Mission The FirstSteps Team is inspired by the belief that every child deserves the opportunity to achieve his or her fullest potential. To that end, our mission is twofold: 1) to provide the best possible evidence-based, compassionate behavior analytic treatment to our children, and 2) to offer a positive, collaborative and dynamic work environment for our staff. Our greatest reward is the progress of our kids and the knowledge that we are making a positive impact on our families and the community.
Description FirstSteps for Kids, Inc. specializes in improving the lives of children diagnosed with Autism, PDD, Asperger’s syndrome, and related learning challenges. Using state of the art, empirically validated ABA treatment, our highly skilled therapy teams work to remediate social, communicative, adaptive skills, and academic functioning while simultaneously reducing and decelerating maladaptive behavior.
We employ only the most highly qualified and caring instructors to implement each child’s treatment. We insist upon accurate and on-going assessment to create individualized and comprehensive treatment plans, and empower parents with the specific skills essential to support their child’s learning.
Together, with dedicated parents and families, we are committed to making each child’s first steps the right steps towards a brighter future.
FirstSteps has offices in Redondo Beach (HQ), West Los Angeles, Northern LA/Ventura Counties, East Los Angeles, and Contra Costa County.
FirstSteps for Kids has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 189 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The FirstSteps for Kids employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Healthcare industry (3.4 stars).
Overall, 75% of employees would recommend working at FirstSteps for Kids to a friend. This is based on 189 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
68% of job seekers rate their interview experience at FirstSteps for Kids as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at FirstSteps for Kids.