our goal

To make autism easier by helping families

create simple home practices to improve their child's outcomes.

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helpING PARENTS & IMPROVING OUTCOMES

We help families organize resources, home practices, and supports.  

Every action we take focuses on improving your child's progress.

 As loved ones of children with special needs, we know the tough road.  The medical, educational, and community agencies cannot keep up and every conversation is complicated and confusing.  To effectively help your child over their lifespan, you must be organized.  It is critical whether you're newly diagnosed, entering the school system, exiting the school system, or in adult transition. 

For Every Minute Spent In Organizing,

One Hour is Earned.

Ben Franklin

This is a very powerful insight especially considering time wasted waiting on appointments and assessments for Early Learners.  Don't wait.  Start now.  We can help take the curves and winding turns out of your path.  Organization is absolutely necessary to progress development, daily living skills, school program, and self-advocacy.  Plus, once your child turns 18 years old, it is a whole new world.  You think the teenage years are far away.  They are not.  Because our children learn differently, we have to start with the long term goals in mind as it can take them years to learn soft skills, attention, and the list goes on.   

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Besides the ABC Letter Book as a base practice for younger children, we can improve your child's supports, write better IEPs, track progress, find your child new resources, and help you add simple strategies to make a big difference.  It is all research-based, best fit, and designed by educational professionals, BCBAs, Speech Language Pathologists (SLPs), and transition specialists.  

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Don't rely on endless appointments and assessments,

StepUp2Start Today!

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With the unique experience of raising triplets (one with special needs), Deirdre knows overwhelm.  Seeing atypical and typical development side-by-side, she has comparative learning to bring forth the most effective strategies to teach children.  She has gone through the process of early intervention all the way to the young adult years of transition - immersed, entrenched, and persistent in the process.  She sees the importance of things as simple as teaching your child how to sign their name or state their address, so down the road they can self-advocate for adult services such as SSI.  And as a passionate advocate, she has successfully navigated the systems to get a wealth of services and resources not only for her son, but also for many other families.  At the core of it all is creating an organized home base.

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