Programs and Vision

When a child with autism enters our school program, we make a commitment to the education of that child. The balance of that education will occur within the school, but the nature of autism generally means that the child will also need additional teaching to be a contributing and happy part of her or his family. For that reason we offer family consultation services to teach appropriate life and self help skills in all areas of the child’s life.
     Our vision for the future includes the growth and expansion of our program to serve people with autism across a broader age span. In the short term, we will begin offering Early Intervention services to children diagnosed with autism who are under three years old. Longer term, we anticipate meeting some of our students’ eventual need for assisted adult living through the establishment of group homes. Behavioral interventions and technologies are the keys to fostering the greatest possible independence and self-direction of people with autism of all ages.