What is the best option for your child with autism?
Autism Therapy for Children
From understanding what autism looks like to how to treat it, Hopebridge focuses on collaborating with families, physicians, and fellow therapists to deliver on a personalized plan of care for your child.
We believe the extraordinary challenges of autism require extraordinary care.
Our unique 360 Care model provides the comprehensive, multi-dimensional support your child deserves. We set ourselves apart by:
- Placing Your Family First: You and your child are at the absolute center of our “circle of care,” ensuring the plan is tailored to your specific goals.
- Integrating Our Expertise: Our team of specialists collaborates to build a seamless therapy plan, looking at your child’s needs from every angle.
- Focusing on the Whole Child: We look beyond a diagnosis to create a custom blend of therapies that supports development across all areas of life.
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Custom plan of care and programming tailored to the child
At Hopebridge, each child has his or her own team of talented, passionate professionals with a commitment to create a plan of care tailored for each individual.
Children with ASD often have needs that will benefit from ABA, speech, feeding and occupational therapy. As as a result, we typically perform ABA, speech and OT evaluations to discover targeted areas for intervention. The comprehensive behavioral and skills assessments ensure goals are selected based on your child’s chronological age and developmental needs. Whether that be potty-training in the short term or setting him or her up for preschool in the long term, we use these results to develop a plan to get there.
What are common autism therapies?
To help your child unlock their full potential, it’s important to understand the key therapies that form the foundation of their care. Our comprehensive approach often begins with Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA Therapy), the gold standard for autism care, which focuses on building essential life skills and fostering positive behaviors.
If deemed necessary, our 360 Care model integrates Occupational Therapy (OT) to help your child master daily living activities and navigate sensory needs, building crucial independence.
To give your child a voice, Speech & Language Therapy develops vital communication skills, while Feeding & Swallowing Therapy creates positive, healthy relationships with food.
Because you are your child’s greatest advocate, our Family Guidance program empowers you with the strategies and support to continue progress at home. These core services don’t work in isolation; our team collaborates to create one personalized plan designed to help your child and family thrive.
Importance of Early Identification of Autism
Simply put, the faster you identify whether your child has autism, the faster you can intervene with effective treatments to lay the foundation for a more fulfilling life (for each of you!).
The brain is most easily shaped within an individual’s first 7 years of life, making the power of learning incredibly greater in those first several years. It is especially important to take advantage of this time period (starting with toddlers as young as 15 months!) from the standpoint of language development, as well as to build other critical skills that allow them to gain independence and improve overall quality of life.
In addition to optimizing learning from a young age, early identification and early intensive behavioral interventions like Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA therapy) are key to catching impeding behaviors before they become habit. Whether or not your kiddo’s behaviors or delays are related to autism, the sooner you find out, the sooner you put your own mind at ease and get them real help.
Start the therapy your child needs to thrive
Once the logistics are cleared, that’s when the fun begins. With our Hopebridge 360 Care model, your child will receive one-on-one therapy through ABA’s evidence-based practices, often in tandem with other crucial services, like occupational and speech therapies.*
Our therapists begin with one-on-one skills, then can slowly work up to parallel play, interactive play and even mock classroom-like settings. Your child will have access to on-site clinical support, which ensures safe responses to prevent, minimize and manage behavioral challenges.
Once objectives are set and plans are implemented, progress is monitored and programmatic changes are determined with help from data evaluation. Your child’s goals and progress are routinely reviewed with you, as we know caregivers play a key role in their child’s success.
Discover how Hopebridge empowers caregivers to collaboratively work with their child’s care team in our Building Bridges Podcast: The Family Experience at Hopebridge!
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"It's such a benefit to have ABA, speech and occupational therapy all in one place!"