Caravel Autism Health – Olathe | Coming Soon
Providing diagnostic evaluations and personalized ABA therapy for children as young as 12 months in Olathe, KS.
Services: Diagnostics Evaluation, ABA Therapy
Address: 13551 South Mur-Len Road, Olathe, KS 66062
New Parents: 913-361-5448
General Inquiries: 913-444-5645
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Our Expert Team in Olathe
At Caravel Autism Health, families are supported by a compassionate team of specialists dedicated to helping children with autism grow and thrive. Our clinicians, therapists, and care coordinators work closely with parents to create individualized ABA therapy plans, provide ongoing guidance, and celebrate every milestone together.
Megan has been working in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) since 2015. She graduated with a bachelor of science in communication sciences and disorders from University of Central Arkansas in 2016 and earned her master’s degree in special education, with a graduate certificate in ABA, from University of Arkansas in 2018. Megan began her career as a line therapist, providing in-home ABA therapy. She later served as a lead teacher in an autism-specific classroom at a developmental preschool before returning to the ABA field as an RBT. Megan advanced into a supervisory role and ultimately became a BCBA. Over the past 10 years, she has worked with clients ranging in age from 2 to 65 across a variety of settings. Megan strongly believes in the power of building meaningful relationships with children, their families, stakeholders, and teammates. She is especially passionate about social skills training, adaptive and daily living skills programming, and cultivating strong clinical skills in fellow BCBAs.
Not Sure Where to Begin? We’ll Guide You.
Early intervention can change a child’s future. Caravel helps families take the first steps, from recognizing early signs to completing a quick screener and connecting with the team who will support your child’s journey.
Frequently Asked Questions
Give us a call at 920-239-5474 or complete this form: https://caravelautism.com/contact-us/
Prior to beginning therapy, a diagnostic evaluation is required. Additional testing is based on individual need and is only used if the testing will help us to design a program or therapy. In general, testing is used to help diagnose disorders and determine levels of intellectual functioning, language ability or adaptive skills. Caravel provides diagnostic evaluations or if you have one from another professional source, that can usually also be used. Testing can also be helpful to chart the effectiveness of therapy.
An evaluation and any diagnostic testing will be billed to insurance (and/or Medicaid where permissible). Testing may be a part of the initial assessment or follow-up assessment. Please check with your insurance company. Typically, your family would be responsible for a potential deductible and/or co-pay. In some states, if you have Medicaid there would be no charge for the assessment beyond what is reimbursed by Medicaid. Any questions regarding financial responsibility may be discussed prior to an appointment with our billing staff. If testing would pose a financial hardship for the family, this should be discussed with billing. We work with parents/guardians to meet the needs of their individual case. Expenses can be spread over time.
Therapy typically takes place in a local Caravel clinic. Under limited and clinically appropriate circumstances, we recommend that some children receive therapy in a home-based setting.
ABA therapy programs are wide-ranging and covers all areas in which your child needs to be successful. Goals are created and broken down into small steps. The steps are then organized into a logical order and taught one small step at a time. Areas may include communication, behavioral, functional and social skills.
Research shows that the greater the amount of hours, the better the outcome for children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Children with an autism characteristically do not learn naturally throughout their days like typically developing children do. Learning is a full-time job for children that typically occurs without being noticed. Children with an autism need to be taught to learn. This means many hours of practicing these skills. Parent/guardian training and involvement is also an essential part of a successful ABA program. Tools and techniques of ABA should be incorporated into daily life. The amount of ABA therapy needed will depend on a variety of factors to be determined in the diagnostic evaluation.
Parent/guardians are trained to do individual therapy with their child. We recommend that parent/guardians engage their child in a few hours of therapy a week to be familiar with what their child is learning. Parent/guardians are encouraged to join team meetings and training provided by clinic staff or outside professionals.
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is data-driven, so your clinical team will consistently record data and write session notes during each therapy session, documenting your child’s responses using our proprietary computerized data system.
Our clinicians often work closely with other professionals because we realize that different experts can add valuable insight into treatment. If suggestions can be added to a therapy plan without crossing ethical or professional boundaries, we will bring these suggestions into therapy.