January 2023 by Rob Walker
Our son has shown absolutely huge progress since starting here. My only regret is that he cannot go full time -- the improvement in his ability to speak went from literally none to trying to sing along with his favorite band in concert within less than ~5 months. Everyone who works there has been a consummate professional with us who knows the nuts and bolts of what they do inside and out and has given us wonderful guidance every step of the way that we have come to trust over all of our boy's other autism services, all of which seem to be more interested in getting him through the days and checking boxes. In addition our little boy loves coming to the ELC more than anything in the world and they take wonderful care of him there, he is always happy to see them.One day he had a bad day and his teacher commented to me that he seemed sad to me that day. This is the key difference here between this and all of his other services -- at the ELC, they both cared and noticed his mood being sour, and went so far as to let us know. It is a different experience entirely from his ABA therapy which seems to be more about checking boxes then him being happy.I can only hope to have my son have as many good educators and staff working with him throughout his life as he has had so far here. True professionals doing excellent work.
