Advocates for Families provides individualized biomedical evaluations, therapies, and pediatric care in a nurturing atmosphere and teaches the model of recognizing and addressing the uniqueness of every patient and family.

Advocates for Families

Consultations for autism spectrum disorders.
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Advocates for Children is permanently closed as of December 2, 2022


Advocates for Families A Place of Hope

Advocates for Families specializes in biomedical treatments for autism and other developmental disorders. This information is intended to give you basic information and guidelines to prepare you for your first visit to our office.


Working with children with disabilities is difficult for both families and practitioners. While we are here to partner with you in this difficult work, each child is an individual and requires his/ her own treatment plan. Your child’s progress will hinge not only on our plan of care but on your commitment to its implementation. What we will ask you to do will not be easy but we will support you through it.

Due to the complex nature of treating children with autism, Advocates for Families does not accept insurance. We are happy to provide families with detailed billing statements that can be submitted to private insurance companies. Payment in full is due at the time of service. Because we do not participate with insurance, Advocates for Families cannot be responsible for insurance referrals, prior authorizations, etc. All negotiations must be done by the patient's family or primary care physician. Please note that phone consultations can be filed with your insurance company but are not generally considered a covered service by most commercial insurances.

Fee Schedule (effective September 1, 2007 for all new and current patients)

All appointments
Initial consultation, Lab review, Phone consultation,
Follow-up consultations for treatment planning and
patient education
$500/hour (as of 3/1/2018)
Nutrition education and coordination of care by support staff $50/hour (as of 3/1/2015)

Our experience has been that families are more successful in retaining information and implementing treatment when they have shorter, more frequent appointments. The average initial evaluation and treatment plan takes about 3 hours depending on the complexities of the child. We strongly recommend scheduling these appointments over several days or weeks especially if utililizing other clinic services.

After Hours Care

Our telephone is answered 24 hours a day. All after hours or weekend calls will be returned by the physician or nurse on call. However, if your child requires medical care between 11:00PM and 6:00AM you will be referred to the emergency room. This telephone service is available for our primary care patients only. All other patients will need to call for assistance during regular office hours.

Office Philosophy

At Advocates for Children and Advocates for Families we believe in a team-approach to care. We are fortunate enough to have a DAN!-trained, internationally known physician, two nurse practitioners, and professional support staff. We are also a training facility for medical and nursing students. You will have the opportunity to work with all of our staff during your visits. Due to the complexity of these children it is difficult to give advice over the phone. Please make an appointment for complicated issues or if you need to ask multiple questions. Due to the high volume of patients we see and the size of our staff, we cannot be responsible for negotiating with insurance companies regarding labs or supplements. We will be glad to supply you with the diagnosis and/or procedure codes you may need in order to work with your insurance company.

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