Our Motive:
Play with Purpose
Autism From The Start® is a playful and purposeful early intervention ABA treatment center for children with autism.
Playful and Professional
We help children ages 1-5 develop communication skills, spark social interactions, find success with everyday activities including mealtime and toileting, expand learning and cognitive capabilities, and advance their adaptive and motor behaviors. We utilize friendly, playful, naturalistic, and developmental Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) methods to create a personalized path for your child, pairing data with compassionate teaching—right from the start.
“Autism From the Start was the best decision we’ve made since we’ve started our Autism journey. Our son was able to receive the one-on-one therapy he needed every day to make significant progress. He was well cared for, loved, and challenged every day to be the best version of himself.
The progress that our son made during his time at AFTS was incredible to witness, and we are forever thankful for the team of “angels” as we call them at AFTS.”
How We Help
SOCIAL
Accepting Physical Touch
Engaging In Social Routines & Games
Sharing Smiles During Play
Giving & Taking Items with Eye Contact
Using Gestures Or Words To Gain Adult’s Attention
Describing what makes Him/Her happy, sad, mad, etc.
Identifying Other’s emotions based on Specific Situations
Inviting Peers to Play, Taking Turns & Cooperating With Peers TO Achieve A Certain Outcome
COGNITION
AttendING to & ExplorING toys
MatchING ShapeS, Colors, Identical & Non-Identical Pictures
Perform Sorting, Block Designs, Puzzles
LEARNING Patterns, sequences & seriation
Identifying numbers and letters, basic counting, identifying quantities
Trial and error approach to problem-solving
Linking objects and actions in a play sequence
COMMUNICATION
responding to His/Her Own Name
Asking For Preferred Items or Activities Across Settings & People
Identifying Family Members & Items Important to him/her
Following Instructions
Putting nouns and verbs together, and Using longer and varied phrases
Asking questions to gain information and asking for attention of others
Engaging in conversation
Describing anticipated, occurring or past events
BEHAVIOR & ADAPTIVE SKILLS
Washing Hands
Sitting at the Table, Eating a wider variety of Foods & Feeding Oneself
Independent Dressing & Toileting
Dental Visits & Tooth Brushing
Hair Brushing & hair Cutting
doctor visits
reducING self-injurious behaviors, aggression, tantrums, etc.
Developing coping skills
INSURANCE-COVERED
Our individualized early intervention services are covered by most insurance providers, giving your child medically necessary treatment that helps them thrive. We work with insurance companies on behalf of your family, conduct an assessment and craft an individualized plan for your child.
FAMILY-CENTERED
We provide a family-centered, happy and safe environment to help your child connect to and communicate with the people and world around them every day. We work with parents, grandparents, caregivers and siblings to ensure that everyone in the child’s life knows how to help them excel.
