CARD is AMAZING! Our son has been to other clinic-based ABA centers, and CARD is head and shoulders…read moreabove everyone else. Sincerely. I can't speak highly of it enough. Our son has made more progress here in 5 months than he did in over two years at other places. We are thankful to every who works here. We are so proud of our son, and, most importantly, he is proud of himself and the arsenal of skills he's acquiring. CARD has a fantastic, well-trained staff of therapists - our son has worked with many of them - as well as administrative staff and BCBAs. You will find everyone to be incredibly knowledge and professional and also kind. We've been involved in autism care for years, and, honestly, CARD is the real deal. Other places in RI refer to themselves as experts, yet they pale in comparison to CARD. If you're looking for clinic-based autism therapy, don't waste valuable time anywhere else .... go right to CARD.

Those in charge have tweaked learning material found online. I was given two weeks to learn…read morematerial, and then insulted when told others got it right away". Additionally, I was received a call 30 minutes before another zoom training that I was let go. Could've been handled with a little more professionalism.

Autism Behavioral Center in Northboro MA is an incredible home and center-based organization, that…read morehelps children and their families learn to work Autism Spectrum Disorders. With its insurance based, ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis), and Board Certified Behavior Analyst guided programming, the rapid progress it's clients make, is nothing short of miraculous. I should know, my own child is a client there. In the six months that my son has been a client of ABC, I have seen an incredible change in his behavior, his speech, and his social skills. I feel like his 1:1 or behavioral technician, was handpicked or selected especially for him. She's friendly, patient, and knows my son better than anyone else. The same goes for the other technicians at ABC. They are kind, friendly, and well-trained. But the best part of all, is their Saturday social groups. Their age appropriate 8:30-4:30 programming, covers everything from morning meeting, arts n' crafts, outings, play based therapies, and social skills training. My son loves going to ABC every Saturday to "see friends" and to have an exciting and fun filled day. Thank you George Torbay (owner). Thank you for changing our lives. We couldn't have done it without you and your incredible staff. - Jill Ricardo (parent)

ABC is filled with great people providing terrific services for children with autism spectrum…read moredisorder. I highly recommend them to anyone looking for the best for their children. They are the best. Thank you ABC. We really appreciate everything you do.

Wow! If you have an…read moreAutistic child and live on the south shore of MA, Raising Harts is for you! They host weekly caregiver coffee meetups and they are amazing. Raising Harts is created by parents for parents - dedicated to supporting families with Autistic & neurodiverse children through mentorship, workshops and inclusive programs. There's a siblings of Autistic children group in the downstairs kid play area. They also host a monthly open gym at Cheer Factor in Hanover for Autistic kids and their siblings. It's tears of joy inducing awesome to be a part of the Raising Harts community.

If your situation is "typical", then perhaps your experience will be different and this will be a…read morefine provider of services. The testing itself, once you get it, appears to be done well, with competent and friendly doctors and the suggestions that result can be helpful. However, if you have any kind of unique situation, either in the symptomatology of your child, or if the parents disagree about the causes or presentation of the issues present, their approach and systems here are utterly incapable, by design, to handle that. They struggled to handle our bespoke situation and the outcomes of that were harmful for my child. These issues were also frustrating, caused extra costs, and ultimately required external intervention to get the very basic testing required for things beyond the academic testing which was all they initially sought to do. I wish to also second the review that found their billing practices questionable. I strongly disliked dealing with this organization and found the outcomes sub-optimal, more expensive with insurance coverage than simply going to an out-of-network provider would have been and required immense efforts to get issues resolved, some of which never were and that led to further conflict and harm for my child. It felt like my observations or issues were either ignored or disregarded. I regret using this organization.

Update: well they were so good for their own part, I can ignore the referral to a less-stellar…read moreservice provider, and figured in retrospect to change these guys to 5 stars. They deserve it.

I am writing this to warn other parents, particularly those with children on the Autism Spectrum or…read morewith complex medical needs. I read the reviews for Westborough Behavioral Healthcare (WBHH) before my 9-year-old son was admitted, but I made the mistake of taking them with a grain of salt. Please do not ignore the warnings. My son was admitted to the Special Needs Unit (SNU), a program that claims to be specialized for neurodevelopmental disorders. Our experience was a clinical nightmare: Clinical Dishonesty & Lying: The attending psychiatrist explicitly lied to me, claiming he had consulted with my son's outside prescriber and that she agreed with a high-risk medication change. When I contacted her myself, I discovered she had NEVER agreed and actually had major clinical objections. Furthermore, I was given conflicting information by nursing staff who initially denied meds were given, only for the doctor to later admit the error in writing. Illegal Medication Administration: After I explicitly withdrew consent for a high-risk psychotropic medication (Geodon) based on the outpatient provider's actual advice, the hospital administered it anyway. The attending physician confirmed this error in writing. My son subsequently developed slurred speech and neurological distress. Severed Communication & Denied Access: The facility consistently failed to facilitate contact with my son. I was repeatedly denied 'Goodnight calls' with my 9-year-old, which is a fundamental right. Furthermore, promised callbacks from the clinical team during crises never happened, and the unit phone lines were frequently diverted to full, non-functional voicemail boxes, leaving me with no way to check on my son's safety after a medical error. Medical Neglect: My son has a documented neurogenic bladder protocol from Boston Children's Hospital. Despite having the records, staff repeatedly failed to implement his toileting plan, citing 'communication breakdowns between shifts.' Lack of Services: While the facility's website advertises speech therapy, the unit staff admitted they do not actually have it. For a child with an IEP and communication struggles, this is a critical failure of care. Deprivation of Safety Tools: They withheld my son's prescribed sensory tools (weighted vest/chewy tools) as 'punishment' for behaviors, which is a violation of trauma-informed care and ASD clinical standards. Unsafe Discharge Tactics: When the facility reached its 'clinical ceiling' and admitted they could not maintain safety without a 1:1 sitter, they attempted to force a discharge home while he was still medically unstable rather than facilitating a lateral transfer to a higher level of care. If your child has ASD, PTSD, or any medical complexity, this is not a safe environment. I have filed formal complaints with the MA Department of Mental Health (DMH) and the Department of Public Health (DPH). Parents: Advocate for a transfer to a tertiary medical-psychiatric unit (like Boston Children's or Bradley/Hasbro) instead of accepting a placement here. Do not let them make your child's safety their liability experiment.

Do not send your children here. It is very disorganized and we received little to no communication…read morefrom this place. They threatened my 7 year old with a needle and told him that his parents said that they could use one if needed, when we did NOT and would never agree to that. They messed up his medication twice, and gave him other medication to calm him which again was NOT approved by his parents first. There was no communication about what was going on during the entire time my son was at this hospital, and it took two months to get records sent to us once he was discharged.

I do not have a bad thing to say, about Children Making Strides. My child has received…read more compassionate and effective evidence based therapy from the clinical staff for over 3 years. Our family has been treated respectfully and empathetically by all of the administrative staff as well

Children making strides is an amazing place to work! Great learning opportunity and positive…read moreatmosphere, very happy to work for CMS!!