FirstWork vs Kestrel ABA

FirstWork is the most popular digital Discrete Trial Instruction(DTI/DTT) platform featuring the most common ABA and SPED learning goals, thousands of targets, innovative rewards, and deep customization options. FirstWork is trusted by thousands of ABA and SPED professionals for their personalized learning programs. Our Learning Categories - featuring thousands of targets for: Matching: Boost cognitive skills by pairing related items. Receptive Identification: Enhance understanding through auditory and visual prompts. Feature, Function, and Class (FFC): Develop categorization and critical thinking skills by identifying objects based on their attributes, roles, and classifications. Expressive Language: Practice vocal responses with instructor-scored expressive language lessons. Letter Sound Matching: Strengthen phonics with interactive letter-sound activities. Spelling: Improve spelling with dynamic and customizable exercises. Counting: Build foundational math skills through counting tasks. Arithmetic: Advance numeracy with a variety of arithmetic challenges. Key Features: Progress Monitoring: Easily graph and monitor learning progress with our intuitive view and export features, helping you stay informed of your learner’s development. Customizable Lessons: Adapt the app to suit your learner’s specific needs with various lesson modifications. Lesson Sharing: Send a copy of your lesson to other FirstWork users, such as colleagues. Focus Mode: During lessons, you can limit access to distracting apps on your device making it an environment more suitable for learning. Reward System: You can grant time on your learner’s favorite apps as a reward, after their time is up, they’ll be brought back to FirstWork for another lesson. It’s ideal for remote learning, learning at home, or learners who enjoy digital rewards. Whether you're a parent, teacher, or ABA professional, FirstWork makes learning easy and enjoyable. Terms of Use: https://firstworkapp.com/terms-of-service/ Privacy Policy: https://firstworkapp.com/privacy-policy/

Kestrel watches the payers you bill so you don't have to. For BCBAs and ABA clinic owners, a single quiet change to a Medicaid or commercial payer's policy — a new prior-authorization requirement, a revised fee schedule, a modifier rule, a change to covered CPT codes — can mean denied claims, failed audits, and lost revenue. These changes are buried in hundreds of provider manuals, bulletins, and fee schedules across all 50 states. Nobody has time to check them all. Kestrel does it for you, every day. WHAT KESTREL DOES • Monitors official Medicaid and commercial payer policy documents nationwide — provider manuals, bulletins, fee schedules, and coverage policies for ABA services. • Detects the moment a rule that affects ABA billing actually changes. • Sends a clear, plain-English alert: what changed, what it means for how you bill, the effective date, and a link to the source document. BUILT FOR HOW YOU WORK • Follow only the payers and states you care about — your alerts are scoped to your caseload. • Severity that respects your time: urgent billing changes notify you immediately; everything else arrives in a single daily digest. No noise. • Every alert is grounded in the source, linking straight to the official document so you can verify before you act. ASK KESTREL • Have a question about a payer's ABA policy? Ask in plain English and get an answer with citations to the exact documents — prior-auth rules, unit limits, covered codes, telehealth policies, and more. • If your payers' documents don't cover it, Kestrel says so instead of guessing. WHO IT'S FOR Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs), ABA clinic owners and administrators, and billing teams responsible for keeping a practice compliant and paid. SUBSCRIPTION Kestrel Pro is an auto-renewable subscription — $14.99/month, with a 3-day free trial. It unlocks unlimited alerts, full payer and state coverage, and Ask Kestrel. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; you can manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://kestrel-api-hl28.onrender.com/legal/terms Privacy Policy: https://kestrel-api-hl28.onrender.com/legal/privacy Kestrel is an information and monitoring tool. It does not provide legal, billing, or coding advice, and it is not affiliated with any payer or government agency. Always verify against the official source before making billing decisions.