Colorado Behavior and Learning Group

Colorado Behavior and Learning Group Providing ABA services in the Pikes Peak Region CBLG offers intensive in home ABA services as well as a full day center based program.

A reminder for the siblings.If you have a neurotypical sibling of an autistic child or adult, summer is hard on them too...
06/17/2026

A reminder for the siblings.

If you have a neurotypical sibling of an autistic child or adult, summer is hard on them too — and often in ways nobody talks about.

💛 They may quietly skip the pool because last time "didn't work"
💛 They may take on adult-level emotional weight you didn't ask them to carry
💛 They may resent their sibling and feel guilty for resenting them
💛 They may need a friend's house this weekend more than you realize

Things that help:
🌿 Carve out 1-on-1 time with the sibling — even 30 minutes a week
🌿 Name the hard parts out loud ("It's okay to feel mixed about your brother sometimes")
🌿 Connect them to a sibling support group — Sibshops exists for this exact reason
🌿 Don't make them the third caregiver. They get to be a kid.

The 5 heat signs every autism parent should know:Many autistic kids and adults don't reliably report being overheated. B...
06/16/2026

The 5 heat signs every autism parent should know:

Many autistic kids and adults don't reliably report being overheated. By the time they 'tell' you, they're already in trouble. Watch for these instead:

🔴 Flushed face, especially cheeks and ears
🔴 Increased irritability or behavior escalation for 'no reason'
🔴 Dry skin (not sweating when they should be)
🔴 Drop in eye contact or responsiveness
🔴 Refusal of activities they normally tolerate

If you see two or more, get to shade, get cool water on the back of the neck, and end the outing. Heat exhaustion in kids who can't communicate it can escalate to heat stroke fast.

What does "assent" look like for someone who can't tell you 'no'?This question matters more than almost any other in mod...
06/15/2026

What does "assent" look like for someone who can't tell you 'no'?

This question matters more than almost any other in modern ABA. Because if assent only counts when it's verbal, we're saying that non-speaking individuals don't get a say. And that's not what we do.

Real assent-based practice means watching for:

👀 Body orientation: turning toward or away from a task
👋 Hand placement: reaching for an item, or pulling away
🚶 Movement: walking toward the activity, or leaving it
😌 Affect: relaxed engagement, or signs of distress
📱 AAC use: using their device to say 'all done' or 'no'
📋 Behavior: what the behavior is telling us about willingness

Every one of these is communication. Every one of these counts. 💛

Today is Flag Day. 🇺🇸A moment for the military families in our community, particularly the ones navigating autism care a...
06/14/2026

Today is Flag Day. 🇺🇸

A moment for the military families in our community, particularly the ones navigating autism care across deployments, PCS moves, and the unique challenges of building therapeutic continuity when your address keeps changing.

Our Zebulon Clinic in Colorado Springs was built, in part, with you in mind:

🛡️ Tricare accepted
🏠 Adults 21+ with profound autism
📍 1820 Zebulon Dr., minutes from Fort Carson, Peterson, and Schriever
🤝 Full-time on-site BCBAs, not a revolving door

If you're a military family stationed near Colorado Springs and you have an adult child with profound autism navigating the post-21 gap, we'd be honored to talk. 💙

Saturday sensory tip: The 4th of July is three weeks away. Start fireworks prep this weekend.Fireworks are one of the ha...
06/13/2026

Saturday sensory tip: The 4th of July is three weeks away. Start fireworks prep this weekend.

Fireworks are one of the hardest sensory events of the year for autistic kids. Loud, unpredictable, late at night, often in crowds. Add Colorado's altitude-amplified sound, and they're brutal.

Three weeks gives you time. Here's the plan:

🎧 Buy noise-canceling headphones NOW. Let your child wear them around the house this week. Normalize them before they're 'crisis gear.'
🎬 Watch fireworks videos on YouTube at low volume. Increase gradually over the next two weeks
🗓️ Decide your 4th of July plan: home with quiet activities? Distant viewing from the car? Skip it entirely? Decide now and pre-teach it
🐕 Local fireworks in Colorado start as early as June 28, don't be caught off guard

Save this. You'll thank yourself July 3. 💙

Update on Federal Drive summer programming: spots are filling. ⏰If you're a Denver-area family who has been thinking abo...
06/12/2026

Update on Federal Drive summer programming: spots are filling. ⏰

If you're a Denver-area family who has been thinking about it, the window is closing. We're not saying this for marketing. We're saying it because June 12 is the moment families either lock in summer support or end up white-knuckling July and August.

What you get at Federal Drive:
🎯 1:1 ABA with daily BCBA oversight
🎯 Predictable structure across the day
🎯 Goal continuity so the IEP doesn't reset in August
🎯 Real coordination with you, not a brochure version of it

Contact us today. We can talk through fit in 15 minutes.

https://www.coloradobehavior.com/contact

If you've been DIYing summer with your child and it's not going the way you hoped, you're not failing. The system isn't ...
06/11/2026

If you've been DIYing summer with your child and it's not going the way you hoped, you're not failing. The system isn't built for what you're trying to do.

Our Parker, CO, clinic has openings for kids and teens ages 16 and under, and our Federal Drive Location has openings for summer programs 📍

What changes when families add ABA support mid-summer:
✅ Daily structure your child can count on
✅ Hours of 1:1 support that protect your own sanity
✅ Skills that don't slide backward over the summer
✅ A BCBA who actually knows your kid and your family
✅ Coordination with school for an August re-entry that doesn't undo May

If 'maybe in fall' was your plan and June is reshaping that, call us. We'd rather help now than watch a family hit the wall.

https://www.coloradobehavior.com/contact

Wellness Wednesday: a check-in we keep returning to.If you've been running on fumes since school ended, raise a hand. ✋T...
06/11/2026

Wellness Wednesday: a check-in we keep returning to.

If you've been running on fumes since school ended, raise a hand. ✋

Two weeks into summer is when the adrenaline of "we got this" starts to crack. The kids are bored. You're behind on everything else. Nobody is sleeping. And somehow it's only June.

If this is you, please do ONE thing this week:

📞 Call a friend (not to vent, just to feel like a person)
💆 Schedule one 30-minute thing for YOU in the next 7 days
🤝 Ask for help from someone specific, with a specific ask. "Can you bring dinner on Thursday?" works better than "let me know if you need anything."
📅 Get on a respite waitlist if you're not already

You can do hard things AND need help. Both. 💛

Let us support you, contact us at https://www.coloradobehavior.com/contact

06/10/2026

This is what summer looks like at CLBG Parker! Are you looking to enroll your Douglas County kiddo into individualized and FUN ABA Therapy to help them build essential skills?

Join us in Parker and receive the customized care that your child needs to thrive. We accept most insurance providers!

https://www.coloradobehavior.com/parker

The single most important parenting frame we can offer this summer: meltdowns are NOT tantrums.📌 A tantrum is goal-direc...
06/09/2026

The single most important parenting frame we can offer this summer: meltdowns are NOT tantrums.

📌 A tantrum is goal-directed. It stops when the goal is met or clearly unavailable.
📌 A meltdown is a nervous system overload. It does not stop on demand. It does not respond to consequences. It has to run its course.

Why this matters in summer:
Heat, noise, crowds, broken routines, these stack the deck for meltdowns, not tantrums. If you respond to a meltdown with discipline strategies, you'll make it worse AND damage trust.

What helps a meltdown:
🌿 Reduce sensory input (quiet space, dim light, fewer people)
🌿 Lower demands to zero
🌿 Silent presence > talking
🌿 Wait. Recovery takes time

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