Parents Speak Fromthe Heart

“Supporting memory, communication, and story-telling is very important. Because I did ABA for many years, it was all behavioral things. And now it started shifting to social skills, but there are not so many supports in that area. And it’s not a matter of like behavioral skills, but it’s what matters in real life…it is all communication and how you develop people relationships. So, I think this is extremely important.”

“The training was life changing and so crucial for my son and all of us. I believe parent involvement and parent trainings are crucial intervention components. Five minutes a day of working on autobiographical memory can make a difference.”

“The most important thing I learned from this training is that I was never truly talking to my daughter. I think that it created a stronger relationship between us cuz I didn’t realize how little I did talk to her.

“This intervention doesn’t take a lot of time. It’s woven throughout and there’s a lot of emotional reward as a mom. Some of these interventions I do and I don’t really want to be a therapist. This is not one of those; this was one with a lot of internal intrinsic motivation for me to do.”

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Working to Support Your Family’s Goals

Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, 2 (ADOS-2)
PEERS for Teens (UCLA)
More Than Words (The Hanen Center)
Brain Frames (Bonnie Singer, PhD)
Certified H.A.P.P.Y. Coach (Peter Vermeulen, PhD)
Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, 2 (ADOS-2)
PEERS for Teens (UCLA)
More Than Words (The Hanen Center)
Brain Frames (Bonnie Singer, PhD)
Certified H.A.P.P.Y. Coach (Peter Vermeulen, PhD)

Supporting Your Child (and You) Where They’re At

After years of trying unsuccessfully to support social skills in children with autism, we figured that there had to be a better way. Our approach comes from over 15 years of working with children, ado...

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Ashley Brien, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

An ASHA-certified Speech Language Pathologist with extensive experience in supporting the langauge and communicaiton skills of children and their families.
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  • 1. Evaluations
  • 2. Intervention
  • 3. Consultations
  • 4. Caregiver training
  • 5. Social Learning Course

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