>> One big reason that I do what I do is I love watching the students make games
from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.
And especially in my position, a lot of the students come in and they're nonverbal
and they don't know how to communicate their needs at all
and they have no pre-academic skills.
And so, I love working with them throughout the year to see the games that they can make.
And a lot of times, by the end of the year, our students are speaking small words
or sometimes even small sentences and they're connecting that at home and at school.
And it's just great to see that they can communicate with everyone.
One of the most challenging parts of my job is that my students that come to me,
some of them have the autism spectrum diagnosis and some of them are labeled
as developmentally delayed and the parents that are seeking the diagnosis
of autism sometimes need a lot of help finding the right path to take to get to the next steps
because the students with autism really thrive using ABA therapy.
And so, the parents need of help finding the right therapist,
finding the right private speech therapist and also balancing
that with everything in the school setting.