How Special Needs Care Network Organizes ABA, Speech, OT, and School Search
Parents rarely arrive at a search with one clean question. The starting point is usually a teacher comment, an evaluation result, or a diagnosis letter, and the next step is unclear because "special needs services" is not one category. It is six or seven, and they do not interchange. For a different kind of project, see this piece on sorting a garage before the snow flies . Special Needs Care Network matches families with special needs care providers in the United States at specialneedsusa.com. The categories, and what each one is actually for Category Answers the question Typical trigger ABA therapy How do I build communication, social, and daily-living skills? Autism diagnosis Speech therapy How do I address speech, language, or feeding? Speech delay, articulation, or language evaluation Occupational therapy How do I address motor skills, sensory processing, self-care? Fine motor or sensory concerns Special education school Where does my child spend the school day? ...