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BRIAN NELSON - Biography

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Brian Nelson

Son-Rise Program® Senior Family Counselor at the Autism Treatment Center of America™


Michigan native, Brian Nelson came to the Autism Treatment Center of America in Sheffield, MA, eight years ago, shortly after his son Jake was diagnosed with severe Autism and PDD.

 

After running a successful Son-Rise Program with Jake for over three years, Brian decided to work at the Autism Treatment Center of America, where he is now a Senior Son-Rise Family Counselor and spokesperson for The Son-Rise Program.

The Nelson’s son Jake was diagnosed when he was nearly four years old by a team of doctors and health care professionals from the University of Michigan. The sobering prognosis given to the Nelson’s by the team was that Jake would never speak, be toilet trained, dress himself or even be able to bathe himself, despite progressing normally in his first 22 months of life.


Brian, who previously worked in the automotive industry as a Custom Control Products Manager, and his wife Susan, who before Jake’s birth was a resource coordinator for severely autistic children, felt they had no place to turn. Susan called her old supervisor and asked him what other options might be available to her, as she’d witnessed what can become of people who were severely autistic and didn’t want the same for Jake.


Her boss had been to a lecture discussing the Son-Rise Program and told her if it was his child, he would try the Son-Rise Program.


The Nelson’s attended a Start-Up Program and immediately began to work with Jake. Just eight weeks after attending the Start-Up, Jake’s vocabulary went from non-existent to 50 words and both eye contact and interactive play increased exponentially.


A year and a half later, Jake was attending mainstream school. Today, he is on the academic honor roll and off the Autism Spectrum and according to Brian, has a full social calendar that sometimes needs reigning in.


Brian now works full-time with the Autism Treatment Center of America consulting with parents and professionals who have questions about the various programs or who have ongoing questions or concerns about the Son-Rise Program they are running from their own homes.


Brian and Susan, along with Jake and their youngest son, Noah, all reside in Monroe, Michigan.

 

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