Lighthouse Blog Articles - Page 27
Discover valuable insights and heartfelt stories from our dedicated team, as well as contributions from experts in the field. We explore the nuances of ABA therapy services and successful strategies implemented at our center for autism to provide you and your family with the support needed to help your child shine.
At Lighthouse Autism Center, we're committed to offering the highest quality ABA therapy for children, tailored to meet the individual needs of each and every family we serve. Join us as we share in your family's journey, offering advice, encouragement, and the latest in autism news and education.
08/13/2025
ABA Therapy Tips for Taking Your Autistic Child to the Dentist
Taking Your Autistic Child to the Dentist For any child, and even adults, a trip to the dentist can often be filled with anxiety, fear, and discomfort. For a autistic child, especially, these feelings can be even further heightened by sensitivities to noise, smell, and touch. To make this experience better for both the child […]
09/27/2018
How to Find the Best ABA Center Part 4 – The Intake Process
Dealing With Insurance to Cover ABA Therapy Does the center offer support for dealing with insurance companies and helping you navigate the insurance process? Dealing with insurance by yourself can be a nightmare. Many insurance companies can prove to be difficult when it comes to covering ABA therapy. That is why it is so important […]
09/17/2018
Veronica Perea: Lighthouse Autism Center Award Winner
Recognising Outstanding ABA Therapy at Lighthouse Autism Center Lighthouse Autism Center’s Company Values are at the core of everything we do. We live our values every day, and it is reflected in our standards and expectations for providing outstanding ABA therapy. This week, we want to recognize and award our own Veronica Perea for the […]
09/05/2018
How to Find the Best ABA Center – Part 3: Training and Safety
The time and effort that goes into training and safety can tell you a lot about the quality of an ABA center. Let’s take an in-depth look at some of the training and safety practices that ABA centers should be using to provide quality, ABA therapy services. Therapists that are working 1 on 1 with […]
09/04/2018
Lighthouse Autism Center Award Winner, Diana Caban: Don’t separate the vision from the operations
Diana Caban Demonstrates Core Lighthouse Values We are continuing our blog series on our Lighthouse Company Values. Our values are at the core of everything we do. The way that we provide high-quality ABA therapy is built on the foundation of our values. This week, we want to recognize and award our own Diana Caban […]
08/30/2018
How to Find the Best ABA Center – Part 2: Communication
Great communication can make the experience with your ABA provider much more positive. On the flip side, an ABA center with bad communication can cause you serious frustration. Let’s walk through some ways that you can tell if a center has poor communication skills before you enroll. Daily, two-way parent communication If you dropped your […]
08/30/2018
Lighthouse Autism Center Award Winner, Ally Furnas: Judge People by More than Their Metrics
Ally Exemplifies the LAC Values, a Well-Deserved Award! Lighthouse Autism Center’s Company Values are so important to who we are. We are going to continue to showcase the winners of this years LAC awards. By doing this, we showcase who and what it means to be exemplary of our values. The employee recognized for our […]
08/27/2018
Lighthouse Autism Center Award Winner, Cassie Gaines: Care about People More than Anything
Lighthouse Autism Center’s Company Values are at the core of everything we do. We live our values every day, and it is reflected in our standards and expectations for providing outstanding ABA therapy. Recently, we have recognized 7 employees who are shining examples of our values, and we would like to introduce you to one […]
07/31/2018
The Lighthouse Way: Low Turnover and Small Case Loads
Meet our Long Term Staff at Lighthouse Autism Center The leading clinical staff are central to the quality of care at any ABA center. They are the Board Certified Behavior Analysts who write and oversee programs for individual clients. When an ABA center has low turnover amongst its leading clinical staff, this is a good […]
06/12/2018
Interviews with the Lighthouse Staff that Highlight Hope!
An Insight Into the Incredible People who Work at Lighthouse Autism Center Have you ever wanted to know the perspective of the staff who work with the amazing kiddos at Lighthouse? What about seeing and hearing their perspective? Well recently Lighthouse interviewed some of our staff members to get their take on what they see […]
04/13/2018
Lighthouse Opens 5th Center in Michigan
Opening of Lighthouse Autism Center in Portage, Michigan Lighthouse Autism Center has grown drastically in the nearly six years it has been open. Since 2012, Lighthouse has opened a new center in a new location each year, with its most recent center opening in the Fall of 2017 in Portage, Michigan. This is Lighthouse’s fifth […]
04/13/2018
Clinical Corner Spring 2018
Anthem Insurance Cos. Inc. will pay almost $1.63 million to endclaims that it violated federal benefit laws by placing certaincaps on the coverage of therapy treatments for children withsevere autism disorders. Anthem also agrees to stop using guidelines that base coverageof applied behavior analysis therapy for autism solely on anindividual’s age, according to a motion […]
02/08/2018
WMU Psychology Student Moves to South Bend, IN for Her Career – then Her Career Moves back to Kalamazoo
When Natalie Donkersloot was an undergrad psych student at WMU, she didn’t know that one day she would be working with children with autism. In fact, Natalie thought she would end up in an organizational behavior management or industrial organizational position in a large company. That all changed when she took a class on applied […]
