Knospe-ABA has completed a three year survey covering every family that has participated in "in-home" consults with Knospe-ABA during our first 3 full years in existence (Jan. 2004 - Dec. 2006). We are currently working with over 200 families in Germany and its surrounding countries. With the families help, we are developing and implementing individualized ABA/VB programs in the home and school environment.

Knospe-ABA determines our success by two important criteria:

1. Are the kids we work with making good progress?
2. Are the families we work for happy with our service?

To help us determine how we are doing on these two goals, we have developed a parent survey that has been given to every family who has received any service with Knospe-ABA from January 2004 to December 2006. The survey is broken into three parts.

This first survey represents the 78 returned surveys out of 147 families contacted during the first 6 months of service with Knospe-ABA. * Every survey returned (53%) has been included.

1. Do you feel that Knospe-ABA has your child's best interest in mind?

a) Not usually	1 Answers	1 %
b) Some of the time	3 Answers	4 %
c) Always	74 Answers	94 %

2. Do you feel that the services you received were worth the prices you have paid?

a) Not worth it	3.5 Answers	5 %
b) Worth it	43.5 Answers	55 %
c) More than worth it	31 Answers	40 %

3. Do you feel that you are being trained to be your child's best teacher?

a) Not really	2.5 Answers	3 %
b) Kind of	23 Answers	30 %
c) Absolutely	52,5 Answers	67 %

4. Have you found any other type of autism intervention to be more beneficial than ABA with Verbal Behavior?

a) No	74 Answers	95 %
b) As beneficial *	3 Answers	4 %
c) Yes	1 Answers	1 %
As Beneficial	* Theraplay, RDI, Bio-Medical Interventions, School Spec. Ed.

5. What word best describes the progress your child has made in the Knospe-ABA program?

a) None	0,5 Answers	1 %
b) Little	8,5 Answers	11 %
c) Fair	14 Answers	18 %
d) Good	39 Answers	50 %
e) Unbelievable	16 Answers	20 %

The following survey was filled out by 51 of a possible 106 families (48%) and represents the opinions of parents after being in our program between 6 months and 1 year.

* Every returned response has been included.

1. Do you feel that Knospe-ABA has your child's best interest in mind?

a) Not usually	0 Answers	0 %
b) Some of the time	1 Answers	2 %
c) Always	50 Answers	98 %

2. Do you feel that the services you received were worth the prices you have paid?

a) Not worth it	3 Answers	6 %
b) Worth it	23 Answers	46 %
c) More than worth it	24 Answers	48 %

3. Do you feel that you are now starting to become your child's best teacher?

a) Not really	1 Answers	2 %
b) Kind of	25 Answers	48 %
c) Absolutely	26 Answers	50 %

4. Have you found any other type of autism intervention to be more beneficial than ABA with Verbal Behavior?

a) No	48 Answers	94 %
b) As beneficial *	3 Answers	6 %
c) Yes	0 Answers	0 %
As Beneficial	* Musik therapy, Psychomotoric, Facilitated Communication

5. Which Word best describes the progress your child has made during the second 6 months of service?

a) None	1,5 Answers	3 %
b) Little	3,5 Answers	7 %
c) Fair	11,5 Answers	22 %
d) Good	24,5 Answers	47 %
e) Unbelievable	11 Answers	21 %

6. Would you recommend Knospe-ABA to other families?

a) No, I would not	0 Answers	0 %
b) Yes, to other families of children with Autism	10,5 Answers	20 %
c) Yes, to anyone and everyone who knows of someone with learning or behavior problems.	41,5 Answers	80 %

The same survey was sent out to families who have been with Knospe-ABA for over a year. Of the 58 surveys sent to these families, 28 have been returned (48%) and the results are listed below. *Every returned response has been included.

1. Do you feel that Knospe-ABA has your child's best interest in mind?

a) Not usually	1 Answers	1 %
b) Some of the time	2 Answers	7 %
c) Always	25 Answers	89 %

2. Do you feel that the services you received were worth the prices you have paid?

a) Not worth it	1 Answers	4 %
b) Worth it	16 Answers	57 %
c) More than worth it	11 Answers	39 %

3. Do you feel that you are now starting to become your child's best teacher?

a) Not really	0 Answers	0 %
b) Kind of	9 Answers	32 %
c) Absolutely	19 Answers	68 %

4. Have you found any other type of autism intervention to be more beneficial than ABA with Verbal Behavior?

a) Nein	24 Answers	86 %
b) genauso erfolgreich	4 Answers	14 %
c) erfolgreiche	0 Answers	0 %
Please list	Holding Therapy, RDI

5. Which Word best describes the progress your child has made during their time in our program?

a) None	0 Answers	0 %
b) Little	3,5 Answers	13 %
c) Fair	4,5 Answers	16 %
d) Good	11 Answers	39 %
e) Unbelievable	9 Answers	32 %

6. Would you recommend Knospe-ABA to other families?

a) No, I would not	0 Answers	0 %
b) Yes, to other families of children with Autism	4 Answers	14 %
c) Yes, to anyone and everyone who knows of someone with learning or behavior problems.	24 Answers	86 %