Firefly Autism Reviews

Amazing place. Toured a whole back. What they do is absolutely fantastic!

Run, do not walk, away from this company whether you are the parent of a client or a prospective employee. The company's response to the review left by "Lunar Enchantress" below tells you all you need to know about how the company responds when issues are raised- they deflect the blame onto someone else and thus never address the issues at hand. Overall, this place has bad vibes and terrible management to boot.

This is a great company I just have some cons but don't worry I have pros too.
Pros.
1. It's a upgrade from a company that only wants your cash and releases your child early so they don't have to have another worry
2. Some workers are perfect for children.
3. Now I can't say anything about the way the handle there group but from the pov (Point of View) of the therapists. They say its amazing

Cons:
1. This could be just our point of view but some therapist, just don't care about you and only care about there money.

Had a tour of the school, amazing staff. If you have the means see how you can help and donate!

I wonder if parents know they're children can get a lot more help, and for free, from their public school.

This is such a great school!!! My two brothers with pretty bad autism have been gong here for 4 years and they have improved so much!! Anyways, the teachers are amazing and love re students with passion. Please send your child here. It will help them so much!

I worked here for almost 2 years and I m surprised more people have not come forward and reviewed the center. It s completely unsafe for both clients and staff and there s a serious issue with morale and gossip that forces employees to leave the work environment. Not to mention that staff are highly unpaid and expected to work even if clients have injured them. The moment you advocate for your physical and mental health, you re threatened with termination and denied PTO days.

The director has been talking about a new school for about a decade and in the time I worked there, I begged constantly for materials and resources for the kids. Other than edible reinforcements, I NEVER saw one dollar go into anything for the kids. If any of the staff bought materials, they were not reimbursed. The heat doesn t work in most rooms in the building and they never sought to fix that, and in the summer they don t turn on the A/C because they re cheap. Yet, the center had $1 million donated last May at the Gala. The CEO drives $120K in vehicles and one director got a new vehicle while the other went to Europe.

If the woman who does the audits would have evaluated the EI playground structure, she would have noticed that the wall was held together with duct tape and that if a kid fell, the likelihood of death or serious injury was extremely high. There was an outbreak of Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease and there were issues of bed bugs biting clients. For over 6 months, the fence between Primary and EI was broken, leaving the opportunity for the larger, aggressive children to elope should they become escalated. This place is unsafe for clients and staff. Not to mention that the directors knowingly had staff bill for 1-1 services when clients were being doubled and tripled with staff and on some days, BCBAs who are not trained on certain staff were working with clients with major TBx. The biggest concern I remember was seeing a BCBA work with 5 clients and only 1 was hers. Other staff have told me that they were instructed to continue to bill those insurance companies for 1-1 services.

They do what they can to get donors and staff, including making an elaborate PR statement that the center has vans used to take children on field trips. Those vans have never been used. All staff leave and they remain short-staffed because they don t make an effort to care about employees and modify their behavior for the better. For people who have studied behavioral health, it blows my mind how much they focus on getting drunk almost daily and talking about people in such a negative manner that they do not feel welcome despite how amazing they are as a RBT or BCBA. The people in charge just want your money, but you ll never see where the entirety of it goes.

I do believe that ABA is beneficial for children diagnosed with autism, but this center lacks the ethics and morale to be trusted with these children. I hope an investigation is conducted and that the center is closed. It would be what is best for the clients and the staff forced to work in deplorable conditions with them.

Such an amazing group a people doing such great work.

This place is incredibly toxic! Heed to the other reviewers advice. You do not want to work here, nor do you want to be affiliated with them once they go down for insurance fraud. Take your money elsewhere and receive the proper care your child deserves. Your funds will go directly into the directors pockets. There s a reason why their turnover rate is so high. This place is unethical and unsafe for children.

We had the pleasure of being hired by Firefly Autism for their 2019 Kickoff celebration for their employees. They are such an amazing group of people. You could feel the family-like environment they've created for their employees and I'm sure that is also conveyed through their work with the kids. They lead with kindness and are passionate about what they do which is important in their line of work. Cannot say enough amazing things about this company.

Excellent place-they are doing wonders with my son!

I absolutely LOVE their home-based ABA therapy. My son has had 2 BCBAs and 1 RBT and they have all been great to work with. I really have seen tremendous improvement in the last year since my son started! The BCBA will communicate with the school and other therapists so everyone can be on the same page and using the same strategies and language. Also I am able to ask for help with all kinds of things instead of contacting OT, Social worker etc. They have been a real blessing for our family!!!

I like firefly because they celebrate birthdays there