Category: Special Events

When you’re dealing with a new autism diagnosis or starting to suspect your child might have autism, you want information — and fast. As a caregiver for a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), you might be feeling like you need to learn a whole new language. Figuring out how to navigate the steps ahead may feel daunting.

We want to help. Blank Children’s Developmental Center and Stride Autism Centers have partnered together to provide free workshops for caregivers of children with autism. And our first one is coming up on March 22 at 5:30 pm, delivering an “Orientation to Autism Diagnosis and Treatment.”

What you’ll learn

At this orientation-focused session, we aim to help you map out the ground ahead. We’ll be discussing:

• Navigating the autism diagnostic assessments
• The post-diagnosis applied behavioral analysis (ABA) therapy assessment and treatment process
• Strategies to implement at home while on a waitlist

In other words, this session is tailored to the earliest days of getting your child diagnosed with autism. It helps you learn what to expect and how to best support your child through it.

How to join the first workshop

Good news: we’re offering these educational events completely free of charge. We believe it’s important to empower the caregivers of children with autism with the information they need.

In fact, to make it as convenient as possible to join us, we’re offering all of our workshops, including this first one, both in-person and on Zoom. You can join us live at:

Blank Children’s Developmental Center (2nd floor)

4055 Westown Parkway
West Des Moines, IA 50266

Or, if you’d prefer to attend virtually, sign up for the workshop and we’ll send you a Zoom link.

To save your spot at the “Orientation to Autism Diagnosis and Treatment” either way, register today.

Our Stride Autism Centers team recently opened a new location in Orland Park, Illinois. We’re elated to be part of the community and we can’t wait to help local preschoolers with autism thrive.

As we get settled and established in our new home, we wanted to invite you to check us out. With that in mind, we’re holding an open house on Wednesday, March 1 and we hope you can join us! We’ll be offering everything from guided tours and appetizers to free autism screenings for kids under 6.

Orland Park open house event details

Where: 18080 Wolf Rd, Orland Park, IL

When: March 1 from 4:30–7:30 pm

Who: Everyone is invited (bring the kids)!

What to expect: if you want to learn about autism, the leading treatment for it (applied behavioral analysis [ABA] therapy), or what a preschool specifically designed for children with autism looks like, this event is for you.

At this open house, our clinical, enrollment, and recruiting teams will all be available to answer any questions you might have. We’ll also be offering an information session on autism and ABA therapy along with guided tours of the new center.

Perhaps most importantly, our team of autism specialists will be offering free on-site autism screenings for children under the age of 6. We’re setting up this screening because we know a lot of parents want clarity about their children but don’t know where to get it. With a free screening built into a fun event for the whole family, we’re aiming to provide a comfortable way for you and your kids to get the information you need.

If you have any questions about the event, don’t hesitate to email us at [email protected]. Or if you know you’d like to attend the open house, reserve your free spot today!