William had his first ABA session with AExceLearning center’s staffs for 2 hours. Ms. Nhi (supervisor) and Nhu (administrative manager) came to work out a permanent schedule for William. Then Nhu spent the rest of the time to make acquaintance with William while Ms. Nhi taking notes. At first W showed signs of not wanting to be near them like push them away or ran into the bed room and closed the door. But eventually he stayed in the living room and sitting next to Ms. Nhu. At some point he cried because Ms. Nhu would not give him the iPad before hearing he said “B”. I came to comfort him, wiped out his tears; that calmed him down a bit and he started to say “B”. Good boy!
Ms. Nhu also tried to teach him to do the sign “More” and “All Done” to express what he wants.
At the end of the session, Ms. Nhi said W has lots of potentials and skills. That’s my boy, we’re proud of you, son!
Just got an email from AExeLearnBest that HealthNet has approved so William can start having session with ABA tech effectively today. We will need to work out a schedule for William soon. HealthNet approved 30 hours / week; I’m not sure if that’s too much for a little boy but we’ll see how that goes.
William was so happy to see me waiting for him after class at Mitchell
Yesterday i was feeling so down because I could not find any ABA Services providers that meet William’s schedule. After class at Mitchell school and his nap at the daycare, he’s only available for 2 hours after 3:30 PM.
A week ago I called Morning Star ABA services, talked to a lady named Amanda and sent her our insurance info. She said she would call back but did not received any thing from her so I emailed her asking for status. She said with William’s schedule it’s hard to find available staffs. Then yesterday I called several providers from the list that HealthNet rep sent me: Bloom Behavorial Health Inc said they have a 3 months waiting list, some providers didn’t answers (Behavior Support Svc, Creative Solution for Hope) . Finally I reached down to the bottom of the list: AExceLearning Behaviorial Education Support and Training. A nice lady named To Nhu Le answered, and it turned out she’s Vietnamese. So later in the day she sent me more info about her agency and requested that I sent her our insurance and the report from RCOC.
He loves this stamp
Today I sent what To Nhu Le from AExceLearning Behaviorial Education Support and Training requested, and soon she replied that she already verified William qualification with HealthNet and that we don’t have to pay co-pay or deductibles; and that she sent in the authorization request and waiting for the answer from HealthNet.
In the mean time, I also emailed Mrs. Annette Glass from Healthnet (who sent me the providers list in the first place) and telling her that the provider AExceLearning Behaviorial Education Support and Training has staffs available for William’s schedule and that they were waiting for authorization approval.
Few minutes later, got an email from Mrs. Annette, she said she talked to To Nhu Le and authorized 8 hour assessment effective today! I’m so happy that things turn out pretty good. I’d never expect that Mrs. Annette would act so fast!
Not just that, around noon our service co-odinator Kim Than called, saying that we got approved for Day Care. Even though the amount is not much but it’s better than nothing. She also encouraged me to call the RESPITE agency to schedule for at least 1 time; which will help in the process of requesting Medical for William. Once William get approved for Medical then RCOC will cover all the RESPITE fees so we don’t have to pay anything.
This really relieves the financial burden that I’ve been feeling ever since William was diagnosed with Autism. If we have Medical we’d not have to worry about the lack of money to pay for Insurance co-pay and deductibles for doctor visits (and my boy is sick so often!).
I stopped by the Post Office today after dropping William off at the Children World Preschool to send the form and the report to HealthNet insurance company to start the process of receiving ABA services from them. This is the report that Dr. Kyle from RCOC prepared after our meeting.
The package is supposed to arrive on Friday. I’m expecting a phone call from them next week to go over the process of how William will get the ABA benefits.
I stopped by the Post Office today after dropping William off at the Children World Preschool to send the form and the report to HealthNet insurance company to start the process of receiving ABA services from them. This is the report that Dr. Kyle from RCOC prepared after our meeting.