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The Good Doctor on ABC this Fall

David Shore, creator of House, debuts a new medical drama on Monday, September 25th at 10 pm on ABC. The show is based on a South Korean format and executive produced by Hawaii Five-0 co-star Daniel Dae Kim.

LABA General Meeting August 12

The Latino Association for Behavior Analysis (LABA) is an organization dedicated to the provision of support, resources, communication and networking opportunities to Latino ABA practitioners and students as well as to those who work with Latino populations.  LABA is committed to furthering professional growth of individual practitioners who provide behavior analysis. LABA is also committed […]

Atypical: A Coming of Age Comedy on Netflix

In this post we will be looking at Atypical, the coming of age original comedy from Netflix. Keir Gilchrist plays Sam Gardner, a high school senior on the autism spectrum, trying to navigate dating, school and just being a teenager. Sam’s desire for more independence leads the entire family on a journey of self-discovery. Jennifer […]

Have you met Julia?

There are several new shows on TV currently or are debuting shortly that feature a character with Autism.  Over the next month we will highlight these shows and would love to get your feedback. First, we are going to talk about Julia, the newest Muppet on Sesame Street who has autism. The show debuted Julia in […]

ELARC New Parent Orientation for Early Start Program

The East Los Angeles Regional Center will be holding orientation for new parents in the Early Start Program. Dates have been announced through the remainder of 2017. You will meet the staff of the ELARC, other parents and learn what the Early Start Program can do for you.  You will need to RSVP for a […]

SGP Regional Center Critical Issues Forum

The San Gabriel/Pomona Regional Center is holding its second Critical Issues Forum on Wednesday, July 26 from 10 a.m. – noon. The topic of this forum is  the Fair Hearing Process.  If you’ve been denied a service or simply want to find out more information about the appeal process and the fair hearing process, this meeting […]

LABA Meeting June 17th

The Latino Association of Applied Behavior Analysis in association with LASABA is hosting a general meeting on June 17th at Cal State Los Angeles. The meeting runs from 1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. and is open to anyone who would like to attend. The guest speaker is Dr. Michele Wallace. Everyone is welcome but reservation […]

Autism Speaks Walk 2017

All of us at Familias First were excited and happy to meet and talk with family, friends and everyone who came out to walk and support Autism Awareness! Along with our sister agency, CBC Education, we had games, activities and lots of giveaways all day at our booth. It was a fantastic day all around! […]

Tips for the Autism Walk

Welcome back everyone, We hope you all are enjoying this beautiful Autism Awareness Month. For this post we wanted to focus on reminders for the upcoming Autism Walk on April 29th, 2017! We will be sharing some information about the event, the Familias First booth that will be set up on that day for you […]

Autism Awareness Month

Hi all, Welcome back to our blog! First off we want to say, HAPPY AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH! Yes, the whole month of April is dedicated to celebrate autism and everyone who identifies with it, isn’t that awesome? Since we are all about awareness this month we wanted to post some helpful autism facts, tips, and […]