Proud Moments ABA — Local services in New York

My son received ABA services with Proud Moments for one year. The BCBA was great. She was very knowledgeable and had great advice and input on how to deal with certain behaviors my son displayed. I would give her alone 5 stars. She’s the reason I continued with them for a year. The problem is the majority of the services are being provided by Behavioral Technicians, and many of them are not experienced in working with children with ASD. They don’t know what they’re doing. It’s more like a baby sitting job to them.

My son received early intervention services for 2 years prior to this, and all of the BT’s that worked with him in the early intervention program were highly trained and knowledgeable. They all came to work prepared. If my son wasn’t in a good mood or not interested in an activity, they would introduce something else or find other ways to engage him. The BT’s with Proud Moments had no training on how to deal with certain behaviors. It could be that Proud Moments needs to increase their pay rates for the BTs, which will attract more experienced qualified workers like the early intervention program has. So Proud Moments, please hire experienced professionals to work with these children. I don’t need a babysitter. This service is vital to children with autism especially when they’re young, so it needs to be effective and provided by people that have the...

My son has been receiving services with Proud Moments for the past 5+ years. There have been positive and not so positive moments since. The key is finding a team that works and communicate well together. Our current team is new but good. My son is progressing well with them. Last year we also had a great team. Unfortunately BT left because of school schedule and BCBA left because of family emergency. I wish there would not be such high turnover rate because once your child gets attached to a team, sometimes it is hard...

proud moment team is so amazing and professional , all times ahove and beyond with all your needs, im so happy to be part of this amazing agency, i had bad experience in other agency, but wirh them is totally amazing , i recommend to all parents looking for services, they are the best...