ADOS-2 Evaluations

ADOS-2 Evaluation

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Put your child and family on the fast track to success!

As your local Behavioral Health Center of Excellence, we’re excited to now offer ADOS-2 assessment. We can assess your child almost immediately, fast track the results to your medical family doctor, and get your child started in ABA therapy much quicker.​

As your local Behavioral Health Center of Excellence, we’re excited to now offer ADOS-2 evaluations.
We can assess your child almost immediately, fast track the results to your medical family doctor, and get your child started in ABA therapy much quicker.

The Autism Diagnostic Observation Scale, Second Edition, (ADOS-2) is the standardized tool for autism evaluation

  • ADOS-2 is the gold-standard tool used to diagnose autism, accurately and reliably.
  • An autism diagnosis is required by health insurance to cover ABA therapy.
  • Early diagnosis is crucial and ADOS-2 evaluations are available for children as young as 12 months old.
  • ADOS-2 evaluations use age-appropriate, play-based activities to observe communication skills, social interaction, and imaginative play.

Having earned the prestigious 3-year BHCOE accreditation— the highest level possible — our experts have helped countless children reach their full potential for over 20 years.

We can help you with insurance, too!

  • If diagnosed, The Behavior Exchange will coordinate insurance coverage for a seamless start to ABA therapy.
  • We’re in-network with major health insurance providers and advocate on your behalf to ensure your child receives therapy hours that are medically necessary.
  • Once insurance authorization is received, your child can begin ABA therapy immediately.

As an accredited Behavioral Health Center of Excellence, we go the extra mile to help families successfully navigate the ins and out of their health insurance. We work directly with insurance companies on behalf of our clients. We also make sure our clients understand their coverage and are maximizing their benefits. We’re your insurance advocates! Contact us today and see what expert, caring, and fun ABA therapy can do for your family!

From testing to treatment in one easy call.

What is ADOS-2?

It’s part of a comprehensive diagnostic evaluation that considers many behavioral, medical, educational, and developmental factors. The ADOS-2 evaluation accurately and reliably diagnoses autism in children as young as 12 months old.

Does insurance require an autism diagnosis?

In most cases, an autism diagnosis is necessary for health insurance to cover autism testing and treatment services, like the expert, caring, and fun ABA therapy you’ll find at The Behavior Exchange.

What is ABA therapy?

Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy is a widely researched and used discipline for managing autism and outcomes in children. When ABA therapy is started early (as young as 18 months), kids with autism can learn, grow, and reach their full potential in school and in life.

Why use The Behavior Exchange for ADOS-2 testing?

We’ve been working with kids with autism and their families for over 20 years. We’ve also earned the highest accreditation possible as a Behavioral Health Center of Excellence. We can guide you with care and be your advocate every step along your autism journey, from testing and insurance to ABA therapy and a better life for your whole family. 

How quickly can I get my child tested?

We can schedule an ADOS-2 evaluation within days of you contacting us. After the assessment, we’ll expedite the results to you and your doctor so a comprehensive diagnosis of your child can proceed without delay.

What if my child’s diagnosed with autism?

We offer real hope for a brighter future! Once we receive authorization from your insurance provider, we’ll contact you to design a schedule of ABA therapy based on the needs of your child as well as your family.

As the rate of autism continues to rise, families are having to wait several weeks and even months for an ADOS-2 evaluation, the gold standard for accurately diagnosing autism. Our new ADOS-2 evaluation services provide a fast track to testing, but also to our life-changing ABA therapy.

Reach out today.
Our autism testing and treatment experts are ready to help!

More about BHCOE

The Behavior Exchange has earned the prestigious 3-year reaccreditation—the highest level possible—as a Behavioral Health Center of Excellence (BHCOE), acknowledging our steadfast commitment and dedication to continuous improvement in applied behavior analysis. 

BHCOE Accreditation recognizes behavioral health providers that excel in the areas of clinical quality, staff qualifications, and consumer satisfaction and promote systems that enhance these areas. These areas are measured with a wide-ranging audit, including interviews with agency clinical leadership, in-depth on-site observation, a detailed staff qualification review, an anonymous staff satisfaction survey, and an anonymous consumer satisfaction survey.

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Ashvina attended University of Bombay and graduated with a Bachelors of Commerce. She got her Montessori Diploma in 1985 and taught ever since. Ashvina came to TBE in January of 2016 as Admin Assistant. During the years she got the opportunity to learn and work in different departments such as HR, Finance, Office Manager and Executive Assistant. Last summer TBE bought billing in house and her current focus area is Revenue Cycle Management. She is detail oriented and enjoys working with people. Ashvina volunteers to deliver meals to seniors and local shelters on the weekend. She loves to spend time with her family and grandkids. Ashvina loves her job because she enjoys hearing different points of view, and she feels her contributions help fuel the direction of our company.

Working with children comes naturally to Angela. Her mom was a special education teacher for 30 years and often had Angela join her for Take Your Child to Work Day. And in high school, Angela spent every summer as the nanny for a little boy with an autism spectrum disorder. It was this experience where her passion for working with children with autism started to blossom.

