Texas Tech’s Burkhart Center for Autism Education and Research will be launching a mobile autism clinic at the end of March.
Julianna Harris, a psychological associate, said she has a son with Autism Spectrum Disorder or ASD.
“When you have a child on the spectrum and they make what to others may be a small improvement, it’s a huge improvement on our end,” Harris said.
She said a team at the Burkhart Center has been helping her son make lifelong improvements.
“It was just amazing to see his growth,” Harris said.
The center has decided to put their efforts on wheels, to bring resources to rural areas of West Texas.
“I’m from a rural community in Texas and understand how difficult it could be to get to even one doctors appointment,” said Jennifer Hamrick, the project director of the mobile clinic.
Hamrick said the weekly single-day visits will teach families skills to help their children.
“We’ll meet with initially to determine what their needs are definitely some parent implemented intervention,” Hamrick said. “We will also be providing mental health services.”
The visits will offer diagnostics, mental health support and counseling, Hamrick said.
“My son has a hard time with sudden loud noises, so I was going to be traveling with infant at the time and my three year old in an airport by myself,” Harris said. “If I had to use the restroom there were going to be loud flushing noises, and through ABA, [it] helped him tolerate random loud noises.”
In order to sign up for these services, visit burkhartcenter.org/
