Our Mission

Through our years of experience in the public schools, we have worked with many qualified and motivated individuals who, when given the right tools and training, have made remarkable progress teaching their students with autism.  Many feel that students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) can only receive appropriate and high quality intervention when a University, private or non-public agency provide the direct service.  It has been our experience that students with ASD can receive high quality and effective instruction in the public schools and that the existing staff can be very successful teaching these students. 

• It is our goal to assist the public school staff in learning and developing skills that will allow them to be extremely effective teachers for students on the Autism Spectrum so that the students may be educated in the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) possible. 

As the number of students identified with Autism continues to climb (current estimates are 1:150, according to the National Institute of Health, 2007), there is a great need to prepare for their educational needs and to build the capacity within public education to meet the needs of these challenging students.  Teacher training alone is not enough.  A supportive infrastructure must also be established that will allow trained professionals to implement the best practices.

• It is our goal to assist administrators and site based teams in developing a supportive yet cost effective infrastructure so that best practices can be implemented in public education settings.