From there, she went on to graduate from Oklahoma State University with a Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Family Sciences. She learned about Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) in a non-normative development class and from that moment knew that ABA would be her life’s work.

Angela moved to the DFW area shortly after and began working at The Behavior Exchange as a therapist. She worked on her Master’s in Behavior Analysis at the same time. A year after graduating, she earned certification as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst.

Now, as a Clinical Director at The Behavior Exchange, she brings a life-long passion to her work, holding a special place in her heart for children with limited language skills and working closely with families to develop healthy sleep habits.

Danielle’s passion for working with families is deeply personal and from the heart. Her younger brother has an autism spectrum disorder, and through their journey as a family, she found her purpose in life as an advocate for individuals with special needs.

After graduating from the University of North Texas with a degree in Human Development and Family Studies, Danielle began volunteering at The Behavior Exchange. She saw passionate therapists, meaningful change for clients, and families with hope for the future. After a summer of volunteering, she officially joined the team as Director of Admissions and found her home with The Behavior Exchange family.

With her extensive experience working as a client advocate with insurance providers, Danielle perseveres to help individuals of all ages and abilities receive the services they need to reach their full potential. She feels truly honored by each and every family who entrusts The Behavior Exchange to be part of their journey and is committed to the organization’s core values, mission, and goal of being a beacon of hope for the community.

Adam has always had a passion for helping individuals of all ages thrive and reach their full potential. He’s also an enthusiastic musician, songwriter, leader, and devoted family man, who has been helping children and team members grow with The Behavior Exchange since 2010.

Prior to joining the team at The Behavior Exchange, Adam was a mortgage loan consultant and grad student, pursuing his master’s degree in Education at the University of North Texas. He graduated in 2013 and also earned a graduate academic certificate in Autism Intervention. The following year, after years as a Behavior Therapist and seeing first-hand the power of ABA and the meaningful impact it can have on children and their families, Adam became a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. He then commenced from the Stagen Leadership Academy after completing the Integral Leadership Program (ILP), a 52-week practice-based program designed to develop executives serious about transforming themselves, their teams, and their organizations.

Adam is truly grateful to be a part of a dynamic, inspiring and compassionate team, and he’s dedicated to bettering the lives of all children and their families through the delivery of the highest quality of ABA services, while supporting the amazing team at The Behavior Exchange.

Soraya is from South Africa and moved to Texas in 1996. She graduated from The University of Texas and pursued a career, at that time, in Education. Soraya taught at a Montessori school for a few years and then took on a leadership role.

During her time in the education system, Soraya realized her passion was to assist children with special needs. So she joined The Behavior Exchange as a therapist, transitioned into a supervisory role in 2017, and a year and a half later, was promoted to Clinical Operations Manager.

She quickly learned the ins and outs of ABA operations and scheduling and successfully collaborates across departments to ensure The Behavior Exchange continues to provide quality services to clients and their families. She’s thankful to be part of such an amazing organization and excited to see what the future holds.

You could say Walter’s career started when he spent hours as a young child drawing superheroes and coloring maps. This passion, along with extraordinary swimming skills, landed him a full swimming scholarship at Texas Christian University, where he graduated in 1997 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communication Graphics.

During the next 13 years, his design and art direction skills, conceptual-thinking abilities, and marketing-savvy know-how were honed at a few prestigious advertising and marketing agencies around the Dallas area. In the mid 2000s, he helped his wife Tammy Cline-Soza (founder and CEO of The Behavior Exchange) create a unique and concise brand for her new business. From logos and websites to uniforms, brand voice and visuals, Walter has been the main creative force for all things The Behavior Exchange.

Aside from giving birth to The Behavior Exchange brand, Walter is helping Tammy raise two amazing, beautiful children, River and Sierra. In his spare time (the two minutes he’s got per week), you can find Walter illustrating iconic landmarks of Dallas and Texas or looking around for this next open-water swim. Once he gets back in shape.

After 20 years of building The Behavior Exchange, literally from the ground up,
Tammy couldn’t be more proud of the team, culture, and organization that it has become.

As a family helping families, The Behavior Exchanges looks for opportunities that will make the biggest impact and produce life-changing outcomes – for clients, families, and even for team members. Tammy believes that if a team, a family, a community takes care of each other, the possibilities are endless and the relationships built along the way can make life more enriching and challenges easier to navigate. You could say her goal has been to build a kind of utopia full of support, love, and expertise that brings the best services possible to the community and ensures more families have access to those services.

Tammy and her family have dedicated their lives to the mission of The Behavior Exchange and continue to grow, learn, cultivate, challenge, support, and create better models for success. To that end, she is committed to her own leadership development and actively participates in advanced training, mentoring, and deep self-exploration on how to live out her purpose to love and support her family and help others reach their full potential. She takes her position very seriously and tries to serve as a channel for what the universe wants to come to fruition.

She also loves travel, gardening, being creative, MUSIC!, tennis, yoga, meditation, journaling, reading, being in nature, adventures, and more than anything, spending time with her husband Walter and their two beautiful children, River and Sierra.