Nevada Medicaid covers ABA therapy for autistic children, but the process involves several moving parts: diagnosis, prior authorization, provider network matching, and periodic renewals. Here is what families need to know before they start.

If you have never sat in on a session, it is hard to picture what your child actually does for those hours. Parents usually imagine one of two extremes: either a rigid drill sergeant at a table, or unstructured play with no real teaching happening. Neither is accurate, and it is worth walking through what a real session looks like.

We Train Our RBTs the Same Way We Teach Our Clients. That Is Not a Coincidence. At Las Vegas Autism Center, we believe that great client outcomes start with great staff training. RBT training in ABA therapy requires the same evidence-based principles we use with our learners every day: repetition, direct instruction, specific feedback, and reinforcement. Here is how we approach it at LVAC and why we think it makes a difference.

If you are new to ABA, you may not realize that you are not just dropping your child off for therapy. You are part of the team. Here is exactly what parent training looks like at the Las Vegas Autism Center, and why it matters more than you might think.

If you are researching ABA therapy for your child, you have likely come across the term “assent-based practice” and wondered what it actually means. Assent-based therapy is an approach to ABA that prioritizes a child’s willingness to participate in their own care, not just their compliance with instructions. Here is a simple breakdown of what that looks like and why we build our entire clinic around it.