The move was fourteen miles and the family expected it to change nothing. Within a month they had learned that the school district was different, the county ...
A father in Albuquerque admitted, a few weeks into services, that he'd built up an expectation in his head almost entirely from things he'd read online, most...
A parent in Rio Rancho sits down at the kitchen table with a stack of papers: a diagnostic evaluation, a referral letter, an insurance form asking for codes ...
The break card worked. A four year old in Santa Fe who used to throw materials off the table learned to hand over a small laminated card, and within a few mo...
Families expect a program to begin the way medical treatment begins: an appointment, a treatment, a result. The first month does not work like that, and the ...
Parent training is a built-in component of most ABA programs, and for many families, the first dedicated training session arrives before they fully understan...
New Mexico is one of the most geographically vast states in the country. For families living outside of Albuquerque or Santa Fe, accessing specialized health...
One of the most important and often overlooked aspects of ABA therapy is generalization, the process of teaching a child to use a skill not just in one setti...
For a family in New Mexico that has recently received an autism diagnosis for their child, the path to ABA therapy can feel complicated. There are providers ...
Communication is often one of the first areas parents notice when a child receives an autism diagnosis. Whether a child is not yet using words, uses language...
New Mexico is a large state with communities spread across diverse landscapes, and families seeking ABA therapy outside of major metropolitan areas have hist...
For many families in New Mexico, Medicaid is the primary insurance coverage for their children, and understanding how it applies to ABA therapy is often one ...
Access to autism services has historically been uneven in New Mexico, with families in rural areas facing longer wait times, fewer local providers, and more ...
For families in New Mexico navigating an autism diagnosis, the question of where therapy happens matters as much as the therapy itself. In-home ABA therapy h...