Opus ABA

06/05/2026

A small tip you can try today: "first, then." 🌱

When a hard moment is coming — leaving the park, getting dressed, turning off a show — name what comes right after it.

"First shoes, then the park."
"First we clean up, then snack."

It's a small shift, but it does something powerful: it turns a demand into a sequence your child can see coming. The hard part stops feeling like it's out of nowhere, and starts feeling like a step on the way to something good.

It won't work every time — nothing does. But it's one of the simplest tools our BCBAs use, and a lot of families are surprised how much calmer transitions become.

Save this one for the next tough moment. 💛

📞 (605) 295-OPUS · 🌐 opusaba.com · 📧 [email protected]

06/01/2026

AUTISM? You don't have to figure it out alone. 💛

Every parent knows the feeling — the quiet worry that something is harder for your child than it should be. The waiting and the wondering can be the heaviest part.

You don't have to carry it alone, and you don't have to wait.

Opus ABA provides in-home ABA therapy for children with autism, right here in Aberdeen and across northeast South Dakota. We come to you — on your schedule, in your home — with a local team that takes the time to know your family by name.

✅ We come to you, at home
✅ A simple, no-pressure first step
✅ A local team who knows your family

Covered by SD Medicaid, Avera, Sanford, Wellmark, and UnitedHealthcare.

👉 Schedule a callback:
https://opusaba.com/callback

📞 Call or text: (605) 295-6787 / (605) 295-OPUS
📧 Email: [email protected]

05/28/2026

Hello. Hola. Háu. 🌻

Opus ABA serves children and families across northeast South Dakota in English, Spanish, and Dakota — naturally, in the words you know at home.

Our team speaks these languages firsthand, not through interpreters. That means your child hears their own language during therapy, and you can ask questions, share concerns, and shape the plan in the words that feel most natural to your family.

Because the best therapy meets your child where they are. And that begins with meeting your family in the language they live in. 💛

📞 (605) 295-OPUS · 📧 [email protected] · 🌐 opusaba.com

05/26/2026

Every behavior is communication. 🌱

Especially when there are no words. A meltdown, a withdrawal, a repeated action — these often tell us what a child can't yet say out loud: what overwhelms them, what they need, what they're reaching for.

At Opus ABA, our BCBAs start there. We work to understand the reason behind a behavior first — then build a plan that teaches the skills to help your child be understood.

That's the heart of good ABA: not changing your child, but helping the world hear them.

📞 (605) 295-OPUS · 📧 [email protected] · 🌐 opusaba.com

05/25/2026

For the lives ended in service.
For the quiet families who carry that loss every day.
For the empty places at tables across this country.

We remember today, and every day. 🤍

05/21/2026

🎉 WE'RE POPPING UP IN ABERDEEN TODAY! 🎉

🗞️ FREE Aberdeen Insider for EVERYONE who stops by — no strings, our treat.
🎟️ Plus, enter our raffle to WIN a full year of the Aberdeen Insider — a $125 value!

Come say hi, grab your free paper, drop your name in for the prize, and learn what in-home ABA therapy can look like for your family. 💛

📍 WHERE TO FIND US TODAY:
☀️ 10 AM – 2 PM → Tractor Supply Co. (2201 6th Ave SE)
🎪 4 – 6 PM → K.O. Lee Public Library, at the Summer Reading Kick-Off Party!

The library party is a free, all-ages bash — carnival games, prizes, face painting, free popsicles. Bring the whole family, then come see us. 🎈

See you today, Aberdeen! 👋

📞 (605) 295-OPUS · 🌐 opusaba.com

05/19/2026

Mealtimes can be one of the hardest parts of the day for families raising autistic children. 🍓

What looks like "picky eating" is often something much deeper — sensory sensitivities, rigid routines, or real physical discomfort. It is not a phase to wait out. And it is not a discipline problem.

ABA helps families build calm, structured paths toward variety — food chaining, gradual exposure, sensory-friendly steps, and consistent routines. One small bite at a time. 🌱

If mealtimes feel heavy in your home, we'd be glad to talk through what support could look like.

📞 (605) 295-OPUS · 🌐 opusaba.com

05/17/2026

Applied Behavior Analysis is one of the most studied approaches in autism care — but the name does little to describe what the work actually looks like. 🌱

In practice, it is small, patient, and built around your child. A structured way to help them communicate, navigate transitions, express what they feel, and move toward independence — one reachable step at a time. ✨

It is not about changing who your child is. It is about giving them tools to be themselves, more fully. 💛

If you have been wondering whether ABA is right for your family, we would be glad to walk you through it.

📞 (605) 295-OPUS · 🌐 opusaba.com

05/17/2026

And the winners are...

🎉 Kansas Larson
🎉 Becky Schoenfelder
🎉 Amanda Black

Congratulations to all three of you! Your Red Rooster
gift cards are ready — please send us a private message
with your mailing address and we will get them out to
you this week.

A huge thank you to everyone who entered, liked, followed,
tagged, and shared. Aberdeen, you showed up. We are
grateful to be part of this community.

And a special thank you to every family who tagged a
friend or relative raising a child with autism — that
single small action may be the bridge that changes
everything for a child whose family did not know help
was finally here.

We are just getting started. More to come.

Thank you, Aberdeen.

(605) 295-OPUS · opusaba.com

05/13/2026

🎉 GIVEAWAY — ABERDEEN, COME HANG WITH US 🎉
If you've spent time in Aberdeen, you probably know the cozy atmosphere at RRed Rooster Coffee House— and the amazing people behind it, Dan & Angie Cleberg, who have been building community here for nearly 30 years. ❤️☕
To celebrate, we're giving away 3 Red Rooster gift cards — 3 lucky winners!
To enter:
✅ Like our page
✅ Follow .sd
✅ Tag a friend in the comments — each friend you tag is an extra entry, and another person who might know a family in need.
Winners drawn Saturday at 10 PM — pure random draw.
A little about us: Opus ABA is an in-home ABA therapy practice for kids with autism, serving Aberdeen and Northeastern South Dakota. BCBA-led, RBT-delivered, with real support for the whole family. Local care so families don't have to drive hours for the services their kids deserve.
Huge thank you to Dan & Angie and the whole Red Rooster family — building community by including everyone is exactly what we're about too. 🧡
Know a family with a child on the spectrum? We'd love to meet them. 🧡

ABA therapy for children in Aberdeen, SD. In-home, evidence-based, family-first. Revealing the brilliance within.