fact that it was recommended that she have 20-25 hours per week (and there have been studies that have shown that 20 hours minimum is the "magic number" for ABA to really be most effective). She gave me the information for the ABA provider that her son uses and she said to give them a call since they had offered her a ton of hours from the start. I immediately called them when I got home and asked if they had availability. They were very responsive and were out within a few days to do an intake on Katelyn. Shortly after, they came out and did an evaluation to see what areas they would need to work on with Katelyn.
Because we absolutely love Katelyn's original ABA therapist, I mentioned to her the fact that we were going to be adding another provider to work with Katelyn, but that we wanted to definitely keep her on as well. She spoke with her director and they actually ended up offering us a few more hours with another therapist also!
So, all in all, Katelyn is now receiving 26 hours per week of ABA, in addition to her 1 hour of speech therapy, 1 hour of occupational therapy, and 1 hour of developmental stimulation through EI. This is a HUGE increase in services and we couldn't be more pleased. And now she has a total of 7 therapists!
She has come so far in such a short time with just the 7.5 hours per week, so we can only imagine how high she will soar now that she is getting even more help. The sky is the limit.
Then one day I met another local mother at Katelyn's EI playgroup. Her son also has autism, so we began talking about therapies. I mentioned that Katelyn was only getting 7.5 hours per week, despite the fact that it was recommended that she have 20-25 hours per week (and there have been studies that have shown that 20 hours minimum is the "magic number" for ABA to really be most effective). She gave me the information for the ABA provider that her son uses and she said to give them a call since they had offered her a ton of hours from the start. I immediately called them when I got home and asked if they had availability. They were very responsive and were out within a few days to do an intake on Katelyn. Shortly after, they came out and did an evaluation to see what areas they would need to work on with Katelyn.
Because we absolutely love Katelyn's original ABA therapist, I mentioned to her the fact that we were going to be adding another provider to work with Katelyn, but that we wanted to definitely keep her on as well. She spoke with her director and they actually ended up offering us a few more hours with another therapist also!
So, all in all, Katelyn is now receiving 26 hours per week of ABA, in addition to her 1 hour of speech therapy, 1 hour of occupational therapy, and 1 hour of developmental stimulation through EI. This is a HUGE increase in services and we couldn't be more pleased. And now she has a total of 7 therapists!
She has come so far in such a short time with just the 7.5 hours per week, so we can only imagine how high she will soar now that she is getting even more help. The sky is the limit.
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