May 31, 2024, Fox 2, St. Louis, Now: Autism Support Now Clinics
VIDEO INTERVIEW:
Latest statistics from the CDC show one in 36 children have an autism spectrum disorder.
Treatment is key to helping these kids with their individual needs.
Mitchell Mandel is the Human Resources Director with Autism Support Now. . . .
What are some services that you have at Autism Support Now?
Mandel: ASN, Autism Support Now, is primarily focused on ABA, Applied Behavioral Analysis. So it is program and treatment therapy more so centered around that specialty.
We have nine clinics throughout the Missouri region, that’s spreading from St. Louis to Kansas city. . . .
We are just pursuing an effort to provide as much ABA services to those children throughout that larger community as a whole.
Anchor: Mitchell, how important is treatment for kids with autism?
Mandel: I would say, we are early intervention, so we are providing services to children between the ages of two and fourteen, so very important early on, what we’re doing is definitely setting them up to reach their full potential.
Anchor: Each child is really individual in the needs, right?
Mandel: Every treatment plan is definitely cultivated and uniquely based upon those individual needs that those children require.
We have amazing BCBAs, being board certified behavioral analysts that craft those treatment plans. Then our RBTs, the registered behavioral technicians that carry out and implement those day to day.
Anchor: Are you also working with families?
Mandel: Very much. Family guidance is a big priority in what it is that we do. So the BCBAs as well are very well immerse within that dialect, those conversations with those parents. It’s ongoing as we are moving forward, as we are trying to provide those services, we are speaking with those parents, inviting them to visit our clinics. . .
Next they discussed the open house to be held at two of their locations.
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