Is Local Ownership the Answer? The Role of Franchisors in Autism Therapy
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
A fundamental tension has emerged as the autism therapy industry has matured: how to maintain clinical intimacy while achieving institutional scale. In an industry dominated by big capital, the franchise model is striking a balance by combining the power of "shared services" from a franchisor with the accountability and on-the-ground know-how of a local owner. Learn more about this emerging avenue of growth, what it takes to establish clinics, the challenges of the model and what role clinical leadership holds in the clinic and across the enterprise.