Daily Schedule

Intensive Therapeutic Program for students with Autistic Spectrum Disorders

• Floor time principles are utilized when addressing any academic, individual or group goal, and throughout each interaction with the child.
• Individual speech and language, occupational therapy, and social work minutes are scheduled per the child's IEP, and occur at various times throughout the school day.
• Depending on the child's individual needs and profile, there may be integration of other therapies such as therapeutic listening, interactive metronome and augmentative/alternative communication into the curriculum and daily activities.

• Primary Class Schedule
• Intermediate Class Schedule
• High School Class Schedule

We follow Dr. Stanely Greenspan and Dr. Serena Wieder's guidelines for instruction in a classroom environment:

Developmental Level - Until a child is consistently engaged and interactive with one adult; 1:1 interaction is necessary to help the child develop mutual attention, reciprocal interaction and continuous communication. At this time, the child would not benefit from being in a group.

Once the child is interactive with adults, small group experiences for sensorimotor experiences can proceed. Child begins with 1:1 support with one, two or three children. Group Size - 4.

As the child moves to the next developmental level, 1:1 support is provided for symbolic play. Once underway, mediation with one other child can be added. Group size - 2.

Once the child is interactive with one other child, group size can slowly be expanded for sensorimotor playground/gym activities and games or center work. Child first works with one other child on cooperative tasks and then expands from there. Group size - 4-6.

Once the child is symbolic and verbal, he may be engaged in both 1:1 and 2:1 interactive symbolic play sessions. Group composition can now be larger to encourage the child to play with different children and themes. Group size - 4-6.

When some social skills are in place, the ratio of teacher to child can be increased to 1:2 in a larger group composition. Group size 8-10.