Cloe Herr has grown tremendously in her time at Lighthouse Autism Center.

When Cloe started at Lighthouse, she spend more than half of her day engaging in self-injurious behaviors. She ha no skills to communicate in any form and could not respond to any directions.

Sine then, Cloe has learned to use communication software to ask for more than 50 preferred items and can vocally ask for more than twenty items with full words.

Cloe can also follow more than 20 different, vocal, multi-step directions. Furthermore, she can sit in a group setting independently with her peers and answer simple questions from the group leader during these group sessions.

It’s truly inspiring to see the improvements that Cloe is making her at Lighthouse Autism Center.

“Words cannot express how thankful we are for every single person at Lighthouse Autism Center,” said Cloe’s parents. “They’ve become a second family to us and it’s such a blessing to havve them right by our side for every milestone Cloe reaches- no matter how big or small. Cloe’s progress has amazed everyone, and we cant wait to see what she does next! There’s no doubt in our minds we have Cloe right where she’s supposed to be.”

ABA therapy allows Lighthouse therapist to tailor an individual program for each child, with goals that are developmentally appropriate and that help them learn new skills. Here are three wonderful examples of how ABA therapy leads to positive achievements.

Jack:

• Went from not responding to his name or making eye contact to independently sustaining eye contact with peers and adults while responding to his name.
• Increased his communication skills by using a picture exchange communication system to answer yes or no questions and request preferred items.
• Went from being unable to sit independently in a group setting to being able to sit independently for more than 15 minutes in a group setting and follow the group leader.

Annabelle:

• Increased her communication skills by using full sentences to express wants and needs.
• Went from showing many bad behaviors when asked to do preferred activities to performing several non-preferred activities with no behaviors!
• Went from refusing to perform activities outside of those she preferred to consistently selecting other activities when her preferred activity is not an option.

Bentley:

• Increased his communication by using a picture exchange communication system to request wants and needs.
• Went from having minimal appropriate play skills to playing proficiently with nearly all toys.
• Went from being unable to feed himself to using a spoon independently and has nearly mastered using a fork.