Our Program

The Academy for Autism’s academic program provides the following:

• A 4:1 student to teacher ratio
• Behavioral Approach (ABA, Verbal Behavior, Task Analysis)
• Boardmaker online
• Dance class
• Equals & Touch mat
• Handwriting without tears
• IPad Instructional based Teaching
• Music Therapy
• PCI and Edmark reading program
• On-site occupational, physical, speech & oral-motor therapy
• A Multi-disciplinary approach
• TEACCH (Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication-handicapped CHildren)
• STAR Program (Strategies for Teaching based on Autism Research)
• ULS (Unique Learning Systems)
  

Independent Functional/Living Skills
An important facet of our program is for the student to learn to be as independent as possible in regards to daily living skills. Once a particular life skills theme is chosen (i.e. home), the student’s academic and functional goals are focused around it. These skills are often taught in a more natural setting to allow the child to transfer what they learn here at the Academy to their home environment.