Re: Private Insurance Coverage for ABA

[Guest guest]

This is what I did. I wrote a long letter to psychology, occupational therapy,

human growth and development departments at the local college asking for

students to work for us without financial compensation but with academic credit,

either through independent study or internships. I included a photo of my

daughter. There were many interested. Some didn't even care about academic

credit. They just wanted to help. We interviewed and decided on six of them. A

local Board Certified Behavior Analyst will train them. The BCBA is trying to

get on my company's self-funded health insurance, so that we just pay her a

copay. If that is still not feasible, one of the college students is a very

eager and resourceful person who is continually researching ABA, RDI, etc. and

said she would be willing to be the lead therapist and design the program if we

needed it. She is currently working for us without financial compensation but

academic credit only. She has

worked with quite a few kids with autism before and she is really good.

Currently, we have funding from Early Intervention Colorado, that we fought for,

for 18 hours per week of ABA therapies, but it dries up in a few months when my

daughter turns 3. These efforts are mostly for after she turns 3.