We're excited to announce an expanded partnership with Healthworx and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, which allows us to deliver our comprehensive, research-validated Developmental Care approach to MORE neurodivergent members! After years of tracking strong quality outcomes, Healthworx made its largest investment to date — helping to create more opportunities for families to access cost-effective autism services that are much-needed. Read about this important industry milestone in our latest press release! https://bit.ly/3VPR43v #Autism #DevelopmentalCare #TeamPD #ThePositiveWay
Positive Development
Hospitals and Health Care
McLean, Virginia 9,756 followers
Autism care that helps every family flourish.
About us
Positive Development is dedicated to bringing access to high-quality, evidence-based developmental care to all families navigating an autism diagnosis. We're focused on giving each family the support they need to flourish. When it comes to our team, we're focused on giving each employee the opportunity to grow and thrive in a culture that promotes joy, authenticity, and respect.
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- Industry
- Hospitals and Health Care
- Company size
- 501-1,000 employees
- Headquarters
- McLean, Virginia
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2019
- Specialties
- autism, developmental therapy, mental health, occupational therapy, speech therapy, family therapy, play therapy, and neurodiversity affirming
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Employees at Positive Development
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Vishal Vasishth
Investor and Builder of Companies with Inspiring Purpose
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Chad Pomeroy
Strategy, Technology, Product and Payer Partnerships. Scaled multiple pre-revenue start ups to successful exits. Board Experience, President, CTO…
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Richard Gurley
Co-Founder & CEO at Ryse Health
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Suzy Smith
Sr PR & Social Media Consultant | Partner, Pierick Smith Artworks | Climate Activist
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According to the CDC, 1 in 36 children is diagnosed with autism in the United States. As the autism care market grows, families are looking for alternative solutions with a developmental focus that deliver impactful results, and we're thrilled to be leading this transformation. We're on a mission to ensure Developmental Therapy is accessible to every autistic child and their family. We do this by building individual care plans that promote growth and development for each child to help them meaningfully connect with the world. Our approach centers on low intensity services — with the goal to achieve progress and the appropriate outcomes in the lowest amount of time possible. We're thrilled Obvious Ventures included our company in its annual World Positive Report for 2024, which focuses on highlighting companies that are, "...creating new solutions to humanity's most significant challenges and building a better world around us." We’re revolutionizing autism care through our holistic Developmental Therapy model and are looking for other visionary investors to join our cause. Together, we can make an incredible difference! 💜 You can learn more about Positive Development and our approach to autism care here: https://bit.ly/3LNAhIk #Autism #DevelopmentalTherapy #DevelopmentalCare #Healthcare #BehavioralCare
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Thank you, Obvious Ventures, for choosing to highlight Positive Development and our Developmental Therapy approach to autistic children and their families. We're just getting started! 🚀
One in 36 children in the United States are diagnosed with autism, according to the CDC. That means that every year, tens of thousands of parents begin a crash course in learning how their child’s brain works differently and what they can do to help their kid navigate the challenges of their diagnosis. Positive Development found that developmental therapy is the best approach, and they are now the largest provider of the therapy in the U.S. They currently serve more than 1,100 families across eight states. Most importantly, its model is now covered by insurers. Making its services affordable—especially to families with limited resources—is a huge part of its mission.
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🎉 Important leadership news! 🎉 It's official! Kate Rollins, MSN, RN has been named Chief Clinical Officer and Josh Willeford has been named Chief Financial Officer for Positive Development! We're thrilled to have such incredibly talented and experienced professionals join the executive team. Co-founder and CEO Mike Suiters had this to say: “I'm thankful to have such outstanding experts, but more importantly, exceptional people leading our work to create a more effective and humanistic system of care for people with developmental differences.” We couldn’t agree more. One more thing: This is our first-ever CCO and CFO, marking an exciting new chapter for Positive Development as we continue to grow. 🚀 Read more about exciting announcement here: https://bit.ly/3zCNXmK And please join us in congratulating and welcoming Kate and Josh to the team! #TeamPD #DevelopmentalCare #DevelopmentalTherapy #Leadership #Autism #ThePositiveWay
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Positive Development is filling the need for value-based care choices when it comes to providing families with quality, research-backed autism care. Partnerships like the one we recently announced with CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield and Healthworx means families have access to proven developmental therapies that are fun, yet allow for the building up of the skills and support they need to thrive. Find more details about this partnership and our developmental care approach centered on better outcomes in less time at a lower cost: https://bit.ly/3XGxEPQ #DevelopmentalCare #DevelopmentalTherapies #Autism #Autistic #Neurodivergent #NeurodiversityAffirmingCare #TeamPD
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At Positive Development, we focus on building connections, helping parents to better understand and support their neurodivergent child. Curious how we do it? Watch this video to learn how we meet our families wherever they are. 💜 https://bit.ly/3UPj2uu #DevelopmentalCare #ThePositiveWay #TeamPD #Autism
Creating Positive Connection: Parent and Family Support
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It was GAME ON for these autistic youths! 🎮 Preliminary findings from an Australian research study on gaming to help improve social skills and friendship expansion was quite promising. And now there are plans for more studies to take place this year targeting primary school-aged students to help confirm the findings. "Gaming provides a natural platform for peer interaction and collaboration through rules, and shared points for conversation. While current research on the use of off-the-shelf games for therapeutic purposes is limited, we hope that further studies will provide a strength-based approach to help autistic pre-teens build friendships and lifelong social competency," said Dr. Abi Thirumanickam, principal investigator and academic lead at the University of Adelaide's School of Allied Health and Practice. Read more about it here https://bit.ly/4dHXDvG #DevelopmentalCare #PlayTherapy #Parenting
Autistic children could be the real winners from online games
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💫 Curious to learn how social work prepares you to support autistic youth and families? 🎥 Get the details in our on-demand webinar and Q&A session! Explore ways that harness your expertise, no matter where you are on your social work journey. 👉 Watch now for helpful insights and discover how your skills can make a meaningful impact! https://bit.ly/49WtjdO #SocialWork #Autism #ProfessionalDevelopment #TeamPD #Career
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Throwback to our superhero adventure at the San Diego Race for Autism! We set up, suited up, and showed up for our community to support an incredible cause. 🏃🏽♀️💜 Thank you to everyone who participated and came by to see us! #TeamPD #ThePositiveWay #AutismCommunity
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Wondering how California passed SB 805 — a landmark bill that funds a full range of evidence-based support services for autistic kids and youth? 💪💪🏽💪🏿 Persistence! 💪💪🏽💪🏿 Hear from 3 incredible humans believing in and pushing for their cause to come to fruition. They and countless others have made it possible for more families to have access to additional options of autism care. This story from Pasadena Now has more! https://bit.ly/3UuAODh #DevelopmentalCare #AutisticServices #Parenting #ThePositiveWay #TeamPD
Coalition's 12-Year Fight for Autism Insurance Coverage Yields Historic Victory – Pasadena Now
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