Ok, I thought that’s what you meant but I wanted to make sure it wasn’t a situation where you had to pay for the therapy. We did it with both our daughters. The therapists came to our home for 2hrs a day. The therapists were nice to both the girls when they came (my kids are 10 yrs apart) but it is a tough therapy. It’s tough because the kids don’t want to do what’s being asked of them. The therapist will have a reward, depending on what the child likes, for us it was food (cheese doodles) & if the child does what is being asked of them they get the reward. But the child wants the reward without having to do anything & gets upset when the therapist doesn’t give it to them. Both my daughters would cry, scream, yell. It was a very difficult therapy to listen to!
However I would definitely recommend doing it. It takes time.. but my kids started learning, talking & behaving better. Technically yes it’s a therapy that a parent can do, but I don’t believe it would be successful if the parent did it.
We are too emotionally involved & would give in. It would also be too draining on the parent which isn’t good for the child either.
I do believe ABA was a big contributor to the progress my kids have made, it started the ball rolling for all the progress that was made afterwards. GL🩷

I forgot to mention, when he received ABA after school, it was for an hour M-F. The ABA therapists were grad students working on their Master’s degree or recent graduates. The sessions also took place at home in our laundry room/ “gym”. The therapists were great and very patient. They even helped with potty-training so we were consistent with my son’s schedule. He used PECS to let us know when he needed to use the bathroom.

Thank you so much for responding to me. You have given me hope that this will work for my son once we get into the swing of things 🙏🏻 Bless you.

My son had ABA during Early Intervention (at home) when he was 2.5 years old, then after school when he transferred to the school district. He didn’t like it at first, but as he got older, it really helped him. He was able to focus, and his stimming decreased. When he was in the first grade, his IEP was amended because the teacher, the IEP team and I agreed that his “behaviors” didn’t interfere with his ability to learn and complete tasks. He is 18 years old, and doing well.

Do your research, but as a parent you know your child best. 🙏🏽 I hope this helps.

You are very welcome!
Just stay strong, you are going to want to “rescue” him & throw the therapist out! It takes time but will be so worth it when you start seeing results 👍