Westside Autism Therapy has been the most considerate and accommodating facility for our daughter since August 2021. Beginning with intake, the staff were extremely thorough with their initial screening with our 2 year-old at the time. Every aspect of our daughter’s therapy needs were considered, to include Feeding, OT, PT, ST and most importantly, ABA. Before diving into the experiences we’ve had and progress we’ve seen. We would first like to commend, Alicia and Ibrahim for always welcoming us at drop off every morning with nothing but great words of our daughter’s progress. Additionally, Alicia truly showed the upmost diligence in servitude and resourcefulness in handling insurance issues that eventually arose which was finally handled by the upper echelons of the company. This was an astounding result for us as we came to a point of almost complete despair in continuing our daughter’s much needed therapy sessions.
Since, August of 2021, our daughter has excelled and surpassed expectations of the lead ABA therapist of the facility. Our daughter went from having ZERO eye contact to actively engaging the therapists with little to no prompting. Her communication, although remains non-verbal, has drastically increased with more than subtle hand cues which has made communication more effective on our receiving end. Our daughter has become more physically active and excited to partake in park play and running, thanks to OT and PT. What blew us away, thanks to ST, was our daughter’s ability to now use a picture diagrams (PECS) to communicate her needs. At now 3 years old, she is able to point out common objects and colors after verbal cues. She responds to her name, especially when she’s up to mischief, lol.
Functional training at Westside, through all therapies has helped her in developing both fine and gross motor skills. One thing that completely took our breath away was our daughter’s ability to interact with other children, being that this a trait that is extremely lacking with many Autistic children. Her BCBA Therapist (Dean) keeps us updated on weekly basis on our daughter’s progress while educating us as parents in the aspects of Behavioral Analysis, making it easy to understand her behavioral trends and progress. We certainly couldn't have wished for any one more passionate about their career and our daughters' care.
Lately, our daughter has been trying to get verbal words out. We know that she is steadily getting a day closer to that every day. She’s become more independent, every day, and she expresses her love to us more with hugs and snuggles.
Thank you to all the staff of Westside Autism Therapy Services of Willowbrook. Your hard work and efforts will not go unnoticed. Your staff are the epitome of holistic therapy in Autistic children and you all have proven to be the model facility of excellent therapy services.
Big shout out to
Mary (Feeding Therapy)
Ali (Occupational Therapy)
Nicole (Physical Therapy)
Dean (BCBA)
Peter (Speech)
Maddie (RBT)
Shay (RBT)
Alanna (RBT)
Jess (RBT)
Thank you all!