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<div class="hero"><div class="hero-inner"><span class="location-badge">Getting Started</span><h1>Do You Need a Referral for ABA Therapy Near You?</h1><p>A plain-language guide for parents sorting through diagnosis records, referrals, insurance steps, and the first ABA call.</p></div></div>
<div class="quick-info"><div class="info-item"><div class="info-label">Focus</div><div class="info-value">Referral Questions</div></div><div class="info-item"><div class="info-label">Bring</div><div class="info-value">Reports & Card</div></div><div class="info-item"><div class="info-label">Area</div><div class="info-value">New Hampshire</div></div><div class="info-item"><div class="info-label">Next Step</div><div class="info-value">Call First</div></div></div>
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<section><p>Sometimes yes. Sometimes no. It depends on what the word referral means in that exact conversation.</p><p>A pediatrician may send your child for autism testing. A clinic may recommend ABA after seeing the results. The card in your wallet may still require a doctor's order before it pays for care. Same word. Three different jobs.</p><p>Achieving Stars Therapy works with New Hampshire families trying to start in-home ABA after a doctor visit, school concern, or autism evaluation. If you are near Dover or Nashua, you do not need to untangle every form before you ask for help.</p></section>
<section><h2>What should you have in front of you?</h2><p>Bring whatever you have. A doctor's note. A school email. An autism report. Testing notes. The name on the card.</p><p>That is enough for a useful first call. If something is missing, the intake team can tell you who to ask next.</p><p>If you are still sorting out testing, keep these two pages handy: <a href="/aba-therapy-resources/what-is-an-ados-2-assessment">What is an ADOS-2 assessment?</a> and <a href="/aba-therapy-resources/what-is-the-m-chat-test-for-autism">What is the M-CHAT test for autism?</a>. Those reports can help explain why your family is asking for ABA, even when another office still needs to send records.</p></section>
<section><h2>When should you call Achieving Stars Therapy?</h2><p>Call when you have a report. Call when you are waiting on results. Call when the pediatrician said "look into ABA" and you are not sure what that means.</p><p>Families near the Seacoast can ask what is needed for <a href="/location/city/aba-therapy-dover-nh">ABA therapy near Dover, NH</a>. Families in southern New Hampshire can ask about <a href="/location/city/aba-therapy-nashua-nh">ABA therapy in Nashua</a>.</p></section>
<section><h2>What if you are missing something?</h2><p>That happens. It does not mean you failed the first step.</p><p>The intake team can usually tell you whether to call the pediatrician, the evaluator, or the plan listed on your card. That saves you from calling five places and getting five partial answers.</p></section>
<section class="cta-section"><h2>Start with the call</h2><p>Have your child's age, school schedule, card, and the home routine that is hardest right now. The call does not have to be perfect. It just has to get you unstuck.</p><div class="cta-grid"><div class="cta-item"><div class="cta-item-label">Call</div><div class="cta-item-value"><a href="tel:8336663115">(833) 666-3115</a></div></div><div class="cta-item"><div class="cta-item-label">Email</div><div class="cta-item-value"><a href="mailto:info@achievingstarstherapy.com">info@achievingstarstherapy.com</a></div></div><div class="cta-item"><div class="cta-item-label">Care</div><div class="cta-item-value">BCBA-led in-home ABA</div></div></div></section>
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