Resources for professionals working with autistic children
Practical guides on clinical routine, protocols, family, school, and clinic management.
- Clinic management
ABA Clinic Documents: What to Prepare and Keep Up to Date
A checklist of documents accompanying autism intervention, from contracts and consents to medical records, reports, and health data care.
6 min read - Clinic management
Software for ABA clinics: what to evaluate before choosing
A practical guide for clinics and therapists to compare autism intervention systems: protocols, plans, session data collection, charts, team, family, and cost.
7 min read - Clinical routine
ABA Intervention Plan: Goal, Target, Step, and Mastery Criterion
How to structure a clear intervention plan for the team: the difference between goal, target, and step, how to write the mastery criterion, and when to revise the plan.
6 min read - Clinical routine
How to record an ABA session: trials, prompts, and criteria
A practical guide for therapists to record sessions during attendance: what to note for each trial, how to record prompt levels, and when a step meets the criterion.
6 min read - Technology in the clinic
AI and privacy: precautions with child data
What to consider before using AI tools with information from children under your care: sensitive data, open tools, family consent, and best practices for the team.
5 min read - Technology in the clinic
Recorded sessions and AI: reviewing faster without losing clinical judgment
How transcription, clip search, and cross-referenced summaries help supervisors review recorded sessions, and where the professional's judgment remains irreplaceable.
6 min read - Technology in the clinic
AI in the clinic: when text looks good but misses the mark
The risks of using generic AI in clinical practice, from pretty yet hollow text to fabricated facts, and why AI integrated into the electronic record generates shorter, more objective, and reliable notes.
8 min read - Technology in the clinic
How much time AI can save your clinic: supervision notes, reports, and paperwork
Realistic scenarios, with explicit assumptions, on how much time a clinic spends on supervision notes, family updates, and reports, and how much integrated AI with professional review can save.
8 min read - Protocols
Assessment protocols by age group: which one to use for each child
An overview of the most used protocols in autism intervention and their target age ranges, to help choose the right instrument for the child.
6 min read - Family and school
Integration between clinic and school in autism intervention
How to align the clinical team and the school: what to bring to the meeting, how to agree on common goals, the role of the shadow teacher, and how to document school supervision.
6 min read - Clinical routine
How to write clinical supervision notes, with a template
What supervision notes must include, how to write in clinical style, and a ready-to-use template for autism intervention supervision.
6 min read - Family and school
Family communication in intervention: what, when and how to share
How to keep the family informed without overwhelming the team: feedback, plan updates, what to show from the data and how to coordinate what is done at home.
6 min read - Protocols
ESDM (Early Start Denver Model) Checklist: How to use it to build a plan
How to apply the Early Start Denver Model curriculum checklist, read results by level and domain, and turn unmastered items into intervention plan goals.
7 min read - Clinic management
How to expand an ABA clinic without losing quality
What changes when the clinic grows: session data collection standardization, supervision, team roles, communication with families, and indicators to track.
7 min read - Clinic management
How to start working in ABA as an independent professional
A roadmap for those starting to treat autistic children independently: training, supervision, first cases, organizing records, and pricing.
7 min read - Family and school
How to understand progress charts without being an expert
A simple guide for families, coordinators, and new therapists to read intervention progress charts: percentage, domains, sessions, and what to observe.
5 min read - Protocols
VB-MAPP: What It Is, How to Administer, and How to Track Progress
Understand the VB-MAPP structure, the three-level developmental milestones and barriers assessment, and learn how to track a child's progress between assessments.
7 min read