Blue Sprig Pediatrics, Inc. (“BlueSprig”) announces that it has acquired the assets of the Carmel, CA based Aptitude Habilitation Services (“Aptitude”). Aptitude is a multi-state clinic and home-based provider of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy services treating children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
“We are proud to partner with the team at Aptitude and excited about the opportunity to expand into Colorado, North Carolina, Tennessee, Hawaii, and Virginia as a result,” said Keith Jones, President and CEO of BlueSprig. “This partnership also adds density in some areas we are already serving which allows us to bring more in the way of high-quality services, advocacy, and awareness to those communities.”
“We are excited to join with BlueSprig in our shared vision and values as service providers,” said Margarett Gabrielson, CEO of Aptitude. “In partnership, we have the ability to reach families in ways we previously could have only imagined. This is the perfect way to honor the dream and mission of our founder and my late husband, Jeffrey Gabrielson.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) now estimates that one in 54 children in the U.S. are diagnosed with ASD by the age of eight. ABA therapy is recognized as the gold standard of care for children with ASD.
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Jones added, “BlueSprig’s mission is to change the world for children with autism and we are excited to have Aptitude join us on our mission. Together, we look forward to increasing access and fulfilling the unmet need for high-quality behavior analysis treatment across the United States.”
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