one-on-one

The Updike family basement doubles as Henry's therapy room.

Ahead, a school in Calcutta, India, has helped children with autism and other developmental disabilities since 1979.

Each year, the Kindering Center in Bellevue, Washington provides early intervention to 3,000 children with autism and other developmental delays.

Malaysian Care offers a School Age Programme (SAP) early intervention service for children with autism. 

The Blue Ridge Autism Center (BRAC) in West Virginia currently serves children with autism from ages 2-12 before middle and high school mainstreaming or private schooling.

When Hugh McGuire was diagnosed with autism at age 2, applied behavior analysis (ABA) had not yet been used in New Zealand. 

Home and Community Options, in MN, provides intensive therapy for kids with autism by certified mental health practitioners (MHP).

Jamie Powers from IL, knows first hand the miracles of therapy. As a child she was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. 

While behavior therapies share commonalities and differences, experts feel find that 30-40 hours a week of one-on-one exposure is more important than what type of treatment is used.