About The Advocacy Anchor
Compassionate support. Persistent action. Clear direction.
The Advocacy Anchor helps families navigate developmental concerns, autism-related needs, early intervention, evaluations, services, preschool and school transitions, daily routines, Medicaid barriers, and systems that can feel overwhelming.
Meet Brittany Houck
Experience that shapes practical, family-centered support.Families often need someone who understands both children and the systems surrounding them. My work is rooted in real experience with developmental concerns, autism-related needs, communication, behavior, routines, services, and family support.
Guidance that goes beyond handing parents a list.
Hi, I’m Brittany Houck, founder of The Advocacy Anchor.
I am an early intervention professional with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, years of experience working in ABA, and hands-on experience supporting children with developmental delays, autism-related needs, communication challenges, challenging behaviors, daily living needs, and family routine concerns.
Through my work, I have supported children and caregivers in homes, childcare settings, and natural environments. I have seen how confusing it can be for families to navigate evaluations, referrals, Medicaid questions, therapy options, school transitions, provider waitlists, and service systems.
Many families are not lacking love, effort, or concern. They are lacking clear guidance and someone willing to help them organize the next step.
How ABA Experience Supports This Work
ABA shaped the way I understand children, behavior, communication, and learning.
While The Advocacy Anchor does not provide ABA therapy, my ABA background is an important part of the lens I bring to parent coaching, child observation, service navigation, and advocacy support.
It has helped me understand that behavior can communicate a need, that reinforcement matters, that communication skills are essential, and that routines, expectations, environment, and skill development can all affect a child’s success.
This background helps me ask better questions, notice patterns, consider what a child may be trying to communicate, and help families think through practical supports and next steps.
The Advocacy Anchor does not provide ABA therapy, behavior analytic treatment, clinical behavior plans, or formal ABA assessment.
Why This Work Matters
Families need more than information.
Parents are often told to apply, call, request, schedule, or prepare — but are not always shown how to move through the process successfully.
Clarity
I help turn scattered concerns, paperwork, options, phone calls, and questions into more organized next steps.
Preparation
I support families with questions, summaries, meeting priorities, communication drafts, document review, and planning.
Follow-Through
I help families continue moving forward when waitlists, referrals, agencies, Medicaid, schools, or service systems feel confusing.
My Approach
Honest guidance, resourceful problem-solving, and caregiver accountability.
Families are supported without judgment, but meaningful progress requires parent participation, communication, practice, and follow-through. My goal is to help families feel less overwhelmed and more prepared to take the next practical step.
What You Can Expect
Support that is practical, organized, and family-centered.
Clear Conversations
I help families talk through what is happening, what has already been tried, what concerns keep coming up, and what needs to be addressed next.
Organized Next Steps
I help break overwhelming processes into manageable actions, questions, priorities, calls, documents, and follow-up items.
Support Without Replacing Your Role
I can guide and support the process, but caregivers remain an essential part of communication, decision-making, and follow-through.
Start Here
Let’s find your family’s next step.
If you are unsure where to begin, a free 15-minute consultation can help determine whether The Advocacy Anchor may be a good fit and which service may be the best place to start.
Important Service Notice
The Advocacy Anchor provides non-clinical parent coaching, family support, advocacy assistance, systems navigation, education, resource guidance, child observation, meeting preparation, and consultative services. Services do not replace legal representation, medical care, psychological evaluation, diagnostic assessment, licensed therapy, speech-language therapy, occupational therapy, ABA therapy, behavior analytic treatment, or other regulated professional services. Families should consult appropriately licensed professionals when legal, medical, diagnostic, therapeutic, or other regulated services are needed.
