ABA Therapy
Navigating Insurance Authorization for ABA Therapy in Florida
Insurance coverage for ABA therapy in Florida can feel like a maze to families who have just received an autism diagnosis for their child. Applied behavior analysis, or ABA, is one of the most widely used therapies for children with…
A Sensory-Friendly Halloween: Costumes, Crowds, and Trick-or-Treating
Fort Myers occupational therapy teams know that Halloween can be one of the hardest nights of the year for a child with sensory differences. Itchy costumes, rubber masks, flashing decorations, doorbells, barking dogs, strangers in disguise, and a routine turned…
Pacifiers, Sippy Cups, and Speech: Why Fort Myers Speech Therapists Recommends Phasing Them Out Early
Most Fort Myers speech therapists are of the mind that once a child starts to talk, the pacifier and the sippy cup should be on their way out. A toddler needs a free mouth to babble, experiment with sounds, and…
What a BCBA Does: How a Fort Myers ABA Therapy Team Is Built
A Fort Myers ABA therapist is rarely working alone. Behind every session a child receives is a team with distinct roles, credentials, and responsibilities. Many parents meet the person who works with their child day to day without ever learning…
When Insurance Cuts Your Child’s Authorized Hours
When a letter arrives indicating your health insurance provider is cutting your child’s authorized therapy hours, it often lacks a clear explanation. Families receiving Fort Myers ABA therapy, speech therapy, and occupational therapy at FOCUS Therapy have more than once…
Rigidity and Routines: When Flexibility Becomes the Goal
Every household with young children runs on routine. Bedtime happens in an order. The same book gets read for months. Most families barely notice. For some children, routine is not a preference. It is structural. The blue cup is not…
How Autism In Girls Presents Differently
The mental image most people carry of autism is a boy. He lines up his cars, he does not make eye contact, he knows everything about trains. That picture is accurate for many children and incomplete for many others, and…
Potty Training a Child With Developmental Delays
Few parenting milestones come with as much pressure, mythology, and unsolicited advice as potty training. Everyone has a cousin whose toddler trained in a weekend, a neighbor with a foolproof sticker chart, and a strong opinion about how soon is…
What Does “Play-Based” ABA Therapy Actually Look Like at FOCUS?
When a child is referred for Fort Myers ABA therapy, parent reactions tend to fall into one of two camps. Some feel relief: finally, an evidence-based path forward. Others arrive with questions, having read message board posts, autistic adult accounts,…
The 2026 Summer “Regression” Prevention Guide from our Fort Myers ABA Therapists
School ends, the schedule dissolves, and within few weeks (sometimes a few days, if we’re honest) you start noticing your child’s skillsets slipping. The morning routine that finally felt manageable becomes a battle again. The words your child had been…