ABA Resources and Guides
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Elopement and Autism: Why Children Wander and How Families Can Keep Them Safe
You turn to answer the doorbell, and when you turn back, the back door is open and your child is gone. If you’re the parent of a child with autism, you may have lived some version of that moment, or you lie awake worrying that you will. Elopement in autism

Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA): What NC Parents Should Know
“He just does it out of nowhere.” We hear some version of that in almost every first meeting with a family. The hitting, the meltdowns at bedtime, the refusing to get out of the car at school all seem random. They almost never are. Every behavior serves a purpose for

Early Intervention for Autism: What NC Parents Need to Know
Your pediatrician says the words “let’s not wait and see” — and suddenly you’re supposed to know what happens next. If you’ve just heard early intervention for autism mentioned for the first time, you’re not alone, and you’re not behind. Here’s what a lot of NC parents don’t realize: early
What Occupational Therapy Does for a Child’s Sensory Processing Disorder
A sock seam that feels unbearable. A dinner table a child can’t sit still at for more than two minutes. A meltdown that seems to come out of nowhere until you realize it started the second the vacuum turned on. These are the small, daily frictions of sensory processing disorder

What Occupational Therapy Really Looks Like for a Child with Autism
“Occupational therapy” is one of the more confusing terms parents run into when they start building out a care plan for their child. The name makes it sound like it’s about jobs or career skills — it isn’t. For a child with autism, occupational therapy for autism is about something

Autism and IEPs: What NC Parents Need to Know Before the School Year Starts
The first time most parents hear the term “IEP” is in a phone call from a teacher, a note home from the school counselor, or a recommendation from their child’s pediatrician. It’s an acronym that gets thrown around like everyone already knows what it means — and if you’re a