About
Our program founder, Tara Bertone, has worked with children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) since 1996. She has been both a Behavior Therapist and Speech-Language Pathologist in a wide variety of home and center-based intervention programs. Over the years, she witnessed the positive impact of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and Verbal Behavior (VB) programs for learning and behavior in children with ASD. However, she was often puzzled by the minimal, if any, collaboration between Behavior Therapists and Speech-Language Pathologists. Although Behavior Therapists were proficient with teaching new skills, rarely did a Speech-Language Pathologist play a significant role in the development of curriculum and/or management of programs, which are largely speech and language-based.
What would it look like to have a program with professionals from both disciplines working together?
It would look like Autism Matters. Our program was founded to address the disconnection between these two areas by incorporating both ABA principles (HOW to teach) and Speech-Language expertise (WHAT to teach). We believe these disciplines combined offer the best of both worlds for children to develop speech, language, communication, social skills and more.
At Autism Matters, professionals work side-by-side
so that children with ASD
can:
Learn... the way they learn best.
Speak... through evidence-based speech-language therapy
designed by an expert.
And ultimately…
Communicate... with family and friends to their full
potential.
Learn. Speak. Communicate.
