Posts Tagged ‘authism therapy’

A fellow twitter friend gave me an idea for a post. My son has went through different types of therapy. I would like to share my experience of each of them with you. When we first found out he was on the autism spectrum the developmental therapist suggested that we get Autism In Home Therapy. I didn’t realize at first everything that went into intensive therapy. Wow 30 – 40 hours a week for 3 years. I realized Dakota needed the help so we started with Wisconsin Early Autism Project aka WEAP. We stayed with them for a few months. The reason was they did a lot of repetition and confined him to one room to do the therapy. Fridays we would have a team meeting and my son would cry. He didn’t like repetition. So I called my case manager and we found a new company. Now I don’t think that WEAP is a bad company at all. I think it is better for a child or person who has low functioning autism with all the repetition. I am not saying that my son didn’t make any gains with them either. If I recall he did make gains.  Read more...